Od lo ahavti dai yehoram gaon biography
Yehoram Gaon - Jewish Virtual Library.
Od lo ahavti dai yehoram gaon biography
Yehoram Gaon - biography
Yehoram Gaon (Hebrew: יהורם גאון), informally spelled Yoram Gaon (born December 28, 1939) is an Israeli singer and actor.
Biography
Early life
Gaon was born in Jerusalem in 1939 in the Beit Hakerem neighborhood as the youngest son of Moshe-David and Sarah Gaon.
His father, Moshe-David Gaon, was born in Bosnia in 1889 and when he immigrated to the region of Palestine he began working as an Hebrew teacher. After a while he was sent to teach Hebrew in the Jewish community in Izmir, Turkey.
There he met Yehoram's mother, Sara Hakim, and they soon immigrated back to the region of Palestine and formed a family.
When Gaon enlisted to the IDF in 1957, he joined the Nahal entertainment troupe. There Gaon actually began his acting and singing career.
Singing career
His career as a singer started when he joined the Nahal Brigade band in the IDF.
He later joined the band "Yarkon Bridge Trio" (Hebrew: שלישיית גשר הירקון), where he performed along with Arik Eins