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The video, a parody of Mike Tompkins' a cappella music video for "Dynamite", [1] [8] was intended for the group's target audience in the New York Orthodox Jewish community [3] [7] but it quickly went viral, being viewed more than 2 million times in ten days. [2] [4] As of December 2018, it had logged more than 14 million views. [9]
8th Day is an American Hasidic pop rock band based in Los Alamitos, California. Formed in 2004 by brothers Shmuel and Bentzion Marcus, the group gained popularity in the Jewish music scene with their album Chasing Prophecy (2011) and its lead single , "Ya'alili", whose video became a minor viral hit on YouTube .
"Candlelight" is a song by the band The Maccabeats that was released in November 2010. It achieved viral status. [1] [2] [3] The song is a transformation of Mike Tompkins's a cappella cover of the Taio Cruz song "Dynamite" to lyrics about the holiday of Hanukkah. The Maccabeats are an all-male Jewish a cappella student group that formed at ...
StandFour is an American a cappella group from New York City made up of four former members of Yeshiva University's all-male a cappella group The Maccabeats.Formed in November 2012, the group is composed of four graduates of the university: David Block, Noey Jacobson, Nachum Joel, and Immanuel Shalev. [1]
The video was released on Shlock Rock Videos – Volume 1 in November 1990. [15] A new music video featuring an a cappella version of the song, sung by Solomon and members of The Maccabeats, was recorded at the historic Stanton Street Synagogue in Manhattan, New York City, in March 2015. Black and white scenes of Solomon and the minyan members ...
An early influence on Orthodox pop was the 1971 album Or Chodosh, the debut of an eponymous group created by Sh'or Yoshuv roommates Rabbi Shmuel Brazil, who would later create the group Regesh, and Yossi Toiv, later known as Country Yossi; the group performed at Brooklyn College with David Werdyger's son, the young Mordechai Ben David, opening for them.
Six13 is best known for their parodies of contemporary pop songs, incorporating Jewish-themed lyrics. Like other Jewish a cappella groups, they produce an annual music video to honor the holidays of Hanukkah and Passover. [6]
Mordechai Shapiro was born on December 9, 1989 in Monsey, New York.His father was a chazzan and his mother had a background as a trained opera singer. Growing up in a Modern Orthodox household, he attended The Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland for grade school, and the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy for high school.