Meilech Kohn is an American

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singer. He is most well-known for his song "VeUhavtu".

Life

Meilech Kohn (born Elimeilech Kohn) was brought up in a

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family in

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. He is the first

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of singer

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. He left the

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community he grew up in, but rejoined later in his adult life.

Career

Kohn's music has been described as "a little bit of everything:

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." In 2015, Kohn started his career in a small

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called Edgware Studios. Gershy Schwarcz was his

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for the single "Venoihapoichu", and they made a music video using a phone camera. Similarly with "VeUhavtu", Schwarcz took his phone camera and walked to

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, where bystanders joined in and helped create a music video that now has over 3 million views. After that, Kohn met Zevi Fried and sang him his song "Yoimom"; Fried helped him make a professional music video produced by Izzi Growise for the song. Schwarcz, Fried, and Kohn then worked on Kohn's debut album, ''Yeder Einer''. Landed Eagle Records signed Kohn for his album ''It's Been a While''. Musicians David Adda and Amit Yitzchak brought him into the studio to record. Schwarcz, his original producer, came back for this album. With the help of DJ KLMN and Landed Eagle, they brought in David Nizri from Miami, Florida. The album has influences of classic

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radio host Menachem Toker described Kohn as "the man who has conquered every stage, every wedding, every radio station in the world."

Discography

Albums

Singles

* "Venoihapoichhu" (2015) * "Ein Trop Vasser" (2016) * "VeUhavtu" (2016) * "Yoimum" (2017) * "V'zos Hatorah" (2018) * "Layehudim" (2019) * "Moshchani" (2019) * "Ani Maamin" (2020) * "Nachmu Ami" (2020) * "Nichnas Yayin" (2021) * "Al Tadin" (2021) * "Eish Tamid" (2022) * "Mama Kik" (2023)

References

External links

Official website
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