Gidi Gov (Hebrew: גידי גוב - born in Rehovot, August 4, 1950) is an Israeli singer,  entertainer and actor.

As a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, he toured the country with the Nahal army entertainment troupe. In 1973, he formed the band Kaveret together with Danny Sanderson and Efraim Shamir, with whom he performed in the Nahal troupe.

Kaveret, also known as “Poogy,” became one of the most popular Israeli bands in the 1970s.  It represented Israel in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Natati La Khayay”. The band broke up in 1976. After the breakup, Gov joined the short-lived band “Parnasa Tova” , which included Yehudit Ravitz.

In 1978  Gov put out his first solo album (“Taklit Rishon” - first album); he has since released six other solo albums.  In 1979, Gov formed the pop-rock band “Gazoz” with Danny Sanderson. The band only lasted long enough to produce two albums.  In 1978, Gov featured as one of the Israeli soldiers in Ram Loevy’s film Khirbet Khize about the expulsion of the Palestinian residents of that village.

Gov acted in Israeli motion pictures such as the “Ha-Lehaka” (“The Troupe”) in 1978, which describes life in the military band;, “Dizengoff 99” in 1979,  HaMagash HeKessef in 1983 and more.

From 1979 to 1993 he was a co-host of the comedy show Zehu Ze! (“That’s it!”), which included Israeli comedians  such as Monny Moshonov and Shlomo Bar-Abba. At the start of the 1980s he participated in a number of Israeli children’s music festivals.

In 1994 he left Zehu Ze to his own host musical/talk show, “Laila Gov” (a play on the phrase “laila tov”, meaning “good night”), on Channel 2,  Israel’s first commercial TV channel.

Solo albums

(1978)  Gidi Gov – Taklit Rishon (“First Album”)
(1983)  40:06
(1985)  Tnu Ligdol Besheket (“Let Me Grow Up in Peace”)
(1987)  Derech Eretz (“The Path of the Land”)
(1991)  Ein Od Yom (“No Other Day”)
(2003)  Rikud Yare’ach (“Moon Dance”)
(2005)  Biktze Ha’har (“At the Mountain’s Edge”)

Website

Album: Biktze Ha’har
Price: $9.99
Genres: World, Music, Pop, Rock
Released: May 24, 2005
℗ 2005 Hed Arzi Ltd.

To buy CD/listen to samples click here (iTunes)