Svika Pick

Pick first gained traction on a national level after playing a lead part in an Israeli version of the musical Hair, later pursuing a prolific songwriting and singing career.

Pick studied music at the Conservatory of Ramat Gan, and started to perform in local Israeli rock bands at the age of 15.

That year, Habima Theater staged a musical called Mary Lou based on Pick's old hits.

[13] In 2009, this musical was made into the television series Tamid Oto Chalom (or Mary Lou), directed by Eytan Fox.

In 2003, he composed the song "Hasta la vista" with Shem-Or, to whom he was married at the time, for Oleksandr Ponomariov, Ukrainian entrant in Eurovision 2003.

From 2005 to 2009, Pick was one of the judges for the singing reality show Kokhav Nolad (the Israeli version of Pop Idol) that aired on Channel 2.

Pick with his first wife Mirit Shem Or, 1986
Pick with his first wife Mirit Shem-Or, 1986
Long haired man singing into a microphone
Pick performing in front of soldiers in Beit HaHayal at Tel Aviv, 1972
Pick as a judge on Kokhav Nolad in 2008
Svika Pick performs at a music festival at Neviot Beach in Eilat , 1978