Shlomit Aharon (; born Shlomit Debinik; ; 10 July 1950) is an Israeli singer and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band

Hakol Over Habibi Hakol Over Habibi (, ; also known as Habibi) is an Israeli musical band consisting of Shlomit Aharon, Kiki Rothstein, Yuval Dor and Ami Mandelman. Habibi peaked in popularity in Israel during the 1980s. The band toured internationally and represe ...

Biography

Aharon was born in

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as Shlomit Debinik to a couple of

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parents. Her father, Aharon, was a

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. Her mother, Naomi (1923–2016), was a singer and actress in the Yiddish theater in

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. From a young age, Aharon's musical talent stood out. She studied at the Rananim School of Arts in Tel Aviv, together with Shlomo Bar-Aba,

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, and Yigal Bashan, with whom she appeared in the duo "Yigal and Shlomit" from the age of 15. At the age of 16, the two had a joint hit on the radio called "The Golden Age", and they also recorded the song "Year of the Thousand", but they did not get to record a complete album for it. When she was 17 years old, her father Aharon passed away, and in his memory, Shlomit changed her last name to his name. Aharon continued her professional career in the Central Command Band, where she did a solo where she sang the songs " I have a lover in Harob patrol" and " The other days" as part of the program "Near the Jordan" which appeared in 1970. Upon her release from the army, Aharon participated in the show " The Tailor and the Shoemaker's Wife". In 1971, she participated in the soundtrack of the Israeli comedy film The Contract. On 1981, "Hakol Over Habibi" won at Israel's national

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. The song, "Halayla", performed by Hakol Over Habibi and composed by

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, with lyrics written by Shlomit Aharon and Yuval Dor, was presented in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1981 and won 7th place. Aharon went on stage when she was in late stage of pregnancy. Aharon provided the voice of

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in the Hebrew dub of the 1989 film ''

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''.

Discography

* 1989: ''My man and my lover'' * 1992: ''Hebrew record'' * 1998: ''Ladies & Gentlemens'' * 2000: ''Love More'' * 2003: ''Duet'' * 2006: ''When you will come you will see'' * 2007: ''The joint show with Hakol Over Habibi'' * 2010: ''Shlomit Aharon and the three tenors'' * 2015: ''Real quiet''

Awards

* 2021: AMI's Lifetime Achievement Award

References

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