1. Yossi Green was born on May 30,1955 and is a Hasidic Jewish composer of contemporary Jewish religious music.
17 Facts About Yossi Green
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Yossi Green's songs have appeared on more than 120 albums and CDs.
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Yossi Green's clients include most of the superstars of the Orthodox Jewish music world.
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Yossi Green has released four greatest hits albums titled Shades of Green, and a solo album, The 8th Note.
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When Yossi Green was an infant, his father moved the family to Williamsburg, New York, in order to be close to the Rebbe, and worked as a mashgiach in a butcher shop.
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Yossi Green taught himself to play music on a friend's melodica.
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Yossi Green has composed and recorded over 1000 melodies in the genres of contemporary Jewish religious music, pop music, classical music, Hasidic music, and show tunes.
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Yossi Green finds lyrics in liturgical and personal prayers, Shabbat zemirot, and biographies of famous rabbis.
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Yossi Green composes songs for the superstars of the Orthodox Jewish music world, including Mordechai Ben David, Avraham Fried, Dov Levine, Yaakov Shwekey, Shloime Dachs, Mendy Wald, Shlomo Simcha, Yeedle Werdyger, Shloime Gertner, Ohad Moskowitz, Dedi Graucher, Gad Elbaz, Shulem Lemmer, Mendy Werdyger, Meir Sherman, Ari Klein and Itzik Dadya.
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Yossi Green's compositions have been performed by Cantors Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, Benzion Miller, Israel Rand, Naftali Hershtik, and Yakov Motzen.
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In 1998 the Israeli Knesset commissioned Yossi Green to compose a piece marking the 50th anniversary of the Holocaust.
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In 2001, Yossi Green was commissioned to compose "Kaddish", which was performed in Budapest by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra at both the Jewish Festival and the Budapest Opera House.
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In 2004 Yossi Green brought the show to Israel, where it was radio-broadcast live around the country.
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In 2002 Yossi Green released his first collection of greatest hits, titled Shades of Yossi Green.
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Yossi Green released his first solo album, The 8th Note, in 2008.
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Yossi Green has produced three singles featuring Shabbat zemirot composed by Rabbi Dov Berish Halevi Horowitz, a composer of Hasidic music in pre-war Hungary.
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Yossi Green is the co-owner of a medical supply business in Brooklyn.