Composer, singer, radio show host, author, magazine publisher
Known for
Parody music, monthly magazine
Spouse
Hadassah Buchinger
Children
Ora Donna Lisa Arielle[1]
Website
countryyossi.com
Yossi (Joseph) Toiv (born January 9, 1949), known professionally as Country Yossi, is an American Orthodox Jewish composer, singer, radio show host, author, and magazine publisher. A composer and singer in the Jewish music genre, Toiv has to his credit three albums as a member of the group Or Chodosh ("New Light") circa 1971–73, seven albums under the name Country Yossi and the Shteeble Hoppers, and a series of six albums for children called Kivi and Tuki. He also released "Country Yossi's Classic Calls" a humorous collection of actual on-air phone calls to his radio show. He has also released two animated Kivi and Tuki DVDs.
Toiv adopted his stage name from his parodies of popular country music tunes that he reworked to convey Orthodox Jewish themes.[2][3] He then transferred the name as a brand name onto the magazine, radio show, musical albums, and children's books which he has published for the mostly Orthodox Jewish market in the United States. Toiv has become famous as the composer of "Little Kinderlach" which was adapted as the ubiquitous Kars4Kids jingle.[4]
^Finkelman, Louis (13 August 2014). "Orthodox families from around the country find Metro Detroit a welcome new home". Detroit Jewish News. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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^Israel, Steve (23 July 2000). "Weekly radio show's hotter than a jalapeno gefilte fish". The Times Herald-Record. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
^Schrieber, Zachary. "KARS 4 KIDS RAKES IN THE BUCKZ". Tablet. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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