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An early influence on Orthodox pop was the 1971 album Or Chodosh, the debut of an eponymous group created by Sh'or Yoshuv roommates Rabbi Shmuel Brazil, who would later create the group Regesh, and Yossi Toiv, later known as Country Yossi; the group performed at Brooklyn College with David Werdyger's son, the young Mordechai Ben David, opening for them.
His music is mostly categorized as pop Jewish music, [7] similar to Mordechai Ben David and tends to integrate many styles of popular music, including pop, rock and jazz, with Jewish lyrics and themes. [citation needed] He also has a few "cantor" style songs on most of his albums, as well as many songs written in Yiddish. [citation needed]
In existence from 1975 to 1983, the band infused rock and bluegrass music with Jewish lyrics, creating a style of music it called "Chassidic rock" [1] or "Country and Eastern". [2] [3] The band had an international following, having become famous after winning three Israel Chassidic Festivals, in 1977, 1978, and 1980 and produced many hit songs.
The lyrics of these songs are generally written in English with some Hebrew or Yiddish phrases. Country Yossi, Abie Rotenberg, Uncle Moishy, Shmuel Kunda, and Lipa Schmeltzer are examples of Orthodox Jewish musicians/entertainers whose music teach children Jewish traditions. Parallel performers exist in Israel with the lyric in Hebrew or Yiddish.
The video, a parody of Mike Tompkins' a cappella music video for "Dynamite", [1] [8] was intended for the group's target audience in the New York Orthodox Jewish community [3] [7] but it quickly went viral, being viewed more than 2 million times in ten days. [2] [4] As of December 2018, it had logged more than 14 million views. [9]
Baruch Levine (born December 28, 1977) is a Canadian-born American Orthodox Jewish composer and singer. His tunes have gained wide popularity at Shabbat tables and kumzits gatherings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] One of his most successful compositions is " Vezakeini " (Give Us Merit), derived from the ancient prayer recited at Shabbat candle lighting.
His introduction to the Jewish music scene precipitated many simcha and concert appearances. [7] He released his second solo album, Acheinu, in 1998, [10] and his third solo album, K'ish Echod B'Lev Echad, in 2001. [7] Dachs assembled the Shloime Dachs Orchestra in 2003.
In 2019, Ribo won first place for the Most Views On YouTube In 2019 by an Orthodox Jewish Artist. He won the award by a high margin for the second year in a row. Ribo's official YouTube channel had 224 million views and 212,000 subscribers. This is the second year in the row that Ribo doubled the number of views on his channel within a year. [29]