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Rami Kleinstein

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Rami Kleinstein רָמִי קלינשטיין‎
Kleinstein in 2008
Background information
Born	(1962-11-10) November 10, 1962 (age 61) New York City, United States
Origin	Israel
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Hed Arzi Music Helicon
Spouse(s)	Rita Yahan-Farouz (m. 1988; sep. 2007)

Website	www.facebook.com/ramikleinstein.music

Military career
Allegiance	State of Israel
Service/branch	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1980–1983

Rami Kleinstein (Hebrew: רָמִי קלינשטיין; born 10 November 1962) is an Israeli singer and composer.^[1]

Early and personal life[edit]

Kleinstein was born in New York City to a family of Ashkenazi Jews in 1962. In 1968, they immigrated to Israel. After a year, the family moved back to the United States before returning to Israel in 1970.^[2] As a child, he studied piano and classical music after his parents recognized his musical talent and decided to have him trained to be a classical pianist. In his mid-teens, he met and began dating Israeli future singer Rita. During his compulsory Israeli military service in the early 1980s, he performed with Rita while they were both military band members.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Kleinstein subsequently composed and produced many of Rita's songs.^[6] The two married in 1988 and had two daughters before legally separating in 2007.^[10]

Career[edit]

In 1986, Rami's first solo album ביום של הפצצה‎ (transl. "On the day of the bomb") achieved gold status. In 1997, his sixth album כל מה שתרצי‎ (transl. "Everything you want") reached triple platinum status within ten days of release. He was voted "Singer of the Year" in 1995, after his album תפוחים ותמרים‎ (transl. "Apples and dates") reached triple platinum.^[3]

Since 1985, Rami has been composing, arranging, and accompanying Rita.^[3] He has written music for lyrics by American singer Bob Dylan as well as Israeli artists Ehud Banai and Hanoch Levin.^[11]

Discography[edit]

1986: ביום של הפצצה
1989: על הגשר הישן
1991: אהביני
1993: במסיבה אצל גידו
1995: תפוחים ותמרים
1997: כל מה שתרצי
2000: פטר והזאב וקרנבל החיות
2000: תגיד את זה
2005: הרבה פנים
2009: שיר חשוף
2009: סינרגיה אקוסטית (with Synergia)
2010: Live
2012: סיטואציה מורכב
2014: מתנות קטנות
2015: אנשים טובים

References[edit]

^ Israeli pop stars to tour U.S.

^ ILTV Exclusive Interview with Musician Rami Kleinstein

^ ^a ^b ^c About Rami Kleinstein Archived 2010-11-16 at the Wayback Machine

^ Shepherd, John; Horn, David; Laing, Dave (July 22, 2009). Continuum encyclopedia of popular ... ISBN 9780826474360. Retrieved September 20, 2010.

^ "Billboard". Billboard. February 15, 1997. Retrieved September 20, 2010.

^ ^a ^b Motti, Regev; Regev, Motti; Seroussi, Edwin (26 April 2004). Popular music and national culture ... ISBN 9780520236547. Retrieved September 20, 2010.

^ Israel. Lucent Books. 2002. ISBN 9780739855362. Retrieved September 20, 2010 – via Internet Archive. rami kleinstein.

^ "Rami Kleinstein: Rocker with American roots". Jerusalem Post. October 1, 1996. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.

^ The split heard 'round the country

^ Rami and Rita - the end?

^ Dynamic duo^{[dead link]}