Ehud Banai (Hebrew: אהוד בנאי, born March 31, 1953) is an Israeli singer and songwriter.
Banai was born in Jerusalem to the actor Yaakov Banai, the eldest of the Banai siblings, and moved to Givataim at the age of four.
At the age of ten he learned to play the cello, and listened to Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, and later The Beatles.
In 1971 he was drafted to the Israel Defense Forces, and served in the Nahal. In the kibbutz he learned to play ...
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Ehud Banai (Hebrew: אהוד בנאי, born March 31, 1953) is an Israeli singer and songwriter.
Banai was born in Jerusalem to the actor Yaakov Banai, the eldest of the Banai siblings, and moved to Givataim at the age of four.
At the age of ten he learned to play the cello, and listened to Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, and later The Beatles.
In 1971 he was drafted to the Israel Defense Forces, and served in the Nahal. In the kibbutz he learned to play the guitar. After his discharge, he moved to London, where he played in the London Underground for six months. It was during this period that he decided to become a musician.
He returned to Israel and lived in Ramat Gan and later in Rosh Pina. In 1982 he formed a band with singer Avi Matos. He made several other attempts at a breakthrough during the following years. He tried out for Shlomo Bar's band, Habrera Hativit, but wasn't accepted. In 1986 Ehud and his band "Haplitim" ("The Refugees") broke through, with the hit single "Ir Miklat" (City...
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