Apparently my great uncle Jack composed a few Yiddish songs for Victor and Columbia almost a 100 years ago.  

Listen to "Abraham Fifty" published by Victor on 10/31/16.

Update:  Google Translated the Russian bio to English.

Jacob Shargel was born Feb. 4, 1884 in the town of Rava-Russian, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Ukraine). Father - a devout tailor. With 5 years at Cheder. At the age of 4.5 years has played a role in the home Purimshpil Vayzaty (Vizty), one of the sons of Ahasuerus. After the family moved to America, Shargel finished primary school and then until 1898 he studied in high school.

In Shargelya early discovered a very beautiful voice: he played great songs of the New York East Side. In addition, Shargel loved Jewish Theatre, and her cousin James, chorine New York Windsor Theatre, free led him to performances. So when Lou Hyman, actor Manhattan Lyceum Theatre, has offered Shargelyu play in the play by Rudolf Marx, "Der yesom Institute gefar / Orphan in danger", the latter immediately agreed. Following the successful debut was followed by an engagement in Philadelphia, a Jewish vaudeville-theater. After returning to New York Shargel ill time continued to play in a Jewish vaudeville, but he soon moved to the "Dritten Street" Theatre of Max Gebila, cooperation which lasted 10 years. In particular, Shargel was engaged in several productions, delivered Sidney Goldin (later a leading producer of the Yiddish cinema). For Shargelem firmly fixed line comic. After retiring from Gebila Shargel within 5 years working in the English burlesque theater, and then for a short period he returned to Gebilu in the Mount Morris Theatre, and, together with Lou Fridzellom, wrote songs for the play "Der Golem". 

Later Shargel playing in theaters [Boris] Tomaszewski, [David] Kessler and [James] Adler, as well as in the province. In the 30th years Shargel has played bit parts in two of Yiddish films: in 1933 the film-concert "Gelib und gelaht (Live and Laugh)" directed by his old friend Sidney Goldin, GV and in 1939 the film "Hayntige Mames / TodayMother, "directed by Henry... Linn.

Shargel also wrote the music and lyrics set the songs, sounded from the Jewish scene.

Shargel Jacob died July 12, 1955 and was buried in the cemetery, "Mount Hebron" in Queens, New York, on land owned by Jewish theatrical union.