Einstein's audience comprised the stars of the band: Chaim Topol (later of Fiddler on the Roof fame) and actor Uri Zohar, who would later become Einstein's artistic partner in many endeavors. Its repertoire was comprised mainly of accordion-based harmless ditties performed to raise the troops' morale. At the time, the Nahal Band was just beginning its rise as Israel's top act. Following his father's advice, he decided to join the Nahal Infantry Brigade Band. In 1957, Einstein was drafted into the Israeli army. In fact, a picture of him in action was later used as the cover of the 1987 album Al Gvool Haor (On Light's Border). He went on to become a junior high-jump national champion. The son of an actor, Einstein grew up in Tel Aviv with the intention of becoming an athlete. A self-confessed nostalgist, he continuously lamented the demise of morals and naïveté in modern-day Israel. From the '80s into the new millennium, Einstein reigned as an elder statesman of the Israeli music scene. From his beginnings as a soldier/pop star in the '50s, he reinvented himself as a hipster crooner in the '60s and then again as a rock singer in the '70s. Often voted "Most Israeli Singer," Einstein seemed to encapsulate the quintessential Israeli-born "sabra." Throughout the years, his musical styles reflected the rapidly changing nature of the Jewish state.
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Arik Einstein Langue disponible : anglaisĪrik Einstein was considered one of the most beloved and enduring pop stars in Israel, remaining at the forefront of the Israeli music scene for decades.