Avraham Fried
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Avraham Fried (full name Avraham Shabsi HaCohen Friedman/אברהם שבתי הכהן פרידמאן) is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community.
As a child, his extraordinary vocal talent was immediately noticed and he performed at various functions at a very young age. It is said that his name was shortened to "Fried" so that people wouldn't hound him as he walked about in public as his fame was growing.
Avraham is a Lubavitcher chassid. His music includes traditional Chabad Nigunim as well as songs of his own composition. He lives in Crown Heights, home of Lubavitch's world headquarters, but his musical career requires frequent travel. His style can be considered traditional, yet modern and entertaining. His music tends to integrate many styles of popular music, including pop, rock and jazz, with Jewish lyrics and themes.
His brother is the well known Jewish lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman.
[edit] Discography
- No Jew Will Be Left Behind (1981)
- The Time Is Now (1982)
- Forever One (1983)
- Melavah Malka with Avraham Fried (1984)
- Goodbye Golus (1985)
- Around the Year Volume 2 (1986)
- We Are Ready (1988)
- Around the Year Volume 3 (1989)
- Aderaba (1991)
- The Good Old Days (1990)
- All the Best (1991)
- Yiddish Gems Volume 1 (1992)
- Hebrew Gems Volume 1 (1992)
- Shtar Hatna'im (1993)
- Yiddish Gems Volume 2 (1994)
- Hebrew Gems Volume 2 (1994)
- Bracha V'Hatzlacha (1995)
- Im Eshkachaich Yerushalayim (1996)
- Hupp Cossack (1996)
- Chazak (1997)
- The Baal Shem Tov's Song (1998)
- My Fellow Jew (2001)
- Avraham Fried Live! (2001)
- Aleh Katan/Little Leaf (Single)(2002)
- Avinu Malkeinu (2002)
- Ani Choshev Aleichem (Single) (2005)
- Bein Kach U"Bein Kach (2006)
Some would say that he has replaced Mordechai Ben David as the "King of Jewish music."
