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Shoshana Damari
Shoshana Damari (1923 - 2006) was an Israeli singer known as the "Queen of Hebrew Music."
Damari was born as Shodia Damari on the eve of Passover in Dhamar, Yemen as the eldest daughter in a family of five children.
Her first record was released in 1948 and her best-known song Kalaniyot (Anemones), by Moshe Wilensky, dates from that period. She was especially popular among Israeli soldiers, for whom she frequently performed. After the independence of Israel and throughout the late 1970s, Damari performed all over the world.
She began to paint after the Yom Kippur War.
Shoshana Damari (1923 - 2006) was an Israeli singer known as the "Queen of Hebrew Music."
Damari was born as Shodia Damari on the eve of Passover in Dhamar, Yemen as the eldest daughter in a family of five children.
Her first record was released in 1948 and her best-known song Kalaniyot (Anemones), by Moshe Wilensky, dates from that period. She was especially popular among Israeli soldiers, for whom she frequently performed. After the independence of Israel and throughout the late 1970s, Damari performed all over the world.
She began to paint after the Yom Kippur War. …
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