Esther Ofarim

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地区: Israel 以色列

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Esther Ofarim，6岁开始在以色列登台演出，是天生的天才歌手，18岁左右开始录制唱片，期间与征服Abi Ofarim合作，Abi多数为Esther伴唱或吉他伴奏。在走进录音室前，Frank Sinatra已经与她签了几场演出合同。

1961年Esther参加以色列歌唱比赛，同时以不同的两首歌获得前两名，Saeini Imcha便是当时获得第一名所唱的歌曲。

1962年的专辑唱片“Hayu Laylot”奠定了Esther作为以色列首席歌手的地位，这期间的经典歌曲太多了。

1962年Esther参加在波兰举行的国际歌唱比赛，凭“秋天”一曲拿了第一名，之后就与Abi旅居瑞士。

1963年Esther代表瑞士参加Eurovision欧洲电视网络歌唱比赛，这是欧洲最高级别的歌唱比赛，Esther当时演唱的是法文T'en Vas Pas（请别离开），当评判宣布Esther是第一时，全场欢呼，但在确认分数时，由于北欧国家的评判作弊，Esther被拉到了第二（当年同届参赛者著名的希腊女歌手Nana Mouskouri代表卢森堡拿了第八名，分数却还不到Esther的三分之一）。这个事件成为了Eurovision有史以来最大的丑闻，但Esther从此便红遍欧洲，并在世界范围出版她的唱片。

Esther期间在欧美发行的唱片都非常畅销，1965年Esther在美国录制了一张百老汇风格的专辑唱片“Is it really me!”，监制、编曲以及乐队指挥都是Bobby Scott，A Taste Of Honey的作者。对于Esther，Scott觉得如获至宝，他认为不管在编曲上有多高的难度，Esther都应付自如，是天生的天才。Esther从最高音一下子转到低音，是那么的自然，毫不吃力，高音时直插云霄，低音时柔情似水，以致于一些芭芭拉史翠珊的歌迷不得不承认Esther的才华，转而追随Esther。

“Morning Of My Life”是Bee Gees所作的歌曲，单曲唱片的版本是由Bee Gees伴唱的，专辑唱片里的版本，当然是Abi伴唱，收录在“2 IN 3”专辑中。这张专辑的最后一首歌曲“Cinderella Rockefella”，“无厘头”风格，在一次英国DJ的误播下迅速走红，而后出版的单曲唱片在欧洲各国荣登榜首。次年，Esther与Abi再接再厉，把他们的名曲“One More Dance”改编重新灌录，这首歌讲述一位爱跳舞的贪财女子偷情的故事。无法理解的是，当Esther在欧洲大红大紫时，她的歌曲却在以色列被禁播，唱片禁止发行，直到1967年才解禁。

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by Richie Unterberger

Veteran Israeli singer Esther Ofarim began recording in the late 1950s, and has put out records in several styles throughout her career, including folk music (of Israel and other cultures and countries), folk-rock, novelty, and orchestrated folk-pop-classical-rock in the style of Judy Collins. Ofarim often released records in English, with virtually no trace of an Israeli accent, and also performed and recorded for a while with her one-time husband Abi.

'Til the Band Comes In Although not too well-known to the English-speaking audience (particularly in the United States), Ofarim has impinged on the pop and rock consciousness from time to time. In 1968, she had a British number one hit (also a big seller in other countries, though not in the U.S.) with the novelty "Cinderella Rockafella," recorded as part of a duo with husband Abi; Esther and Abi had another British hit, "One More Dance," later that year. The pair's manager, Ady Semel, managed Scott Walker for a while, and co-wrote (with Walker) much of the material on Walker's 1970 album 'Til the Band Comes In. It was likely through that connection that Esther Ofarim actually ended up singing the sole vocal on a song on 'Til the Band Comes In, "Long About Now" (although this was written by Walker and Semel), a most unusual move on an album billed to an entirely different solo vocalist. Semel also told the press he had plans to make Scott Walker and Esther Ofarim a team, although nothing came of it.

Esther Ofarim Around the early '70s, Ofarim recorded some material in a style remarkably close (more in production than vocals) to that being done by Judy Collins around the same time: eclectic folk-pop-art songs, given classically tinged orchestral arrangements. Noted producer Bob Johnston (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel) produced one of these, 1972's Esther Ofarim, which indicates that someone or some people in the industry must have thought she had the potential to attract a significant popular audience. One leading British collector, Phil Smee, has described (in Record Collector) some of her work as sounding like a female Scott Walker, particularly on the LP Israeli Songs. Little information about Ofarim, however, circulates in the English-speaking record collecting community, a situation that will no doubt change in the 21st century as cultists look for something relatively undiscovered to mine.

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Esther is born the 13th june 1941 in the village of Zafad, in the neighbourhood of the lake of Galilejah.

1959

Esther started singing in the Israëli National Theatre “Habimah”, where she met Abraham (Abi) Reichstat. They married and began singing at home for fun and then decided to try to make it as a duo in Israel.

- 1961 -

Esther won the Israëli Song Contest with two songs. Their first album went to no. 1. That year, Frank Sinatra who was touring the Oriënt doing shows for youth relief, choose Esther to perform in his six Israëli concerts. It was also in 1961 that the Ofarims went to Europe and settled in Geneva (Switzerland).

- 1962 -

Esther represented Israël at the Sopot Songfestival in Poland with the song “Stav”(Autumn) and won the second prize.

- 1963 -

Esther represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Festival in London with the song “T’en vas pas” (Please don’t go).She did win - but only for a few minutes - and was deposed when

a judging error was discovered and took the second place. Her recorded version of her contest song attained international popularity and was translated into Italian (“Non andar”) and German (“Melodie einer Nacht”).

After the ESF, the Ofarims went to the U.S.A. and Canada and recorded their first album “Songs of the World” in 1963. At the Dutch “Grand Gala du Disque” they had great succes with “One more dance”. Esther and Abi were now among the top singing stars of Holland!

- 1964 -

In 1964, Esther was mermaid on the isle of Rudi Carell’s ‘Robinson Crusoë show’. The show won the Silver Rose of Montreux!

- 1965 -

In the U.S.A., Esther recorded her first solo album with Broadway songs,

“Is it really me!”, accompanied by the orchestra of Bobby Scott.

That same year, Esther and Abi made a concert tour through Germany and the U.S.A, and won the Edison prize at the Dutch “Grand Gala du Disque”.

- 1966 -

In 1966, Esther received the Grand Prix International du Disque Académie Charles Cros in Paris.

- 1967 -

Two gold discs for two LP albums in Germany. Due to their novelty hit song, written in a somewhat 1920’s style by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames. 1967 was dubbed the Ofarims “Cinderella Rockefella” year’.

The recording of this song became a million seller!

- 1968 -

In 1968 the Ofarims toured through England. After their concert in the Royal Albert Hall, they were introduced to

H.M. Queen Elizabeth.

- 1969-1973 -

Again concerts in Germany. In March, they decided to go their own separate ways and divorced. Esther's first personality show was produced in Berlin and was followed

by her first album on Philips with new songs in different languages and from different countries. These songs were introduced in the TV personality show “Esther Color”.

She was travelling all over the world and appeared in many TV shows.

Her second solo album was recorded in 1972 with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, followed by another album as well as her last French album in 1973. Esther decided to take a long rest and to live a normal live . She gave only concerts in her homeland Israël. In Europe, she would not appear again in shows or concerts until 1982.

- 1982 -

Esther's first concert again in New York (Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center)! An LP with Israëli songs, newly recorded in New York, was released. In Germany, a new LP (“Complicated Ladies”) was recorded with Eberhard Schoener. This album contained sung poëtry written by Wolf Wondratschek and Ulf Miehe.

- 1984 -

Esther appeared for the first time on German stage again, in Joshua Sobol’s theatre show “Ghetto” , which was shown in Berlin and Hamburg.

- Today! -

Since 1998, Esther has been giving concerts in Hamburg (‘Hamburger Kammerspiele’) as well as several other cities in Germany. Every concert is a remarkable succes. In 2004 was the concerthall in Franfurt sold out! 2000 fans has visiting her concert. In 2005 several concerts in Dresden, Dortmund, Bremen, Hambourg, Dessau, Frankfurt, Munich etc. A new live cd album was available september of the same year! New concerts are started since the 1st februar 2009 and a new Live cd "I'll see you in my dreams" with new songs and arrangements. In the years later followed by 3 new CD albums with recordings of her 3 EMI/Columbia lp's of 1972 and 1973. One CD in french!

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Esther Ofarim　אסתר ואבי עופרים / 伊斯特·奥法林