Rami Kleinstein (born in 1962) is an Israeli

Israel

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 singer and composer.

Biography

Rami Kleinstein was born in New York

New York

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. He moved to Israel with his family in 1970. As a child, he studied piano and classical music. In 1988, he married the Israeli singer Rita, with whom he performed as a duo during their military service in the early 1980s. Kleinstein subsequently composed and produced many of Rita's songs.The couple, now divorced, has two daughters.

Musical career

In 1986, Rami's first solo album, "The Day of the Bomb," achieved gold status. In 1997, his sixth album, "Everything you Want," reached triple platinum status within ten days of release. He was voted "Singer of the Year" in 1995, after his "Apples and Dates" album reached triple platinum.

Since 1985, Rami has been composing, arranging and accompanying Rita. He has written lyrics for Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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, Ehud Banai

Ehud Banai

-Early life:Banai, of Persian Jewish and Afghan Jewish descent, was born in Jerusalem to the actor Yaakov Banai, the eldest of the Banai siblings, and moved to Givataim at the age of four.-Music career:...

, and Hanoch Levin

Hanoch Levin

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