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Arik Einstein (January 3, 1939-) is an Israeli singer. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
He was part of the bands Green Onion, Yarkon Bridge Trio and The High Windows. His collaboration with Shalom Hanoch and the band Churchills planted the seeds for the first Israeli rock albums. Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ...
Einstein wrote many of the songs that he performed. Famous ones are Ani VeAta (lit. Me and You), Sa Leat (lit. Drive Slowly), Yoshev Al HaGader (lit. Sitting on the Fence), Ima Sheli (lit. My Mother) and Uf Gozal (lit. Fly, Nestling).
Biography
Arik Einstein was born in Tel Aviv, to Yaakov Einstein, a theatre performer. He participated in the Young Guard movement and became the Israeli junior champion for high jump. His father urged him to apply for an army band, and Arik was accepted into the Nahal Brigade band. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...
Hashomer Hatzair (or Hashomer Hatsair or HaShomer HaTzair) (Hebrew: The Young Guard or Guardian [that is] Young) is a Zionist-socialist youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia (now in Poland) and was also the name of the groups political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British...
Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ...
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Upon his release from the IDF in 1959, Einstein joined the Green Onion band and the Sambation theatre. In 1960, he released his first solo album. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ...
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
He sang in a band under the pseudonym Ari Goren, and then went on to join the Yarkon Bridge Trio, where he performed with Yehoram Gaon, Beni Amdorsky and later Israel Gurion. As the band became successful, so did Einstein. A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ...
Yehoram Gaon, informally spelled Yoram Gaon (1939-) is an Israeli singer and actor. ...
In 1964, he played in the comedy film Sallah Shabbati, along with Chaim Topol, who was also from the Green Onion band. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
Sallah Shabbati (Heb. ...
Picture from the film Fiddler on the Roof. Chaim Topol (born September 9, 1935), often billed simply as Topol, is one of the most famous Israeli theatrical and film performers. ...
In 1966, he released the album Singing for You (שר בשבילך Shar Bishvilekh), and joined The High Windows, where he performed pop songs. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
In 1968, Einstein released his album Mazal Gdi (lit. Capricornus), which was not very successful. He therefore looked for a new tune, and went on to produce the album Puzi with the Churchills band, which was considered the first Israeli rock album 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Einstein was part of the critically acclaimed, early 1970’s TV series Lool (Chicken Coop), a sketch and song show with an original format and a creative cast. The show had an off-the-wall sense of humor not unlike Monty Python’s Flying Circus. However, it also featured songs written by some of the most prominent poets and performed by some of the best singers Israel has ever produced. In spite of the fact that it had only four parts, it remains a cult-show to this day. The show, as well as movies such as Shablool (Snail), showcased Einstein both as a first line singer and a top comedian. Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Pythons Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on October 5, 1969. ...
Einstein continues to write songs and release albums to this day. In 2004, he released Two Guitars, Bass, Drums (שתי גיטרות בס תופים Shtei Gitarot Bas Tupim). 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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