Background
Arkadi Duchin was born in Babruysk, Belarus.
Arkadi Duchin was born in Babruysk, Belarus.
He immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He lives in Givatayim. The band, which he formed in 1986 with Micha Shitrit, made five albums, including the 1994 album Radio Blah Blah, before its breakup in 1996.
Dudu Fisher, David Doctorate"Or, Eran Zur, and Meir Banai joined in the song "Lisa" on "Radio Blah-Blah".
The Civil Defense, released by Hed Arzi in 2002, benefitted Israeli terror victims, with all proceeds going to "NATAL": the "Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War". In 2002 he was nominated for the Tamuz Award of Israel"s Best Male Artist, along with David Doctorate"or, Shlomi Shabat, Yuval Gabay, and Yehuda Poliker, but lost out to Doctorate"Or.
Duchin sang a duet with David Doctorate"Or on Doctorate"Or"s Civil Defense, Kmo HaRuach ("Like the Wind"), which was released on March 27, 2006. In 2004, Duchin opened a restaurant on Frishman Street in Tel Aviv, which closed a year later.
He hosted a cooking show on Israel"s Russian language television channel in which Israeli singers were invited to cook a meal.