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| Released | October 1966 | |||
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| Label | Philips | |||
| Producer | Abi Ofarim | |||
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| Singles from Das Neue Esther & Abi Ofarim Album | ||||
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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.
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. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]
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. [4] By early 1967, their albums collectively had sold more than a million copies in Germany alone. [5]
The German version contains four additional tracks: "Ma Omrot Einayich," "Ty Posztoj," "Die Wahrheit (Die Fahrt Ins Heu)," and "Yamin Usmol."
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sing Hallelujah" | Mike Settle | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Canario (Song of the Canary Islands)" | Daniel Martina, Pan Peters | 1:54 |
| 3. | "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" | 4:20 | |
| 4. | "Empty Pocket Blues" | Pete Seeger | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" | Bob Dylan | 3:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Going Home" | 3:18 | |
| 2. | "Mi Caballo (My Horse)" | 2:45 | |
| 3. | "Some Day Soon" | Ian Tyson | 2:19 |
| 4. | "Bonnie Boat" | 3:28 | |
| 5. | "Lonesome Traveller" | Lee Hays | 2:19 |
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Germany (GfK Entertainment) [6] | 1 |
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