She was called the "Madonna of Israel" She had a couple of songs that were big international club hits (even in the USA) in 1988/1989. She died of AIDS in 2000.

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December 28, 2020 9:39 PM

I loved Galbi fro 1988. I saw the video for the first time on TBS Night Tracks and fell in love with the base line.

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January 4, 2019 3:25 PM

Yes, we know, OP. But thanks for that timely bio.

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January 4, 2019 4:00 PM

r2, your ass never heard of her so stfu.

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January 4, 2019 4:02 PM

The story of how she came to die of AIDS has never quite added up. She evidently was a virgin until she married at the age of 39 (she was a Yemenite, from a very strict culture). She died of AIDS less than three years after she got married, apparently infected by her husband. It's unclear though whether he was actually HIV-positive, and he claimed she got it through a blood transfusion after a miscarriage.

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January 4, 2019 4:27 PM

I like Galbi and Op's song only.

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January 4, 2019 8:48 PM

I only know the Razormaid remix of "Dalle Dalle" from 1990.

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January 4, 2019 8:52 PM

I loved her guest vocal on "My Love Is for Real."

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January 4, 2019 8:55 PM

Im nin alu was a big hit in Spain in the 80's

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January 4, 2019 8:57 PM

Galbi reminds me of the I-Beam in SF. Intense vocals.

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January 4, 2019 9:02 PM

I'm listening to her now. I only discovered "Im nin alu" a little while ago. Her voice is so beautiful, it has a quality to it that I don't think you could ever get except to be born with it. It is so sad she died so early.

Here she is singing on television in 1978.

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December 28, 2020 9:04 PM

I have/had her CD - in particular 'Wish Me Luck' and 'I Want To Fly' with the former tune being more dance oriented. I still have the songs (ripped from CD) but over the many years my music tastes have changed although I do like the two cuts mentioned. Didn't know she passed from Aids.

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December 28, 2020 9:08 PM

Back in ancient time, loving was a crime.

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December 28, 2020 9:39 PM

Her husband was on the DL - he was also alcoholic and drug addict. He died of a drug overdose, but it's most likely he got it from whoring around.

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December 28, 2020 9:39 PM