cha cha ballahoo

[@louisalf]

Wunderbar! Unbeschwert - einfach fröhlich und hervorragend präsentiert!

[@drlbinks]

I saw Esther and Abi Ofarim at a 'folk club' in Birmingham(UK) in the late 60's and thought they were great - thanks so much for bringing back those times for a short while.

[@winterweib]

This song is Easter for me. We used to hear it over and over then when I was small, sung with and were happy. Happy Easter 2014, Mama, Opa and all who went away before me! We'll meet again, this is the Easter promise.

[@jeremyvaldusier9180]

Elle avait beaucoup de potentiel et une voix remarquable. Quel gâchis.

[@davidlsmith3864]

"She had a lot of potential and a remarkable voice. What a waste." - jeremyvaldusier9180 From Wikipedia: (Solo LPs) 1963 : Esther In Geneva (published on CD in 2012, Bear Family Records BCD 17307 AH) 1965 : Esther Ofarim : American Folk Songs in French (Philips P 48.131 L) 1965 : Is It Really Me! (Philips PHS 600-185) 1967 : Esther Im Kinderland (Philips 843 995 PY) 1969 : Esther Ofarim : The Pink Album, Folk Songs (Philips PHS 600-343) 1972 : Un Prince en Avignon (Philips ST 6-303-063, compilation of songs in french) 1972 : Esther : The Green Album, Ladino and French Ancient Songs (CBS-EMI-HÖRZU SHZE 367) 1972 : Esther Ofarim : American Folk Songs (EMI-Columbia-BASF C062-05-178) 1973 : Esther Ofarim : Songs in French (EMI-Pathé C064-05287) 1973 : Live in Tel-Aviv (Hed Arzi BAN 14317) 1977 : In Concert in Tel-Aviv (Hed Arzi 64001, published in 1999, Emergo in 2001) 1981 : Time Square : guest of Eberhard Schoener 1982 : Esther Ofarim : The White Album, Poems and Cantics (Hed Arzi BAN 14983) 1982 : Complicated Ladies (Mercury) 1988 : Hayu Lailot (revival on CD of 1962's Hayu Leylot) 1988 : In Concert in Tel-Aviv (Hed Arzi 64001, published in 1999) I Don't see the "Waste !"

[@kussjuh]

She's got such a great voice and I love their music so much!

[@AndreaMimi1984]

R.I.P. Abi Ofarim (+ 2018).

[@VintageLady1980]

I love these two and that Abi is such a cutie! :)

[@LeavonCaprivi]

Thanks, I had been watching out for that song, as I liked to listen to it on the old LPs from my mom ;)

[@stanibol]

Chanting mantra or rhythmic Latin or african chants are most suitable for the limited vocal range. Most agreeable to my ear. And a bit of fun to watch for anybody who enjoys a theatrical performances.

[@HenryOrientJnr]

This is really cute! Thanks for posting.

[@angelikameyer3899]

eine meiner ersten schallplatten : ))

[@AndreaMimi]

Ich mag dieses Lied sehr.

[@vertxxgg]

wunderbar cha cha

[@Marlene55M]

Did anybody ever understand the lyrics to this beautiful song? I probably never did. At 10 or 11, I remember, I used to sing along with some probably very funny misheard lyrics....

[@romanlach4033]

Me too, and still just hear my childhood text "Fish come in go down the chacha..."

[@Marlene55M]

@@romanlach4033 What's wrong about it? I think you were absolutely right according to the lyrics page. www.esther-ofarim.de/chacha.htm I was about 11 when this song came out, maybe 12, in my second or third year of learning English (I'm from Germany) and very eager about it. I sang along with every American and English song I heard on the radio, and of course, didn't understand an eighth of what they were singing about. My version of this song went something like: "Fishkamengo down the chacha wounin chacha fillmincattle"... or something like that... 🤣

[@stanibol]

Ah yes, calypso is also the genre that would suit this pair of singers very nicely.

[@winterweib]

@VintageLady1980 My mama dreamt in that time she held Abi on her lap and kissed his hair^^, she was over forty and had to little girls but Abi was so sweet!

[@AndreaMimi1984]

So sad, there are separated and have no contact to each other.

[@kb6kgx]

I get that. I just want to know why he made the decision to live in Germany. Was it purely for professional reasons or ???

[@artiranmor]

requiescat in pace

[@kb6kgx]

I know that Abi's family comes from Germany (family name, Reichstadt), but he was born in Israel, in Tzfat, in 1937, so his parents weren't running away from the Nazis, or maybe they did, because the Nazis really started up in the early 30s. I'd expect Abi to have become the strongest Zionist. So how is it that he ends up moving back to Germany, marrying a German woman... actually two of them, he's on his third wife now... how can any Jew... any Israeli... do that?

[@neumarkshalosh1462]

Nationalism is not the highest and most important value in life. There are other reasons to live besides one's country.