Martin Davidson was headed towards a musical career at an early age.

When he was 5 years old he sang a song at a talent contest and as he was being thanked by the MC, he announced to the audience: “And now ladies and genklemen for my next number…”

He has been reluctant to leave the stage ever since!

While a teenager in Merseyside, his compositions got picked up by EMI, recording company to the Beatles. Martin had appeared at The Cavern when the Fab Four were still Five and hosting a pop contest, in Liverpool. Their manager, Brian Epstein was a frequent visitor to his hometown of Southport.

But Martin looked for higher goals in Israel where he sought to make a difference.  He devised a new style of music fusing traditional Chassidic melodies with sophisticated pop arrangements. He became the father of Pop-Chassidic which caught on like wildfire. With a group Avnei Hakotel  he became one of Israel’s  most sought after performers.
Having established the revolutionary style, he went solo and started touring Europe and the USA. He was invited to perform on 2 notable albums “Kochavim” and Rabbi Boruch Chait’s “Kol Salonika- Songs of Shabbos”.

In 1978, he was voted Singer of the Year by hit parade voters in Israel and in the following year, he won the first Jerusalem Song Contest with a composition “Shalom Al Yerushalayim’.

In the 1980s, he took a diversion with an inspirational series of parody and comedy albums titled Rechnitzer Rejects. The first attempt launched Boro Park a parody of New York New York. It became an immediate international hit pioneering a trend in Jewish humor. To date, 9 volumes have been released.

Davidson was also chosen to represent America at the World Chassidic Song Festival in Israel during 1984 and he was headliner at Carnegie hall at the Tribute to Jerusalem celebrating 20 years after re-unification of the city.

In 1992 and 1994, he again toured European cities, the United States and Canada.

Davidson would go on to perform over 2000 shows and record over 40 albums. He had other backing groups such as Mamash and Yachad, but always the show was more than music, it was pure entertainment. His life achievement was rewarded in 1998 when he was chosen to appear at Israel’s Jubilee Independence Day festivities together with other significant contributors to the Hebrew music scene. Classic compositions included Eshes Chayil, Moishele’s Niggun, Modim and Mi Chomocha.

In between his gigs, Davidson appointed music critic for the Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Press, went on to become Arts & Entertainment editor.

Joining Perfect Impression, a leading entertainment agency, he turned to management booking for a slew of major performers including Jackie Mason and Paul Reiser. His many shows include the first Annual Children’s Jewish Music festival at Queens College.

Martin Davidson has left his legacy in Jewish music with a long, diverse and memorable career. Pop Chassidic is today an industry created by one the few great Jewish entertainers of our time.

In tandem, an accompanying CD with 10 songs put music to the same lyrics.

Recently, he created a children project called Rhymes N’ Rhythms of the Bible featuring an interactive coloring book of verses narrating stories of Biblical heroes in rhyme.