מיסטר הרי

The beginning of Yossi Hari's career was in 1979 when "Triton" studios and the producer Solo Yurman held a project to discover young talents called "Solo Rishon". With the help of the best musicians and arrangers, a first chance was given to new singers and creators, who would not have had a chance to get to the recording studio in any other way. Most of these "young talents" remained unknown (their nickname among the professionals was "fish", that is, those who catch them, "make" some money on them, and nothing comes out of them), but there were a few whose "first solo" was a first step in their career, even if very late (among them, many years later, Pablo Rosenberg, then a writer and singer in the band Miktzav 33, broke through). Mister Harry was exceptional. He wrote and composed songs for himself and others in the "Solo Rishon" project (among them "The stars never shone for me" for Gil Ran) and was the only one of the "Solo Rishon" artists to complete the recording of an entire album in real-time. Everything happened thanks to the hit that came out on the radio in January 1980, "Don't forget us". Mr. Hari wrote, composed, and sang, Ilan Wirtzberg arranged and produced the music. The success of the song brought after it a series of other attempts in the charts, which did not have similar success: "The whole city is laughing at Me", "I Had to tell you" and "Sara Sara Blues". Although success was not guaranteed, the producer Solo Yurman decided to produce for Mister Hari an entire album with songs that Hari wrote and composed, including "I saw your eyes", "We followed the Sun" and "It Lasted for almost years". Ilan Wirtzberg arranged and produced musically (except for the song "Knock on the Door" which was arranged by David Kribushi) and the best musicians participated in the recordings. Among them are Haim Kario, Haim Romano, and Gil Dor on guitars, Miki Shabib and Moti Dichna on bass, Alona Toral and Avner Kaner on keyboards, Shlomo Hammi, Meir Israel and Alon Hillel on drums. At the end of 1981, the album "Don't Forget Us !!!" was released (the exclamation marks in the original) in a small record company ("Simphonia") that dealt only a little with Israeli music. Perhaps that is also why the sales promotion of the album was limited and its sales were limited. Mister Hari recorded several more songs, among which reached the charts until the beginning of 1984, songs such as "Olala", "Maybe Now Maybe You Decide", "When you are big", "What's Wrong with you baby" and "I had a lady", but these songs also did not win Attentively. At the end of the decade, he made another attempt, this time under his real name (with the mention of "Mister" in parentheses). He recorded "There's Always a Chance" arranged and produced by Molly Shay and "Ten Years (She Calling me Mizrahi)" arranged and produced by Gerry Eckstein. Even this round did not bring the hoped-for comeback and he disappeared from the media for a long time. In the '90s, with the revival of nostalgia for the '80s, "Don't forget us" also returned and appeared in various compilation albums. At the beginning of 2001, a new record by Mister Hari arrived on the radio: "A Soldier's Farewell Song". He wrote, composed, produced, and arranged with Ofer Yair. The inscription on the radio record promised: "From a new disc that will be released soon".