- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- The Queen of Hebrew Music
- Israel's First Lady of Song
- Shoshana Damari was born in 1923 in Dhamar, Yemen. She was an actress, known for Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955), Without Home (1956) and Big Brother Israel (2008). She was married to Shlomo Bosmi. She died on February 14, 2006 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- SpouseShlomo Bosmi(February 1940 - 1988) (his death, 1 child)
- Known as "the queen of Hebrew music".
- In 1988 she was awarded the country's top civilian honor the "Israel Prize" for her contribution to Israeli vocal music.
- Her song "Kalaniot" ("Red Poppies"), written by composer/conductor Moshe Wolinsky, was number-one hit and stayed for a long time on the top of Israel's popular songs chart.
- An operetta titled Shulamit was written especially for her. It was a great success in Israel.
- In 1953, columnist Mark Barron wrote that Damari "is considered the greatest folk singer of her people" and "sings in a husky haunting voice that has won her cheers".
- [on her nightclub appearances] I explain just a little of what I am going to sing, then I give them the same songs I have sung at concerts. Usually, the audience begins to sing the melody with me before I reach the second chorus.
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