Avi Toledano
Avi Toledano (Hebrew: אבי טולדנו; born April 4, 1948) is an Israeli singer and songwriter.
Biography
Avraham (Avi) Toledano was born in Meknes, Morocco. At the age of 16, in 1965, he emigrated to Israel, and settled in Kibbutz Ruhama.
His musical career started as a teenager. His first publication was on a radio show, where he sent his own songs. In this radio show, he first sang Moshe Vilenskis song "This is Jafa", which made him famous. During his military service, he published his first album, including his hit: "Zohi Yaffo" ("This is Jaffa").
In 1969, he participated in the Song Festival with the songs "You are The Wind" (Rimona Dinur / Rafi Ben-Moshe) and "The way Back" (Ehud Manor / Nurit Hirsch), with whom he won the third place. That year was his second album "My father," which hits were created by Manor and Hirsch, "How Time Passes" and "I Saw the Summer". Another song from the album was selling Hebrew cover of Mary Hopkin singing "This is the Day", translated by Mickey Hartaby (Hebrew original version was recorded first by Shuli Natan). Hartaby also translated Tom Jones's "Delilah", the Hebrew version was called "When Night Falls". Toledano's successes that year led to winning the title "Singer of the Year".
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