Sing! (album)
{{About|the Esther & Abi Ofarim album|other albums|Sing (disambiguation)#Albums}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Sing!
| type = Studio
| artist = Esther & Abi Ofarim
| cover = Esther-abi-ofarim-sing-1966.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1966
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length =
| label = Philips
| producer = Abi Ofarim
| prev_title = Noch Einen Tanz
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = 2 In 3
| next_year = 1967
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album
| type = studio
| single1 = Die Wahrheit (Die Fahrt Ins Heu)
| single1date = 1966
| single2 = Sing Hallelujah
| single2date = 1966
}}
}}
Sing! is an album by Israeli folk duo Esther & Abi Ofarim. It was released on Philips Records in 1966. The album was released as The New Esther & Abi Ofarim Album in the UK, Sing Hallelujah! in the Netherlands, and Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album in Germany.
Recording and release
The album was produced by Abi Ofarim and musical direction by Hans Hammerschmid.
Esther & Abi Ofarim's cover of "Sing Hallelujah" by Mike Settle was released as a single in 1966, reaching No. 30 on the German singles chart.{{Cite web|title=Esther & Abi Ofarim - Sing Hallelujah|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/57c9b/esther-&-abi-ofarim-sing-hallelujah|access-date=2020-06-15|website=ultratop.be}} They also cover songs by Bob Dylan, Ian Tyson, and the traditional negro spiritual "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child." The single "Die Wahrheit (Die Fahrt ins Heu)" was included on the German version of the album.
Following the release of the album in October 1966, Esther & Abi Ofarim toured West Germany in November to support the album.{{Cite magazine|date=October 15, 1966|title=From the Music Capitals of the World: Cologne|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-10-15.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=38}} Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album was the second of three No. 1 albums for the duo in Germany. In response to the albums Neue Songs Der Welt and Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album from the German public, the duo made a donation to the Delphin Foundation for Crippled Children in December 1966.{{Cite magazine|date=December 31, 1966|title=Ofarims Donate to Crippled Children|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-12-31.pdf |magazine=Billboard |page=33}}
Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album spent a total of 56 weeks on the chart (October 15, 1966 – November 15, 1967), and topped the charts for many weeks.{{Cite web|last=Chartsurfer.de|title=Das neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album von Esther & Abi Ofarim|url=https://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/esther-abi-ofarim/das-neue-esther-abi-ofarim-album-album_ffrevg.html|access-date=2020-06-15|website=www.chartsurfer.de}} By early 1967, their albums collectively had sold more than a million copies in Germany alone.{{Cite magazine|date=April 29, 1967|title=Philips Hot on Ofarim Album|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-04-29.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=54}}
Track listing
The German version contains four additional tracks: "Ma Omrot Einayich," "Ty Posztoj," "Die Wahrheit (Die Fahrt Ins Heu)," and "Yamin Usmol."
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| writer4 = Pete Seeger
| writer2 = Daniel Martina, Pan Peters
| writer1 = Mike Settle
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| length5 = 3:30
| title5 = Tomorrow Is a Long Time
| length4 = 3:36
| title4 = Empty Pocket Blues
| length3 = 4:20
| title3 = Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
| length2 = 1:54
| title2 = Canario (Song of the Canary Islands)
| length1 = 2:42
| writer5 = Bob Dylan
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| writer3 = Ian Tyson
| headline = Side B
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| title1 = I'm Going Home
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| title5 = Lonesome Traveller
| length4 = 3:28
| title4 = Bonnie Boat
| length3 = 2:19
| title3 = Some Day Soon
| length2 = 2:45
| title2 = Mi Caballo (My Horse)
| length1 = 3:18
| writer5 = Lee Hays
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Chart performance
| class="wikitable"
|+Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album !Chart !Peak |
| Germany (GfK Entertainment) {{Cite web|title=ESTHER OFARIM + ABI|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-67543|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts}}
| align="center" |1 |
References
{{Esther & Abi Ofarim}}
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Category:Esther & Abi Ofarim albums