Boaz Sharabi was born on May 28 1947, in Tel Aviv, Israel, and grew up in a family of artists. His brother Yoel Sharabi is a Hasidic and Yemenite entertainer for Jewish communities abroad. Baruch Sharabi is a choreographer and Zion Sharabi is a songwriter.

Sharabi composed the music for and appeared onscreen in the movies Beyond the Walls and Beyond the Walls 2. He held a close working relationship with lyricist and poet Ehud Manor and composer Matti Caspi. In the 1980s, he sang a duet with Shoshana Damari.

Sharabi sold over two million records and had over 30 nu