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Arik Lavie

voc, 1927-2004 DE
Singer of World, Folk and Pop

Aryeh "Arik" Lavie (Hebrew: ֵאָרִיק לָבִיא, born Leo Alexander Inselsbacher on 9 March 1927 in Erfurt, Germany; died 29 June 2004 in Petah Tikva, Israel) was an Israeli actor and Pop-Rock-Folk singer.Lavie was born to a single mother named Edith Aubin. His father was a medical student from Riga. His mother married a man named Frank Inselsbacher of the French Foreign Legion and he gave him his surname. In 1936, accompanied by distant relatives, he emigrated from Germany to Kfar Baruch in Mandatory Palestine at the age of 9. His career began in 1945 in the Palmach military band. In 1947 he joined the "Carmel" band. His extensive stage career, spanning decades, began in the 1950s. He acted in the Cameri Theater and sang together with "The Three Strings", which specialized in shepherds' songs.

Genres

• World
• Folk
• Pop
• Soundtrack

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