Rami Kleinstein

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| birth_place = New York City, United States

| origin = Israel

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|rock}}

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| years_active = 1978–present

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| spouse = {{marriage|Rita Yahan-Farouz|1988|2007|reason={{abbr|sep.|separated}}}}

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Rami Kleinstein ({{langx|he|רָמִי קלינשטיין}}; born 10 November 1962) is an Israeli singer and composer.[http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/29402/israeli-pop-stars-to-tour-u-s/ Israeli pop stars to tour U.S.]

Early and personal life

Kleinstein was born in New York City to a family of Ashkenazi Jews in 1962. In 1968, they immigrated to Israel. After a year, the family moved back to the United States before returning to Israel in 1970.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBQkpDeidNc ILTV Exclusive Interview with Musician Rami Kleinstein] As a child, he studied piano and classical music after his parents recognized his musical talent and decided to have him trained to be a classical pianist. In his mid-teens, he met and began dating Israeli future singer Rita. During his compulsory Israeli military service in the early 1980s, he performed with Rita while they were both military band members.[http://www.teev.com/rami/ About Rami Kleinstein] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116021815/http://www.teev.com/rami/ |date=2010-11-16 }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjLaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22rami+kleinstein%22 |title=Continuum encyclopedia of popular ... |date=July 22, 2009 |isbn=9780826474360 |access-date=September 20, 2010|last1=Shepherd |first1=John |last2=Horn |first2=David |last3=Laing |first3=Dave |publisher=Continuum }}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22rami+kleinstein%22&pg=PA51 |title=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |date=February 15, 1997 |access-date=September 20, 2010}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAxLAn6sOb4C&q=%22rami+kleinstein%22&pg=PA174 |title=Popular music and national culture ... |date= 26 April 2004|isbn=9780520236547 |access-date=September 20, 2010|last1=Motti |first1=Regev |last2=Regev |first2=Motti |last3=Seroussi |first3=Edwin |publisher=University of California Press }}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/israelsteadwellb00sand |url-access=registration |quote=rami kleinstein. |title=Israel |year=2002 |via=Internet Archive |publisher=Lucent Books |isbn=9780739855362 |access-date=September 20, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2789298.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104193709/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2789298.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |title=Rami Kleinstein: Rocker with American roots |publisher= Jerusalem Post|date=October 1, 1996 |access-date=September 20, 2010}}Kleinstein subsequently composed and produced many of Rita's songs. The two married in 1988 and had two daughters before legally separating in 2007.Cashman, Greer Fay (4 September 2007). [https://www.jpost.com/arts-and-culture/music/the-split-heard-round-the-country-74189 The split heard 'round the country] The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved on 5 July 2025Natanzon, Keren (3 September 2007). [https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3445322,00.html Rami and Rita – the end?] YNet. Retrieved on 5 July 2025

Career

In 1986, Rami's first solo album {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|ביום של הפצצה}}|rtl=yes}} ({{Translation|"On the day of the bomb"}}) achieved gold status. In 1997, his sixth album {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|כל מה שתרצי}}|rtl=yes}} ({{Translation|"Everything you want"}}) reached triple platinum status within ten days of release. He was voted "Singer of the Year" in 1995, after his album {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|תפוחים ותמרים}}|rtl=yes}} ({{Translation|"Apples and dates"}}) reached triple platinum.

Since 1985, Rami has been composing, arranging, and accompanying Rita. He has written music for lyrics by American singer Bob Dylan as well as Israeli artists Ehud Banai and Hanoch Levin.[http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/cd-review-dynamic-duo-1.68439 Dynamic duo]{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}