Biography
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Born
7 April 1944 (age 80)
Oshik Levi (April 7, 1944) is an Israeli singer, actor, and entertainer. He started his career in the late 1960s, as a rock singer, first in a group and then as a solo artist, gaining fame for such songs as Ha-Ballada la-shoter Azulay ("The Ballad of Officer Azoulay" - the theme song for Ephraim Kishon's film Ha-Shoter Azoulay,(released as "The Policeman" in English language markets), Hoze Lech Brach ("Seer, go and flee" - based on a verse in the biblical book of Amos), and Yonatan Sa Ha-Baita ("Yonatan, Go Home" by Yonatan Geffen).
In the 1980s, Levi starred in the very popular Israeli children's show Bli Sodot ("No Secrets"), alongside Hanni Nachmias, Natan Natazon and Hanan Goldblat. This was a first-of-a-kind educational show intended to teach children how to read, and featured some memorable characters such as Gashash Balash ("Probing Detective") and Itonish ("Newspaperman"), and songs such as Mimi. The lyrics of the latter were supposed to help children practice the i vowel, and made this wordplay in the following repetitive chorus
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