Paula Abdul is often counted among the many half-Jewish American celebrities, but she’s actually one hundred percent: her father is a Syrian Jew, while her mother is Jewish and French-Canadian. Lakers, now the arbiter of our country’s talent on “American Idol.” Abdul began her career in music choreographing for Janet Jackson, but when Jackson complimented her voice, she used the earnings from her dance work to record “Forever Your Girl.” Four of the album’s tracks went to the top of the charts: “Straight Up,” “Cold-Hearted,” “The Way That You Love Me,” and “Opposites Attract,” which may be the only number-one hit ever to have a video co-starring a large animated cat in suspenders. Aaronson was raised in Brooklyn.įormer cheerleader for the L.A. In the early seventies he was a member of the band Stories, which scored a number-one hit with the interracial love song “Brother Louie” in the summer of 1973. Know of anyone who should be on the list, but isn’t? Add them! Tell us about them!īassist Kenny Aaronson has played with a long list of rock luminaries, among them Bob Dylan, Hall & Oates, Rick Derringer, Foghat, Sammy Hagar, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, and the Rolling Stones. It was lovingly, painstakingly compiled by Jewcy’s own Izzy Grinspan, and we now bring it to the public to help us fill in any remaining omissions. It’s a long, long list of every more-or-less bigtime Jew in music.
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