Danny Robas

Danny Robas was born in 1957 in Shoval

Danny Robas was born in 1957 in Kibbutz Shoval and grew up in Rehovot. His father came to Israel from Morocco and his mother from Egypt. In 1973 he became a singer in the Rehovot Municipal Youth Stage.

He served in the IDF Artillery Corps and became an officer. In the 1980s his younger brother Yoav died of cancer as a soldier, and Robas wrote songs about him.

He began as a guitarist for singers such as Arik Sinai, Matti Caspi and Shlomo Artzi, and wrote songs for other artists. His first album, Misgarot, came out in 1983. His albums Panim VeShemot in 1987 and Baderekh el HaOsher in 1989 reached platinum, and in 1989 he won the Singer of the Year title.

He kept releasing albums through the 1990s and later, and hosted the radio show Tziporei Layla from 2007. In 2009 he hosted the TV show Duet Israeli with Aya Korem. He also performs Beatles songs in a show called SheYihye.

He was married to Dina for many years and they have 3 daughters. In 2009 he married the singer Ilil Tamir.