Eyal Golan

Eyal Bitton was born in Rehovot, Israel, to a family of both Moroccan Jewish and Yemenite Jewish descent. His parents are Daniel "Dani" Bitton and Ronit (nee Jamil) and grew up in the neighborhood of Kfar Marmorek in his hometown. When he was 4 his parents divorced and he resided with his mother's family.

Golan's first album, Lehisha ba'Laila, was released in 1995 and was followed a recording of a live performance featuring cover songs. In 1996 began working with the Israeli band "Ethnix", who describe themselves as "mixing new wave music with oriental melodies."[2] This partnership lasted until 2000. For the majority of his career Golan was managed by record producer Ishai Ben Zur, until their professional relationship ended due to financial disputes. Golan regularly tours in Israel and has occasionally performed abroad. He was a judge for the first half of the 2018 season of the Israeli talent show Rising Star.[3]

On 20 February 2011, Eyal Golan introduced a new reality show on Israeli Music 24 called Eyal Golan Is Calling You (in Hebrew אייל גולן קורא לך) where he is searching for the next Mizrahi music singer together with Yosi Ganj, Adi Leon and Yaron Elan. The show lasted two seasons.

In November 2013, Golan was arrested as part of a group of men suspected of having sex with underage girls. Golan denied the charges, but admitted that his father, Danny Biton, had brought girls to his home to have sex with him. Although the charges against Golan were later dropped for lack of evidence, the allegations caused Golan's songs to receive less radio airplay and for performances to be cancelled.[4] Eyal's father was later convicted in 2015 of procuring minors for the purposes of prostitution. The indictment stated that he "systematically arranged meetings between his son, singer Eyal Golan, and young female fans" in order to carry out his crimes.[5] In December 2018, Golan was recognized by the Knesset, but many MKs and women's groups expressed anger that he would be honored. Protesters interrupted the event, but were removed by security before Golan performed a duet with MK Nava Boker, the chairwoman of the Knesset Caucus for Hebrew Music.[6] "After a massive backlash, Eyal Golan’s performance at the (early 2025) Eilat Women’s Festival has been canceled, the event’s management announced[7]..."

In 2014, Golan pleaded guilty of evading 2.6 million NIS worth of taxes. He was sentenced to 4 months of community service and ordered to pay a fine of 75,000 NIS.[8][9]

On 15 October 2023, Golan stated on Israeli TV Channel 14, "Erase Gaza completely, don’t leave a single person there."[10] In August 2024, Israeli authorities recommended bringing charges against Golan for "incitement to violence". His personal comments have been cited as evidence for genocide in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.[11][12]

Eyal Golan was recorded at birth as אייל ביטון. The authorities additionally record the headings Eyal Biton, Eyal Biton-Golan, Eyal Bitton and Eyal Bitton-Golan. His recorded language was Hebrew. He married Ilanit Levi-Sade and Daniel Greenberg. 2 children are recorded: נופר ביטום and Liam Golan.

His recorded genres are Mizrahi music and pop music.

• Eyal Golan songs with transliteration and translation