Hanukkah Songs Don't Have to Be Traditional

This season, you can be free of over-used traditional Hanukkah songs to commemorate the holiday. These hip and contemporary Hanukkah tracks from the APM Collection Library are perfect with your brisket and latkes.

My Chanukah Memories

This country-style Hanukkah song written by Barry Geldzahler and Allan Posner has all the right ingredients for a warm and cozy holiday celebration: Tight harmonies, acoustic guitar, piano, drums, bass, and nostalgic lyrics that will surely conjure nostalgia.

Check out the lyrics:

My Chanukah Memories

(Barry Geldzahler and Allan Posner)

It all begins at sundown

The anticipation's great

We've all begun the countdown

The festival can't wait

When I was young, I couldn't wait

for Chanukah's first night

The candles in the Menorah

Turned darkness into light

I loved to play the dreidel games

And win a chocolate treat

The latkes and sufganyot

Were foods I loved to eat

 

Chorus

I love my memories of Chanukah

More with each flame on the Menorah

Enjoying food, laughter, and everyone's joy

Great for parents and each girl and boy

Gift giving,

Dreidels spinning,

Candles glistening,

Latkes sizzling,

Fond memories of Chanukah

Now, as a dad, I know there's more

Than a gleam in children's eyes

'Cause Chanukah will teach us things

For all to live their lives

To never doubt an underdog

The Maccabees proved true

And to believe in miracles

For 8 days the oil burned like new

CHORUS

I love my memories of Chanukah

More with each flame on the Menorah

Enjoying food, laughter, and everyone's joy

Great for parents and each girl and boy

Gift giving,

Dreidels spinning,

Candles glistening,

Latkes sizzling,

Fond memories of Chanukah

Outro

Memories, fond memories of Chanukah

Fill us with joy and cheer and families each year

Memories, fond memories of Chanukah

These are the very best times of the year

 

Another great track is The Mensch with a Wrench, an upbeat, guitar-driven track also composed by Barry Geldzahler and Allan Posner. It is whimsical and cool, yet never short of the classic Hanukkah themes. Have a listen.

These two outstanding tracks are part of the Boys' N' Barry Calendar Jams 2 album released under the APM Collection Library. This album has everything track you need for important calendar holidays from Mother's Day, Father's Day, hot summer days, gentle Fall days, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more.