Favourite Jewish Pop singers?

[maven]

One of my favourites, I see Barry as a one hit wonder as none of his tracks rose to the power of his greatest hit 'Eloise.'

Here sung before possibly the most uncool (pre-marijuana) audience in musical history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJkDtqvxs0U



Barry Ryan (singer)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barry Ryan (born Barry Sapherson, 24 October 1948, Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British pop singer.

The son of pop singer Marion Ryan and producer Lloyd Sapherson, Barry and his twin brother Paul began to perform at the age of fifteen. In 1965 they signed a recording contract with Decca and under the name of "Paul & Barry Ryan" brought out singles such as "Don't Bring Me Your Heartaches" (1965), "Have Pity on the Boy" (1966), and "Missy Missy" (1966). His stepfather was American agent and music promoter Harold Davison.

When it turned out that Barry's brother, allegedly on the verge of a nervous breakdown, was unable to cope any longer with all the stress connected with show business, the two brothers decided on a new division of labour: Paul would write the songs which Barry would then interpret as a solo artist. Their greatest success as a composer-singer duo, now for MGM Records, was "Eloise" (1968), melodramatic and heavily orchestrated. Later singles included "Love Is Love" (also 1968), "The Hunt" (1969), "Magical Spiel" (1970), and "Kitsch" (1970).

"Love Is Love", written by Barry himself, and released in the United Kingdom during February 1969 was not a great success in his own country. However combining sales from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, "Love is Love" sold a million copies by August 1969, the second million-seller for Ryan.

Ryan was also very popular in Germany. Promoted by BRAVO, the German youth magazine, Ryan also recorded a number of songs in German, for example "Die Zeit macht nur vor dem Teufel halt" ("Time Only Stops at The Devil").

Ryan stopped performing in the early 1970s. There were rumours that Ryan had had an accident in the recording studio. Supposedly he suffered serious burn wounds in the face and could no longer appear in public. However, he made a comeback in the late 1990s when a two CD set with his, and his brother's, old songs was published. Ryan was also part of the 'Solid Silver 60s Tour' of the UK in 2003, singing "Eloise" backed by The Dakotas.

Ryan has been married to:

Her Highness Tunku (Princess) Miriam binti al-Marhum Sultan Sir Ibrahim (born 1950), the only child of Major-General H.R.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Al-Haj Sir Ibrahim al-Mashur ibni al-Marhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar, Sultan of Johore.

And his fourth wife, Sultana Marcella (née Marcella Mendl, 1915-1982). Married in 1978 and divorced in 1980, they had no children.

Fifth wife Christine Davison. They have two children: Jack Davison (18 April 1995) and Sophia Davison (4 September 1996).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Ryan_(singer)

[Shalom_Israel]

There are only two types of music, Zeppelin and other than Zeppelin.

[Rob]

Do Israeli´s also count?

Ofra Haza, died too young. What a voice and what a performer!

Yerushalaim Shel Zahav

Shaday

Love Song

Greatest Israeli performer (althoug many around me disagree).

It saddens me that I will never be able to see her performing live.

[newman]

BTW,

Brian Setzer of The Stray Cats is Jewish,too. He's the best rockabilly guitarist on earth.

[dayag]

Dana Berger!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Y5G...eature=related

[maven]

My teenage dream, the exquisite, divine, Helen Shapiro. What a voice!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2cG-ed6hw

[Elin]

Enrico Macias..

I have all his albums.

[GratefulFred]

Joe Cocker may be tops in the rock column.

[dayag]

Originally Posted by Elin

Enrico Macias..

I have all his albums.

Elin,
I checked out Enrico Macias on youtube and was surprised to find that I was familiar with his song Habibi Ya Aini:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY2PksHN0ww

Thanks for mentioning him.

[frizzer1]

Originally Posted by maven

My teenage dream, the exquisite, divine, Helen Shapiro. What a voice!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2cG-ed6hw

Strange but I had never heard of her until now.
Love her voice....but.....she aint jewish no more...she is a messianic.

[maven]

Originally Posted by frizzer1

Strange but I had never heard of her until now.
Love her voice....but.....she aint jewish no more...she is a messianic.

She will always be Jewish to me, and no doubt her mum! And forever the same age she was then; a flower of London's East End.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSg1Z4AwDCw

[ranchcer]

Originally Posted by Elin

Enrico Macias..

I have all his albums.

Yes, Enrico Macias is awesome. His talent and humanism grew out of his painful personal experiences. My hope is that his lifetime commitment to peace and tolerance and the message of the music and songs he delivers through his warm and vibrant voice will reach the heart of our modern generation of rappers.
He is a great guy off stage too. I remember once watching a French TV channel pulling one of their stupid jokes on him as they locked him up in one of the rooms of a recording studio supposedly meant for blind artists who could not either see or hear him, for over half an hour.
His reaction was amasingly cool and serene.

[ranchcer]

I ll skip the long list of music icons to mention (for comments) Gainsbourg and Mort Shuman.

[ranchcer]

ENJOY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouaytC9njFU&feature=fvw