Abi Ofarim

Abi Ofarim was born on October 5, 1937 in Safed, Palestine as Abraham Reichstadt.

Abi began performing with Esther in 1959 at an Israeli theatre club. In 1961 they won a Song Festival in Tel Aviv, by which time they were married. In 1963 Esther Ofarim won second place (for Switzerland) in the "Eurovision Song Contest" with the song "T'en vas pas". This represented a break through for both of them. Abi arranged the songs, and accompanied Esther on the guitar.

Israeli singer, performing with his then-wife Esther Ofarim in the 1960s.

In 1961, he married Esther Ofarim. He achieved some international fame performing with her as a musical duo Esther & Abi Ofarim, playing the guitar and singing backing vocals. In 1966 the duo had their first hit in Germany with "Noch einen Tanz". Their greatest success in Germany came the next year with "Morning of my Life", written by the Bee Gees. In 1968 "Cinderella Rockefella" hit the top of the charts in a number of countries including the UK.[4] They played many live concerts in New York and London, and in 1969 they toured around the world. The couple divorced in Germany in 1970.

In 1964 Abi and his wife Esther were awarded The Silver Rose of Montreux by Eurovision, for their tv performances.

During 1969 Abi and Esther Ofarim presented a weekly show on BBC tv in the UK.

In 1982, Ofarim wrote a book, Der Preis der wilden Jahre (literally: "The Price of the Wild Years").

He was an actor, known for Walk on Water (2004), Mein Kind, Lieder von und mit Anja Hauptmann (1976) and Blazing Sand (1960). He was married to Sandra and Esther Ofarim.

Beginning in April 2014, Abi Ofarim ran a "Jugendzentrum für Senioren" ("Youth Center for Elderly People") in Munich, a social project against poverty and solitude of the elderly, together with his organization "Kinder von Gestern e. V." ("Children of Yesterday").