Yigal Bashan

Yigal Bashan (Hebrew: יגאל בשן‎; 11 September 1950 – 9 December 2018) was an Israeli singer-songwriter, and actor. He was awarded the ACUM Prize for Life Achievement in 2016.

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Yigal Bashan יגאל בשן

Background information
Born	Yigal Bashari (1950-09-11)11 September 1950 Rishon LeZion, Israel
Died	9 December 2018(2018-12-09) (aged 68) Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres	Pop rock children's
Occupations	Singer-songwriter actor
Years active	1965-2018
Formerly of	Northern Command Band Kmo Tzoani Hopa Hey
Awards	Kinor David

Website	www.yigalbashan.com

Music career

Thumb — Yigal Bashan's coffin at his funeral

Yigal Bashari began his career by forming a successful duo with Shlomit Aharon. While still a teenager, Bashari starred in the 1968 musical I Like Mike, where acting upon the advice of Moti Giladi, he would change his surname to Bashan.^[2] Later, Bashan won the Kinor David Award in 1969 at the age of 18. Due to his fame, several military ensembles attempted to recruit Bashan, but he ultimately went with the Northern Command Band, serving as their frontman from 1969-1972, and performing on several of the band's most popular songs. After being discharged in 1972, Bashan reignited his solo career and was chosen as the singer of the year by Israeli Army Radio, a title he would win a few more times throughout his career.

Bashan was a member of the pop trio "Kmo Tzoani" (Hebrew: "Like a Gypsy") that appeared on the "Hopa Hey" Israeli children's television show,^[3] where he collaborated with Yonathan Miller, Uzi Hitman and Tzipi Shavit. He also sang the opening theme song of the Hebrew dub of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils.^[4]

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Early life

Music career

Death

See also

References

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