Mendy Werdyger (born 1959,) is an American

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singer, songwriter, and owner of the Jewish record label Aderet ecordsMusic Corp. and its retail store Mostly Music in Brooklyn. In 2010, he released his fifth studio album.

Biography

Werdyger grew up in Brooklyn, attending

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s from grade school through

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. At age 21, he joined his father's business, Aderet Records. Mendy sang in the choirs on recordings made by his father,

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and on some of brother

Mordechai Ben David Mordechai Werdyger (; born April 16, 1951) is an American Israeli Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic Jewish singer and songwriter who performs under the stage name Mordechai Ben David () or simply MBD. He has released over 46 albums while performing intern ...

's albums as well as those of

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, Yerachmiel Begun, and others. Since 1991, he has been the cantor for the

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and

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prayer services at a Gerrer

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in Boro Park,

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. Werdyger has re-mastered four CDs using computer software to clear up the distortions on the original records.

Family

Werdyger is a son of the

hazzan A ''hazzan'' (; , lit. Hazan) or ''chazzan'' (, plural ; ; ) is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful prayer. In English, this prayer leader is often referred to as a cantor, a term al ...

(cantor)

, brother of singer

, and uncle of singer Yeedle Werdyger (Mordechai's son). His son Yisroel released his second album in 2010.

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Chaverim Vol. 1: Chaverim Kol Yisroel'' (1990) (with Moshe Laufer) *''Chaverim 2'' (1991) (with Moshe Laufer) *''Zakeinu'' (1994) (prod. Yehuda Kaplan) *''Chaverim 3: Ani Holech B'Simcha'' (1996) *''B'Hadras Kodesh'' (2004) (with Dudi Kalish) *''Sadigur Hokem Malchus Dovid'' (2005) *''Sefira Beshira'' (2007) (with Sruly Werdyger and child soloist Aharon Levi) * ''Tomid B'Chol Yom'' (2010)

Collaborative albums

* ''Yom Shekulo Shabbos U'Menucha: Songs of 3 Generations'' (1993) (comp.

; with

and Yeedle Werdyger) * ''Special Moments With: The Wedding Album'' (1995) (with Mordechai Ben David and Yeedle Werdyger) * ''Around The Year 4'' (1990) (prod. Suki & Ding; with Avrumi Flam, Michoel Streicher, Dov Hoffman, and Yerachmiel Begun) * ''Shabbos with the Werdygers'' (2006) (with David, Mordechai, Yeedle, Sruly, Meyer, and Chaim Werdyger) * ''Hameorerim'' (2008) (with Mordechai Ben David, Shmuel Broner, Efraim Mendelson, Moshe Weintraub, Shloime Cohen, Gilad Potolski,

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, Sruli Ginsberg, Yanki Eckstein, Simcha Levinstein) * ''Shabbos with the Werdygers 2'' (2010) (with David, Sruli, Mordechai, Chaim, Yeedle, and Meyer Werdyger)

Featured on

, ''Father & Sons Biglal Avos'' (1984) (with Mordechai Ben David and Yaron Gershovsky) * Various, ''Lev V'Nefesh: The Music of Abie Rotenberg'' (1990) * Gideon Levine and Various,''The Best of the Best'' (1996) * Various, ''Unity for Justice'' (2010)

References

External links

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Photo of David Werdyger and his four sons singing at a wedding in 2010
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