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Eyal Golan, (; born April 12, 1971), is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi
Mizrahi music

Mizrahi music refers to the genre of Middle Eastern style of Music of Israel. It combines elements and flavours of Arabic Musicic, Turkish music and Greek music brought to Israel by Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews....
 style. He was born Eyal Biton in Marmorek, Rehovot
Rehovot

Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometre south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 106,200....
, Israel on April 12, 1971.

Golan started performing in nightclubs at the age of 16. His first album, "Whisper in the Night" was released in 1993. In 1996 he put out another album, called "Live Performance," which included songs from famous Israeli singers such as Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi

Shlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter and composer. He was born on November 26, 1949 in Moshav Alonei Abba. In the course of his career, he has sold over 1.5 million albums, making him one of Israel's most successful male singers....
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Eyal Golan, (; born April 12, 1971), is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi
Mizrahi music

Mizrahi music refers to the genre of Middle Eastern style of Music of Israel. It combines elements and flavours of Arabic Musicic, Turkish music and Greek music brought to Israel by Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews....
 style. He was born Eyal Biton in Marmorek, Rehovot
Rehovot

Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometre south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 106,200....
, Israel on April 12, 1971.

Golan started performing in nightclubs at the age of 16. His first album, "Whisper in the Night" was released in 1993. In 1996 he put out another album, called "Live Performance," which included songs from famous Israeli singers such as Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi

Shlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter and composer. He was born on November 26, 1949 in Moshav Alonei Abba. In the course of his career, he has sold over 1.5 million albums, making him one of Israel's most successful male singers....
. However it was his third album, "Without You," that boosted him into the limelight and was particularly well received in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. The album, which went platinum
Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is in Group 10 of the periodic table of elements....
, featured tracks written and composed by two members of the popular Tel Aviv band Ethnix
Ethnix

Ethnix is an Israeli pop-rock band. Their music is a mix of Mizrahi music and western music melodies. Ethnix is the oldest continuously-operating Band in Israel, together since 1989....
, Ze'ev Nehama and Tamir Kalinsi.

Eyal was managed for a long time by producer Ishai Ben Zur, who was responsible for the success of many of Eyal's albums. However, because of a money dispute, they are currently not working together any more.

Some of Eyal's most famous songs are "Malkat HaYofi Sheli" (My Beauty Queen), "Yafa Sheli" (My Beautiful), "Liknot Lakh Yahalom (hebrew :????? ?? ?????)" (To Buy You a Diamond), and "Hoze Otach Muli" (Dreaming You Opposite Me), the title track from his most recent hit album.

2009 USA Tour

In February 2009, will be touring in the United States performing in Miami, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Los Angeles, & San Francisco.

Discography


Studio Albums

  • "A Whisper in the Night" (1995)
  • "Live in Concert" (1996)
  • "Without You" (1997)
  • "Soldier of Love" (1998)
  • "Look at Me" (1999)
  • "The Duet Concert of Ethnix and Eyal Golan" (2000)
  • "Sound of String" (2001)
  • "And I Call You" (2002)
  • "Dreams" (2003)
  • "A Different Reality" (2005)
  • "I Was Created For You" (2007)
  • "Dreaming You Opposite Me" (2008)
  • "That's Me" (2009)


See also

  • Mizrahi Music
    Mizrahi music

    Mizrahi music refers to the genre of Middle Eastern style of Music of Israel. It combines elements and flavours of Arabic Musicic, Turkish music and Greek music brought to Israel by Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews....
    and beitar jerusalem fan


External links

  • - Eyal Golan Bio- & Discography In English