Isaac "Jacky" Bitton was born on 2 December 1947 and is a French-American musician.
19 Facts About Isaac Bitton
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Isaac Bitton is said to have been rated at the time in the top three drummers of Europe.
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Isaac Bitton jammed with John Bonham and Robert Plant in a club in Belgium.
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Isaac Bitton met Chabad emissaries who helped him further discover his Orthodox Jewish heritage.
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Isaac Bitton took the opportunity to go to New York, where he met the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the first time.
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Isaac Bitton settled in the Chabad Lubavitch neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where he still lives with his family.
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Subsequently, Isaac Bitton, who had moved to the nearby Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, joined and completed the group.
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Isaac Bitton was perhaps the first religious Jew to infuse music on religious Jewish themes with "non-Jewish" styles such as rock and soul.
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Isaac Bitton helped establish the idea of Jewish rock with his heavy hitting style and brought real rock and roll showmanship to the Jewish stage.
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Currently, Isaac Bitton makes new music, and performs at concerts occasionally.
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Isaac Bitton performed at Yeshiva University on 6 May 2007 at a Lag B'Omer celebration concert.
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Once Isaac Bitton began his set on the drums to the tune of "Im Ein Ani Li Mi Li" the crowd erupted.
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Isaac Bitton has served as leader and cantor for a Sefardi synagogue in Crown Heights since the early 1980s, where his musical signature is evident in his cantorial renditions.
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Isaac Bitton has played some shows geared toward an Orthodox Jewish audience, but has not rekindled his music career to his former level of a chart topping rock musician.
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Isaac Bitton has since served as a hotel manager for the Crown Palace Hotel in Crown Heights and as a kosher food supervisor.
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In 1991, Isaac Bitton made headlines when he was hit by rocks and bottles, during the Crown Heights Riot.
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Isaac Bitton suffered a torn rotator cuff and required 10 stitches to his head.
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Isaac Bitton's son was struck by bottles and bricks, and suffered hearing loss and psychological damage.
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Subsequently, Isaac Bitton sued and was awarded $200,000 by New York City.