Shlomo Artzi an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter and a member of the Knesset and Mimi Margalit. He studied at elementary school where he was known for his acting skills.
Shlomo Artzi Age
Artzi was born on 26 November 1949 in Alonei Abba, Israel.
Shlomo Artzi Career
Artzi started playing the guitar and singing in a boy scouts group and at friends’ parties at the age of twelve. At age 16, he began writing and composing songs. After joining the military service, he was recruited to the Artillery Corps, he joined Naval Corps Entertainment Group and took part in the programs; And on the Third Day and Rhapsody in Blue, with other soon-to-be Israeli celebrities.
He was yet to stand out during the first program, but by the second program he became the lead singer and one of the main stars. He sang lead vocals on several songs on the Group’s LPs. In 1970,Still in military service, he had the opportunity to take part in the Israeli Song Festival, a prestigious song contest held every yea, he sang Pitom Achshav, Pitom Hayom, also known as Ahavtiha.
The song, written by Tirza Atar and composed by Ya’akov Hollander, won first prize. It was included in his first album, Shlomo Artzi, which came out in 1970, and came in first in the annual chart-toppers countdown of Kol Israel. He was voted Singer of the Year.Archived December 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
After a string of failures, he decided to make one last record “the way a record should be made in 1977. The success of this album, A Man Gets Lost persuaded him to continue with his singing career, which rose throughout the 1980s and reached a peak with the release of other two albums which sold tens of thousands, and with the live shows that accompanied these albums, which would sell out the largest parks and theatres in Israel.
His later album sales, in excess of a hundred-thousand per album, and the live shows that followed each album, made him the most popular artist in Israel. He has sold a total of over a million and a half albums, an unprecedented achievement in the Israeli music industry. He is well known for his marathon live shows, some of which last over two or even three hours.
Shlomo Artzi Songs
- Teta’aru Lachem
- My God
- Tagidi
- the old love
- At veani
- Childhood views
- She does not know what I’m going through
- Ahavtia
- Talpen Talpeni
- Tirkod
- Sadot Shel Irusim
- Kmo Az
- Where, where, where
- Nitzmadnu
- Nivreti Lach
- Haredufim
- Shir Chayal
- The Ozev Et Ha’Ir
- After all the song
- Alesh
- Suddenly when you did not come
- Ometz
- Kol Yom
- Shlomo Artzi Albums
Teta’aru Lachem – Osef - Osher Express
- Like the 5 fingers of the hand
- Live in Cesarea
- Thirst
- Ahavtihem
- Moon
- A Place
- Romansa Ufiyut
- You and Me
- They Say There Is A Land
Shlomo Artzi Wife
Artzi has been married twice and blessed with three children from his first marriage.