1. Arieh Lieb "Arik" Einstein was an Israeli singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and screenwriter.
33 Facts About Arik Einstein
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An illustrious musical career that spanned over 50 years saw Arik Einstein recording over 500 songs and releasing, collaborating, and featuring in 34 albums, far more than any other Israeli musician.
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Arik Einstein wrote many of his own songs and was a vocalist with The Churchills, Batzal Yarok and The High Windows.
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Arik Einstein was part of, and wrote songs for the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement.
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Arieh Lieb Arik Einstein was born and raised in Tel Aviv, the only child of Ya'akov Arik Einstein and Dvora His father, Ya'akov, was an actor with the Ohel theater.
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Arik Einstein was Israel's junior high jump and shot put champion, and played basketball for Hapoel Tel Aviv BC His father urged him to audition for an army entertainment troupe, and he was accepted into the Lehakat HaNahal troupe.
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In 1959, after his release from the IDF, Arik Einstein joined Batzal Yarok and the Sambation theatre.
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Arik Einstein sang in a band under the pseudonym "Ari Goren".
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In 1966, Arik Einstein joined The High Windows with Shmulik Kraus and Josie Katz.
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At the heart of things, Arik Einstein felt uncomfortable creating music for a European audience who cannot truly appreciate the richness of the lyrics after it went through translation to French.
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Arik Einstein believed that the Hebrew language was intrinsic to his music.
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Two years later, Arik Einstein released the album Mazal Gdi, which was not very successful.
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Arik Einstein therefore looked for a new sound and went on to produce the album Puzi with the Churchills, considered the first Israeli rock album.
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Arik Einstein continued issuing albums during the 1970s and 1980s, often in collaboration with other top artists like Shalom Hanoch, Yoni Rechter, Yitzhak Klepter, and Shem-Tov Levi.
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Arik Einstein was regarded as a very humble and modest musician who focused solely on the artistic and creative aspect of the musical world and actively shied away from the lime-light, fame, and the entertainment business.
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In 1973, Arik Einstein turned to renewal of old Hebrew songs written mostly in the first half of the 20th century.
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In 2004, Arik Einstein released Shtei Gitarot Bas Tupim.
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Arik Einstein sang a duet with David D'Or on D'Or's CD, Kmo HaRuach released on 27 March 2006.
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In 2010, Arik Einstein was the most played artist on radio stations in Israel, according to Israeli Musical artist organisation, ACUM.
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Arik Einstein was one of the celebrities in the iconic film Sallah Shabati, which many consider to be the beginning of popular Israeli cinema.
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The film depicted Mizrahi Jews meeting modern Israeli society, and Arik Einstein played the boyfriend of the protagonist's daughter.
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Arik Einstein was part of the early 1970s TV series Lool, a sketch-and-song show with an original format and cast known as the "Lool Gang".
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Arik Einstein greatly admired Zohar but even for him such drastic change was not easy to comprehend, as was evident in a song Arik Einstein dedicated to Zohar's religious transformation called "Hoo Chazar be'Tshuva".
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On 26 November 2013, Arik Einstein died age 74 after a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm.
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Arik Einstein arrived at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center unconscious after he collapsed at his home earlier in the day.
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Arik Einstein was buried in Trumpeldor Cemetery in Tel Aviv.
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Arik Einstein's funeral was attended by tens of thousands of people, including the Prime Minister, Israel's leading artists and musicians, and hundreds of friends and family.
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The burial was led by one of his closest friends, Uri Zohar, a former Israeli film director, actor, and comedian who became a rabbi and with whom Arik Einstein has 17 common grandchildren.
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In 1963, Arik Einstein married Alona Shochat in the hall of Habima Theater.
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Arik Einstein's wife was hurt, and another friend lost her life.
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Arik Einstein was well known for his love of sports and his deep knowledge of sports trivia, for which he jokingly nicknamed himself "the world champion in unimportant information".
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Arik Einstein was an avid fan of the Hapoel Tel Aviv sports club, for which he competed in his youth, particularly Hapoel Tel Aviv FC and Hapoel Tel Aviv BC Several of his songs mention his love for sports in general and for the Hapoel Tel Aviv clubs in particular.
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In 2017 a documentary TV series "A Standard Love Song: Arik Einstein" was broadcast about his life and work.