1. Shoshana Damari was born as Shodia Damari on the eve of Passover in Dhamar, Yemen as the eldest daughter in a family of five children.
16 Facts About Shoshana Damari
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Shoshana Damari's family arrived by foot at Port Aden and from there arrived in Palestine by train through El Qantara, Egypt on June 15,1924, when Shoshana was one and a half years old, and settled in Rishon Lezion when Damari was two years old.
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From a young age Damari played drums and sang accompaniment for her mother, who performed at family celebrations and gatherings of the Yemenite community in the British Mandate.
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Shoshana Damari studied singing and acting at the Shulamit Studio in Tel Aviv.
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In 1939 Shoshana Damari held her first concert as a soloist, accompanied on the piano by Nahum Nardi.
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Shoshana Damari performed as a singer at that time outside of her activity in "Shulamit".
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Shoshana Damari died in Tel Aviv after a brief bout of pneumonia.
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Shoshana Damari died while Kalaniyot was sung by her family and friends who had been sitting in vigil during her final few days.
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Shoshana Damari was buried in the Trumpeldor Cemetery in Tel Aviv.
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In 1945, Shoshana Damari joined Li-La-Lo, a revue theater established by impresario Moshe Wallin.
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Shoshana Damari became known for her distinctive husky voice and Yemenite pronunciation.
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Shoshana Damari then said that because of the crowd's crying and excitement, she was never able to finish the song to the end.
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Shoshana Damari was especially popular among Israeli soldiers, for whom she frequently performed.
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Shoshana Damari recorded a number of songs by Wilensky and Yehiel Moher, originally performed by the Nahal Band, and they immediately became more identified with her than with the original performance.
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In 1988 Shoshana Damari was awarded the Israel Prize for Hebrew song.
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Shoshana Damari received an ACUM lifetime achievement award in 1995.