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Offer Nissim
Offer Nissim ( he, עופר ניסים) is an Israeli DJ, remixer, and record producer. He produced the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, "Diva", by Dana International. Besides his work with Dana International, Nissim has often collaborated with Maya Simantov on songs such as "For your Love", "Everybody Needs a Man", "Alone", and "First Time", and has produced official remixes for various artists, including Madonna and Cher. Biography and career Offer Nissim was born in Israel, to parents of Sephardic Jewish (Iraqi-Jewish) descent. He displayed a keen interest in music from a young age. His musical career started in 1979, when he had to stand in for an absent DJ at Tel Aviv's Theater Club. The Theater Club was also the place where, during the following decade, he formed important professional relationships, among them with Yaron Cohen, who would go on to become Dana International. In 1993, Nissim produced Dana International's debut single, "Saida Sultana", and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rauhofer
Peter Rauhofer (29 April 1965 – 7 May 2013) was an Austrian-American disc jockey (DJ), remixer and producer who formerly worked under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he was famous for a variety of his remixes including Cher's " Believe" and a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails", "Nobody Knows Me", " Get Together", " Impressive Instant" and " 4 Minutes", as well as her collaboration with Britney Spears, "Me Against the Music" and various collaborations with Janet Jackson ("Throb" and " Just a Little While" to name a few). He has also provided remixes for Kylie Minogue, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Yoko Ono, Pink, Tori Amos, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Book of Love, Soft Cell, Duran Duran and Mariah Carey, among others. He was also behind the tribal house record label Star 69 and was a frequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trash Mermaids
The Trash Mermaids is an electropop and pop rock music group fronted by French vocalist Scarlett Blu. Career The Trash Mermaids is an electropop and pop rock musical group led by Scarlett Blu, who is the creative director, songwriter, and lead singer for the group. In 2017 the group released the album ''Evil Twin''. The first single from the album was “Cryptic Love”, which Blu wrote while scuba diving in Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in .... The track ranked on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, reaching number fourteen. The second song released from the album is “Xperiel”, which also charted on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart from April to June 2018, reaching number twenty. References {{Authority control French electronic music groups Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hang On Sloopy
"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. Atlantic Records released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. The song is associated with Ohio State University and is Ohio's official rock song. The song became standard fare for garage bands and, in 1965, it became one of the first songs recorded by the Yardbirds with guitarist Jeff Beck. A version by the rock group the McCoys was the most successful, when it reached number one in the singles chart. Recordings by additional artists also reached the charts, including versions in Spanish and Portuguese. The original version of Sloopy was written by a "high school kid in St. Louis" and sold to Bert Russell, also known as Bert Berns, according to Rick Derringer of the McCoys. By one account, the inspiration for the song was Dorothy Sloop, a jazz singer fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasreen Qadri
Nasreen Qadri ( ar, نسرين قادري, he, נסרין קדרי; born September 2, 1986) better known as Nasrin Kadri is an Arab-Israeli singer of traditional and pop Middle Eastern music, Middle Eastern and Mizrahi music. Qadri, a Muslim convert to Judaism, mostly sings in Hebrew, but also performs Arabic songs, among them the songs of Umm Kulthum. Biography Nasreen Qadri was born in Haifa, Israel, to Muslim Arab citizens of Israel, Arab-Israeli parents. Her father was a taxi driver and her mother was a nurse. She was raised in Lod. For a decade, Qadri was in a relationship with the Jewish-Israeli musician Aviezer Ben Moha. She began a formal Conversion to Judaism, conversion process to Judaism. In July 2017 the couple became engaged. In September 2017, they broke up and canceled the wedding. She completed her conversion to Judaism in 2018 and took the Hebrew name "Bracha" (), meaning "blessing". According to news reports her conversion is not recognized by the Chief Rabbina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ran Danker
Ran Danker ( he, רן דנקר; born Khalil Yosef Danker on January 7, 1984) is an Israeli–American actor, singer and model. He starred in hit Israeli series such as ''HaShir Shelanu'' (2004–2007), ''The Gordin Cell'' (2012–2015), '' Miguel'' (2018) and more. Danker received an Ophir Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' Eyes Wide Open'' (2009). Danker was also nominated for an Ophir Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Doubtful'' (2017). Early life Danker was born in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, to a Jewish family. He is the son of Israeli actor Eli Danker. He went to Israel with his mother when he was two years old after his parents' divorce. He grew up in the Bavli neighborhood in Tel Aviv. During that time he was a member of the Ha-Horesh tribe choir of the scouts youth movement. Towards his Junior High year, Ran and his mother moved to Poleg, Netanya. Between high school and his army service, Ran participated in a few TV commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Convention
Silver Convention were a German Euro disco recording act of the 1970s. The group was originally named Silver Bird Convention or Silver Bird. Career The group was initiated in Munich by producers and songwriters Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze. The group was named after Levay, "Silver" being Levay's nickname. Kunze had in the late 1960s been a pop lyricist who wrote protest songs in German; when these tunes went out of style, he began producing pop records and commercials. Levay had developed a taste for American music while growing up in Yugoslavia, eventually becoming a music arranger and lyricist. Using female session vocalists named Ingrid, Wilma and Monica, they scored a successful single in the United Kingdom in 1975 with the song " Save Me", which peaked at #30. They later used other vocalists, such as Gitta Walther, Lucy Neale, Betsy Allen, Roberta Kelly, and Jackie Carter for their first recordings and upcoming album. Since they were only a studio group, Levay and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviv Geffen
Aviv Geffen ( he, אביב גפן, born 10 May 1973) is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter and the son of writer and poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. In addition to his solo career, Geffen is a founding member of the band Blackfield , he was also the global music director for WeWork. Geffen was and is extremely popular among Israeli youth who were known during the 1990s as the "Moonlight Children" (). Politically, he associates with the Israeli left. His music deals with subjects such as love, peace, death, suicide, politics, and the army (in particular, the IDF). He is often criticized for singing about the IDF while not having served, though he was discharged for medical reasons. Biography Aviv Geffen was born in Ramat Gan and raised in Beit Yitzhak. His first public performance was in 1984, in the Israeli youth program "Shminiyot BaAvir" somersaults"on the Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harel Skaat
Harel Skaat ( he, הראל סקעת, born 8 August 1981) sometimes known by the mononym Harel is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " Milim" ("מילים", "Words"). Skaat has been singing and performing in public since he was a child. At the age of six, he won a children's song festival competition. While still in elementary school he appeared on national television and as a teenager, he was the lead singer for both his city's and high school's bands. During his mandatory duty with the Israeli Defense Forces, he sang in the Communication Corps Band. Skaat's professional breakthrough came when he was a contestant on the second season of '' Kochav Nolad'' ("כוכב נולד", "A Star is Born"), a reality competition television show similar in format to ''American Idol'', and finished in second place. After the show ended, he signed a recording contract with Hed Arzi, one of the largest music companies in Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Stop The Dance
"Don't Stop the Dance" is a song by English singer Bryan Ferry from his sixth solo studio album, '' Boys and Girls'' (1985). It was released as the album's second single. The track was written and produced by Ferry and Rhett Davies. It made the top 20 of ''Billboard''s Album Rock play list and reached number 26 on the Adult Contemporary chart. An accompanying music video for "Don't Stop the Dance" was directed by John Scarlett Davis and featured the French model Laurence Treil. The track has been remixed by several DJs. Promotional video The music video begins with various shots of theater lights, and then cuts to Laurence Treil's hips as she dances. The film shows scenes of her silhouette, then Ferry's face as he sings. Segments of old film of people dancing play behind both as the video continues, including women on the beach, chorus girls, ballet dancers, tap dancers and others. Treil seems to play a saxophone during David Sanborn's sax solo portion of the song. One version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine W
Kristine Elizabeth Weitz, widely known by her stage name Kristine W, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and entrepreneur. She is most widely known as a Electronic dance music, dance music artist. Born and raised in Pasco, Washington, she found early success competing in pageants and talent contests, winning Miss Washington and a preliminary swimsuit award as well as a NFT award in the Miss America pageant. Kristine W is now one of the most popular dance club artists of all time, with 17 #1s to date on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart. She is currently listed among Billboard charts, ''Billboard'''s 8 Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists, and she was ranked number three in ''Billboard''s Top Dance Artists of the Decade. She is especially popular in the gay community and is an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights, frequently performing at pride rallies and charity events for pro-LGBT organizations throughout the U.S. After competing in Miss America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox (born July 13, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Toronto, she began performing on television commercials at age 12, and entered various talent shows in her teenage years before becoming a professional backing vocalist for Celine Dion. In 1994, Cox relocated to the United States and was signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis, releasing her self-titled debut album the following year. Her second studio album, '' One Wish'' (1998), was certified platinum in the United States. It was marked by the commercial success of the pop crossover single "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here", which would become her most successful entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at number two and remaining there for eight consecutive weeks. Cox signed with J Records for her third studio album '' The Morning After'' (2002), which saw moderate commercial success. Cox ventured into acting in the 2000s, making her film debut in the Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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