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Daklon

Daklon, born Yosef Levy, is an Israeli singer of Mizrahi and Yemenite Jewish music who received the Israel Prize for Hebrew song in 2023.

born 1944Lead singer of Tzlilei HaKeremThe duet Kotel HaMizrachYemenite and Mizrahi Jewish music

Born: 6 April 1944, Tel Aviv
Occupation: singer

Daklon was born in 1944 in Tel Aviv

Daklon was born Yosef Levy on 6 April 1944 in the Kerem Hateimanim neighborhood of Tel Aviv. His parents were Jewish immigrants from the Shar'ab region of Yemen. He got his nickname as a boy because he was short and thin.

As a child he sang a Sabbath song on a radio program of Kol Israel. As a teenager he performed at school and neighborhood events and became a singer at haflas.

After his army service he formed a band with friends that played at celebrations, while they worked in a diamond polishing plant. From 1972 the band was called Tzlilei HaKerem, and it recorded its first album in 1974. Haim Moshe joined as a second singer in 1977.

In 1984 he appeared in the film Kasach. His first solo album, Mori, came out at the end of 1987, and the band broke up after it. His later work includes the 1993 duet Kotel HaMizrach with Aviva Avidan, and he has released more than 40 albums.