Shimshon Bar-Noy

Shimshon Bar-Noy was born in 1922

Shimshon Bar-Noy was born Peter Neumann in Berlin in 1922. In 1939 he came to the Land of Israel with Youth Aliyah and settled in Ashdot Ya'akov.

During World War II he joined the British Army and fought in the 2nd Battalion of the Jewish Brigade. He left the British Army in September 1946 as a lieutenant. In the War of Independence he commanded a company in the Etzioni Brigade, and in September 1948 he led Company C of the first IDF paratroop unit.

In the state's early years he became a popular singer with a deep baritone voice. He was among the first artists to sign a recording contract with Hed Arzi. His songs included "Yesh Li Kinneret" and "Mi Makir et HaIsh SheBaKir" from 1955, and in 1956 he appeared in the film Dan and Saadia.

He later moved to the United States, left show business and opened a car dealership. In 1986 he returned to Israel for a TV program with Yaffa Yarkoni, where they sang an old duet. He then moved to Canada, where he died of a heart attack in 1988.