"Ear Show"" on Warner Brothers-Seven Arts Records. For his rendition the duet vocal was performed by one of his ""Smothers Brothers"" collaborators, Jennifer Warren (later known as Jennifer Warnes). Cinderella Rockefella ""Cinderella Rockefella"" is a novelty song written by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames, best known in the version by the Israeli duo Esther and Abi Ofarim, at the time a married couple, in 1968. They recorded their version in 1967 and made an appearance on ""The Eamonn Andrews Show"" to promote it. An April 1967 performance on the CBS television variety program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, introduced a"
"Abi Ofarim Abi Ofarim, born Avraham Reichstadt (5 October 1937 – 4 May 2018) was an Israeli musician and dancer. At age 12, he attended ballet school, and made his onstage debut in Haifa at 15. By 17 he was arranging his own choreography, and by 18 had his own dance studio. In December 1958, he married Esther Ofarim. He achieved some international fame performing with her as a musical duo Esther & Abi Ofarim, playing the guitar and singing backing vocals. In 1966, the duo had their first hit in Germany with ""Noch einen Tanz"". Their greatest success in"
"number of groups in Turkey that sing in Judeo-Spanish, notably ""Janet – Jak Esim Ensemble"", ""Sefarad"", ""Los Pasharos Sefaradis"" and the children's chorus ""Las Estreyikas d'Estambol"". There is a Brazilian-born singer of Sephardic origins, Fortuna, who researches and plays Judeo-Spanish music. Israeli folk-duo Esther & Abi Ofarim recorded the song 'Yo M'enamori d'un Aire' for their 1968 album 'Up To Date', and Esther recorded several Ladino songs as a solo artist. These included 'Povereta Muchachica', 'Noches Noches', El Rey Nimrod', 'Adio Querida' & 'Pampaparapam' The Jewish Bosnian-American musician Flory Jagoda recorded two CDs of music taught to her by her"
"including ""Frühling"" and ""Unter deinen weissen Sternen"". Ofarim's songs were featured in the 2004 Israeli film, ""Walk on Water"". Esther Ofarim Esther Zaied, better known by her married name Esther Ofarim (; born June 13, 1941), is an Israeli singer. She came second in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song ""T'en vas pas"", representing Switzerland. After marrying Abi Ofarim (born Abraham Reichstadt) in 1961 and for a full decade in the 1960s, she was half of the singing husband and wife duo, Esther & Abi Ofarim. After they divorced, the duo broke up and she undertook a successful"
"Esther Ofarim Esther Zaied, better known by her married name Esther Ofarim (; born June 13, 1941), is an Israeli singer. She came second in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song ""T'en vas pas"", representing Switzerland. After marrying Abi Ofarim (born Abraham Reichstadt) in 1961 and for a full decade in the 1960s, she was half of the singing husband and wife duo, Esther & Abi Ofarim. After they divorced, the duo broke up and she undertook a successful solo career. Esther Zaied was born in Safed to a Syrian Jewish family. She began performing as a child,"
"Emor Shalom ""Emor Shalom"" (Hebrew script: אמור שלום, English translation: ""Say Hello"") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in Hebrew by Chocolate, Menta, Mastik. The singing trio consisted of three young girls, serving formerly in IDF. They were Rutti Holtzman, Lea Lupatin and Yardena Arazi. Yardena Arazi made a comeback in 1988 to estrades for ESC, she also was a member of Nahal in the beginning. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, sung from the perspective of a woman calling to a man to be her lover. She tells him that ""I've been alone"
"singing Hebrew and international folk songs. In 1958, she met Abi Ofarim, a guitarist and dancer, whom she later married (11 Dec 1958). Esther landed a small role in the film ""Exodus"" (1960). In 1961 she won the Song Festival in Tel Aviv, where she sang ""Saëni Imchá Bemachol"" (Take Me with You When You Dance) and ""Naamah"". Two years later, she took part in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland with the song ""T'en vas pas"". In a very close and controversial competition with Danish winner duo Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, her song placed second. Initially, it appeared"
"later on by Mei Finegold in Kokhav Nolad 7 with a so-called ""Led Zeppelin"" flavour. Emor Shalom ""Emor Shalom"" (Hebrew script: אמור שלום, English translation: ""Say Hello"") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in Hebrew by Chocolate, Menta, Mastik. The singing trio consisted of three young girls, serving formerly in IDF. They were Rutti Holtzman, Lea Lupatin and Yardena Arazi. Yardena Arazi made a comeback in 1988 to estrades for ESC, she also was a member of Nahal in the beginning. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, sung from the perspective of a woman"
"Arena), which came out as a single in 1968. The song spent several weeks at number-one on the French pop charts, and a French version by Dalida appeared as ""Dans la Ville Endormie"".In 2013 Israeli singer, Shy Nobleman, recorded his Hebrew version of the song, as ""Yomi Hu Chalom"". The notes on the record jacket contained a fictional account of their origins, claiming that the band formed in Los Angeles with the name The Beloved Ones, of which Les Irrésistibles was the French equivalent. Les Irrésistibles Les Irrésistibles (The Irresistibles) were a boy band during the late 1960s and early"
"on TV's ""Uptight"" and viewers responded with calls to play the song. Rofe was also a writer for ""Go-Set"", a teen-oriented pop magazine, another writer for the magazine, Ian Meldrum, praised Farnham's efforts. ""Sadie"" hit #1 on the ""Go-Set"" National Singles Charts in January 1968 and remained there for five weeks. Selling 180 000 copies in Australia, ""Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. Farnham's second single, released in March, was the double A-sided ""Underneath The Arches"" (non-album track) / ""Friday Kind Of Monday"", which peaked at #6. The album, ""Sadie"","
"offer, and in February 1969 he released an album with four of his biggest hits in Hebrew, and later recorded more of his hits in Hebrew. He continued to tour Europe, but returned to Israel often and started learning the Hebrew language. In December 1969, he topped the Israeli charts with an original hit in Hebrew ""12 שעות"" written by Nurit Hirsh and Ehud Manor. In 1970, he also recorded English versions of a few popular Israeli songs. Luigi Verderame Luigi Verderame, usually known just as Luigi, is a Belgian singer, popular internationally in the late 1960s and early 1970s."
"Haze"") and ""Take Me to Paradise"" (""Bo Venagen Otti""), both released on the Israeli pop album ""Yamim Nishbarim"" (""Broken Days"") in 1986. The US Sire Records CD release of ""Shaday"" adds the 1988 12"" Sehoog Mix of ""Galbi"" bonus track. Shaday Shaday is an album by Israeli singer Ofra Haza, released in 1988. ""Shaday"", recorded in both Tel Aviv and England, became Haza's international breakthrough album and includes the Hebrew-English language remix singles ""Im Nin'alu"" and ""Galbi,"" as well as ""Shaday"" and ""Da'Ale Da'Ale,"" also released as remix singles. ""Shaday"" was released after the international chart success of the single"
"Yardena Arazi when she took part in the ""Eurovision Song Contest 1988"". Chocolate, Menta, Mastik Chocolate, Menta, Mastik (, translate: Chocolate, mint, gum) was an Israeli female musical trio, active in the 1970s, composed of Yardena Arazi, and either (1972-1973) or . All the women served in the IDF as part of the Nahal Ensemble. The trio performed both in Israel and internationally, especially after being the 1976 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague with ""Emor Shalom"". Leah Lupatin later worked with Eurovision winners Milk and Honey, replacing Gali Atari to perform 1979 winning Eurovision entry ""Hallelujah"""
"and 1969, the group spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than the Beatles and made the odd tour 'down under' to Australia and New Zealand, where they had also experienced some marked chart success during this period. They also scored a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with ""The Legend of Xanadu"". The combined sales figures were in excess of one million copies. Their other top 10 UK hits included ""Hideaway"", ""Hold Tight!"", ""Bend It!"", ""Save Me!"", ""Touch Me, Touch Me"", ""Okay!"", ""Zabadak!"" and ""Last Night in Soho"". ""Bend It!"" was a big hit"
"Switzerland had won the contest with 42 points to Denmark's 40, but after a change to the Norwegian scores, Ofarim earned 40 points with her song ""T'en vas pas"" against 42 points to the eventual winning song ""Dansevise"", reversing the initial result. From then on, her duo with Abi Ofarim took off. In 1966, they had their first hit in Germany with ""Noch einen Tanz"", an English version of which, ""One More Dance"", was a hit in the UK two years later, peaking at no. 13. Their greatest success in Germany was in 1967 with ""Morning of My Life"", which"
"(A star for everyone) and """"בואי סניורינה"""" (Come, Miss) became hits topping the music charts. The duo became a big success during the 60s in Israel and abroad. Their 1970 hit ""Veshuv Itchem"" (""With You Again"" in Hebrew) was covered by Şenay, was Turkish singer as ""Sev Kardeşim"" (""Love my brother/sister"" in Turkish) in 1971. Şenay became famous with singing this cover. In 1968 Ilanit released her first solo song, ""כבר אחרי חצות"" (kvar acharei chatzot / ""It's After Midnight""). The record came with the song ""Let's go crazy sands"" by Ilan & Ilanit. Her first solo performance took place"
"reached an all-time high after the release of their classic psychedelia-influenced album ""Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake"" on 24 May 1968. It is widely regarded as a classic album, and featured an innovative round cover, the first of its kind, designed to resemble an antique tobacco tin. It stayed at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart for six weeks, but reached only No. 159 in the US. The two-act concept album consisted of six original songs on side one and a whimsical psychedelic fairy tale on side two relating the adventures of ""Happiness Stan"" and his need to find out"
"their first international hit single. As solo artists, Ivri Lider is an established Israeli pop star who was named Israeli Artist of the Year in 2005. He has released six solo albums, all of which have gone gold or platinum, and composed music for the films ""Yossi & Jagger"", ""Walk on Water"" and ""The Bubble"". Johnny ""Yonatan"" Goldstein is a music producer who has worked with Hadag Nahash, Avishai Cohen and Dana Adini of Habanot Nechama. In 2008, Goldstein asked Lider to contribute to his hip hop album ""The Johnny Show"", but Lider was unavailable. A year later, the two"
"an internal selection contest and not at Kdam. Netta Barzilai won the HaKokhav HaBa 2017-2018 season and was selected to represent Israel in Eurovision, and reached the 1st place. In the 1960s, particularly with 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, Israeli singers were able to represent other European countries rather their home country, as this was before there were television broadcasts in Israel. That year, Israel was represented by Esther Ofarim for Switzerland (with a song in French), and Carmela Corren for Austria. Regular television broadcasts of broadcasts in Israel began in May 1968. In 1972, Ilanit and Shlomo Zach argued that"
"published by Shapira in a memorial booklet produced by her kibbutz. Yair Rosenblum, musical director of the Israel Navy, saw the booklet at the kibbutz guest house where he had come to recuperate after an automobile accident. Unbeknownst to Shapira, he set the song to music, retitled it """"Mah Avarekh"""", and returned to the kibbutz with soloist Rivka Zohar to perform it for Shapira. The song was recorded on the Navy Ensemble's 1968 album ""The Third Day"" and performed around the country. While Israel had been victorious in the Six-Day War, the song encapsulated the nation's grief over its casualties"
"Me""). At the close of voting, it had received 7 points, placing 19th in a field of 20. It was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 1987 Contest by Lazy Bums with ""Shir Habatlanim"". Yavo Yom ""Yavo Yom"" (Hebrew script: יבוא יום, English translation: ""A Day Will Come"") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in Hebrew by Moti Giladi & Sarai Tzuriel. The song is a ballad, with the singers expressing their desire for all of humanity to live as one in harmony. Mention is made of ""all of our children"", implying that this is"
"but still close to the originals. Their debut album, ""Blues Helping"", included such songs as ""Summertime"" and ""Wang Dang Doodle"". They are best known for their 1968 novelty hit in the UK Singles Chart, a high speed cover version of the classical piece ""Sabre Dance"" by Aram Khachaturian, released on the Parlophone label (R 5744), which reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1968. The recording was inspired by Keith Emerson's classical rearrangements. ""Sabre Dance"" became a hit after receiving air play by British DJ John Peel, who was so impressed that he played it twice in"
"Johnny Farnham's debut solo single was a novelty song, ""Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"", it was released in November 1967 and peaked at #1 on the ""Go-Set"" National Singles Charts for five weeks early in 1968. Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, ""Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. His second single, ""Friday Kind Of Monday"" was released in March 1968 as a double-A side with ""Underneath The Arches"" (not on this compilation) which peaked at #6. Both singles appeared on his debut album, ""Sadie"" in April. His next single, released in July,"
"the water dance (""Mayim Mayim""). In the 1960s, folk music became dominants with guitar-led teenagers leading the songs of Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Bob Dylan, among others, as well as original compositions not usually recorded for posterity. Following the Six-Day War in Israel, a surge of Zionism in Jewish life pushed Hebrew, Israeli, Chasidic, and liturgically based songs to the forefront. The ""Mi Chamocha"" hymn, for example, was set by NFTY participants to the melody of Bob Marley's Redemption Song. Similarly, the traditional Adon Olam can be set to nearly any melody for any situation. In 1968,"
"Hebrew single ""We Will Never Reach the World Cup,"" a song that lamented the consistent failure of Israel national football team. The song became a radio hit but vanished from the air after the Israeli Football Association complained and had it banned. Shy Nobleman third album, ""Yomi Hu Chalom"" (My day is a dream), his first one in his native Hebrew language, was released on June 2013 and achieved critical acclaim in Israel. That psychedelic pop sound album also includes 2 cover songs to other artists translated from English to Hebrew: one for the 1968 hit by Les Irresistibles ""My"
"though, the album enjoyed both critical acclaim as well as commercial success. It featured a very strong collection of new songs, a slew of beloved singles and an intriguing, immediately classic lead-off single: """"Khozrim Habaita"" (""Coming Home"") ""which featured the ultra popular, rarely seen on public, iconic Israeli singer Arik Einstein. The album kept shooting off powerful material and rapidly so. Quite quickly came the similarly addictive ""Kol Yom"" (""Every Day""), the life-affirming duet with Dudu Tasa """"Latet Velakakhat"" (""Negotiating"")"", and the spiritual duet with Abraham Tal """"Elohim"" (""God""). ""Additional singles came in the form of"" ""Nedaber Mehalev"" (""We'll Talk"
"field of 18, Cyprus' best showing in the Contest to date; the country has finished 5th on three separate occasions, in 1982, again in 1997 with Hara and Andreas Constantinou's ""Mana Mou"" and most recently in 2004 with Lisa Andreas' ""Stronger Every Minute"". ""Mono I Agapi"" is a ballad, with Vissi singing that only love survives the various problems of life. The English-language version of the song was entitled ""Love is a Lonely Weekend"". The song was translated to Hebrew and sung by Israeli singer Ilana Avital as ""Lama Atzuv Li"" (Hebrew script: למה עצוב לי, English translation: ""Why am"
"to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1984 Israel once again refrained from participating due to the same date conflict. The song ""Balalaika"" by Ilanit has often been rumoured to originally have been intended as the Israel entry in Eurovision Song Contest 1984 but the rumours have never been confirmed. Apart from its victories, Israel's entries have had a mixed reception at the contest. Avi Toledano (1982) and Ofra Haza (1983) scored well with big revivalist numbers, but the all-singing, all-dancing style became less popular later in the decade and Israel's 1986 entry, Yavo Yom by Moti Giladi &"
"topped the charts in Israel, peaking at number 2, despite being subject to criticism. It also reached number 5 in Finland, number 9 in Belgium, number 31 in Switzerland and number 32 in Germany. Israelism Israelism is a song recorded by Swedish band Army of Lovers, scoring a 1993 hit. It is one of their most well-known songs. The song combines the Jewish folk song ""Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem"" with eurodance-beats and it also includes additional lyrics written by Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck, Jean-Pierre Barda, Michaela Dornonville de la Cour and Dominika Peczynski. The single was released as the first single"
"in London, but without success. The band recorded pop music that was very light and catchy. Their songs, which went on to become Israeli classics, include ""Einech Yechola"" (You Can't), ""Kol HaShavua Lach"" (The Whole Week for You), ""Ahava Rishona"" (First Love), ""Yehezkel"" (Ezekiel), ""Chayal Shel Shokolad"" (Chocolate Soldier), ""Kama Naim"" (How Pleasant) and more. ""Zemer Nugeh"" (A Sad Song), based on a poem by the Hebrew poet Rachel was played by Ilan Ramon in space, and is one of the songs now associated with him. The High Windows The High Windows (, ""HaHalonot HaGvohim"") was a 1960s Israeli pop"
"""Tired of Being Alone"" and Warwick's ""Walk On By"". (Franklin's ""I Say a Little Prayer"" did not appear in the magazine's in-house critics' top 100 singles poll conducted in November 2002.) In Australia, ""I Say a Little Prayer"" and ""The House That Jack Built"" were assigned a joint chart ranking which saw the double-A-side hit reach No. 10 in November 1968. ""I Say a Little Prayer"" also gave Franklin a European hit with chartings in France (#12), Germany (#29) and the Netherlands (#4). Warwick's ""I Say a Little Prayer"" did not appear on the ""Billboard"" Easy Listening chart although two"
"Shaday Shaday is an album by Israeli singer Ofra Haza, released in 1988. ""Shaday"", recorded in both Tel Aviv and England, became Haza's international breakthrough album and includes the Hebrew-English language remix singles ""Im Nin'alu"" and ""Galbi,"" as well as ""Shaday"" and ""Da'Ale Da'Ale,"" also released as remix singles. ""Shaday"" was released after the international chart success of the single ""Im Nin'alu (English Mix)"". Like the follow-up single ""Galbi"", the original version of ""Im Nin'alu"" was included on the 1984 album ""Yemenite Songs"", which consisted of traditional folk songs with lyrics coming from the poetry of 16th century Rabbi Shalom"
"Yashar (song) ""Yashar"" is a single by Cabaret Voltaire. The single is two remixes by John Robie of a track from their 1982 album ""2x45"". A version of the song also appears on the live album ""Hai! (Live in Japan)"". The single was released in May 1983 on Factory Benelux (FBN 25) and Factory Records UK (FAC 82). It reached No. 6 on the UK Indie Chart. The track features a sample ""There's 70 billion people of Earth; where are they hiding?"" from the Outer Limits episode ""Demon with a Glass Hand"". As well as the 5:00 and 7:20 versions"