{{Expand Hebrew|topic=bio}}{{Short description|Israeli musician (1944–2019)}} '''Danny Ben-Israel''' ({{Langx|he|דני בן-ישראל}}; 1944 – 11 March 2019) was an Israeli musician of the late 1960s and early 1970s, producing psychedelic progressive rock with socially concerned lyrics in Hebrew.
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Danny Ben-Israel | native_name = דני בן-ישראל | native_name_lang = he | birth_name = Danny Royer<br> דני רוייר | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|04|23}} | birth_place = Haifa, Mandatory Palestine | origin = Haifa, Israel. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|03|11|1944|04|23}} | genre = Israeli pop, Israeli rock, Psychedelic rock | years_active = 1962-2019 | label = CBS, Hed Arzi Music | past_member_of = Northern Command Band }}
==Early life== Danny Ben-Israel was born in Haifa in 1944 and started his musical career in the Northern Command Band alongside future pop stars Gadi Yagil and Kobi Oshrat. He had a series of pop hits while still in the army.<ref>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p631376/biography|pure_url=no}}</ref>
==Career== After leaving the army, he wrote and recorded for films and appeared in several musicals. He toured Europe in 1968 and settled briefly in Austria to record the LP ''Happy Birthday, Rock'n'Roll''. He returned to Tel Aviv in early 1969. He hooked up with guitarist Shlomo Mizrahi, leader of power trio Ha'Bama Ha'Hashmalit and recorded 1970's ''Bullshit 3{{frac|1|4}}'', one of the first Israeli psychedelic recordings. The album was harshly criticized by the local media and had little commercial success, but has gained a great reputation amongst collectors, being regarded as a "psychedelic masterpiece".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forcedexposure.com/Errorpage.aspx|title=Forced Exposure|website=www.forcedexposure.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/danny-ben-israel-bullshit-3-1-4|title=The Book of Seth: Danny Ben-Israel — Bullshit 3 1/4|website=Julian Cope presents Head Heritage}}</ref>
Other notable albums include ''The Kathmandu Sessions'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1324|title=Dusted Reviews: Danny Ben-Israel - The Kathmandu Sessions|website=www.dustedmagazine.com}}</ref> recorded soon after ''Bullshit 3{{frac|1|4}}'' for a label that went bankrupt and finally issued decades later.{{cn|date=March 2019}}
==Death== Ben-Israel died on 11 March 2019, at the age of 75.{{Where|date=March 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/music/Article-688938|title="הקסים את הקהל": המוזיקאי דני בן ישראל הלך לעולמו בגיל 75|website=www.maariv.co.il|access-date=2019-03-11|language=Hebrew}}</ref>
==Select discography== * ''Happy Birthday, Rock'n'Roll'' * ''Bullshit 3{{frac|1|4}}'', World In Sound RFR 016LP * ''The Kathmandu Sessions'', Locust LOCUST 047CD * ''The Collection''
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