Effective period / Period of releases: 1953 - 1955

Misha Appelbaum was born in 1920 in Bessarabia. He went to the Great Patriotic War as a volunteer to the front, but after receiving an injury, he started working as an announcer on the "Golos Ukrainy" (Voice Of Ukraine) radio station. In 1951 he immigrated to Israel..... Four men got stuck in Southern Negev one summer night in 1953.At a small bonfire they chatted and sang waiting for daybreak. A radio-man, Elimelech Ram, captivated by the original singing of one of the four decided to give him a chance in a program on the air. Two weeks later our young man became one of the most popular singers in the country, and his songs - smashing hits. THIS HAS BEEN MISHA APPELBAUM. Born in 1920 in Hotin, a town on the Dniestr in Bessarabia, Misha spent his childhood in the house of his grandfather - a merry innkeeper. It was for the child an enchanting and magical place where peasants, soldiers and wandering actors appeared as characters out of a mysterious play. He thirstily absorbed their tales and songs...And years later after having got two degrees (music and history), fighting in the war and roaming about the world, he suddenly found himself singing all these old and new tunes of coachmen and drivers, sailors and pilots, soldiers and ramblers - all who leave their home and long to return; here and there a song of love, a passing and wandering love. Misha Appelbaum wins you with his rendition of these simple folksongs, his singing has spirit and style, and great dramatic quality - elements of truly accomplished artist. So put this record on your gramophone, dim the lights, throw the log into the fireside, relax... and WANDER WITH MISHA ! . .