Boaz Sharabi ( he, בעז שרעבי; born 28 May 1947) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and lyricist, known for Israeli classics as ''Latet'', ''Halevai'', ''At Li Laila'', ''Pamela'', ''Lashir Itach'', ''Kol Od'', ''Mi Yada Shekach Yihiyeh'', ''K'Shetavo'' (written for
Ron Arad), ''Im at Adain Ohevet Oti'' and ''Etzli Hakol Beseder''.
Many of his songs are
acoustic rock
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,
andalusian chords,
soul music
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and
oud
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type songs, blended with Israeli
folk
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,
Judeo-Yemenite and Pop overtones. He has included the recitation of poems by
Shalom Shabazi
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in his albums.
Biography
Boaz Sharabi was born in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
during the
Mandate era, one of ten children born to a
Yemenite Jewish
Yemenite Jews or Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ''Yehudei Teman''; ar, اليهود اليمنيون) are those Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. Between June 1949 and September 1950, the ...
family of artists. He had a twin sister, Ada, who was recorded as having died at birth, but Sharabi believes she was kidnapped as part of the
Yemenite Children Affair
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. His brother Yoel Sharabi is a Hasidic and Yemenite entertainer for Jewish communities abroad. Baruch Sharabi is a choreographer and Nehemia Sharabi is a songwriter.
Sharabi composed the music for and appeared onscreen in the movies ''
Beyond the Walls'' and ''Beyond the Walls 2''. He held a close working relationship with lyricist and poet
Ehud Manor
Ehud Manor (Hebrew: אהוד מנור; born Ehud Weiner; July 13, 1941 – April 12, 2005) was an Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel's most prolific lyricist of all time, h ...
and composer
Matti Caspi
Matti Caspi ( he, מתי כספי) is an Israeli composer, musician, singer, arranger, and lyricist. Born in 1949, he is regarded as one of Israel's top popular musicians.
His music's style is informed by classical music, Brazilian and Latin mu ...
. In the 1980s, he sang a duet with
Shoshana Damari
Shoshana Damari ( he, שושנה דמארי; March 31, 1923 – February 14, 2006) was a Yemeni-Israeli singer known as the "Queen of Hebrew Music."
Biography
Shoshana Damari was born in Dhamar, Yemen. Her family immigrated to Mandate Pales ...
.
Sharabi sold over two million records and had over 30 number one hits in the charts. His music was also popular in
Lebanon
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and
Turkey
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.
After a long hiatus, Sharabi released a new album, Linshom (To Breathe), in 2007. The song ''Im at Adayin Ohevet Oti'' (If you still love me) was named song of the year for 2007 by the Israeli Public, via
Galgalatz
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and
Yediot Achronot
He has participated in many song contests, and won the
Viña del Mar Festival Song in 1977.
Sharabi lives in
Caesarea
Caesarea () ( he, קֵיסָרְיָה, ), ''Keysariya'' or ''Qesarya'', often simplified to Keisarya, and Qaysaria, is an affluent town in north-central Israel, which inherits its name and much of its territory from the ancient city of Caesare ...
,
and has been married three times. In the 1970s, he married Liora. After their divorce, he married Helen, a drug addict who committed suicide in 1991. In 2002, he married Pnina Tzadok, who was three decades his junior, and they had a son who was born in December 2004. They divorced in 2006.
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1947 births
Living people
Israeli composers
Israeli male film actors
Israeli folk singers
Jewish Israeli male actors
Israeli lyricists
Israeli singer-songwriters
Israeli tenors
Jewish songwriters
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
People from Tel Aviv
Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
Israeli male singer-songwriters
Jewish folk singers
Israeli Mizrahi Jews