Mike Brant, real name Moshe Brand, was born on February 1, 1947 in Nicosia, on
the then British-controlled island of Cyprus. He was born in a refugee camp in
Cyprus. His father, Fishel Brand, had fought alongside the Russian army against
the Nazis, while his mother, Braunice Rosemberg, had survived the horror of
Auschwitz. Mike grew up in Haifa, Israel. From an early age, Mike showed an
interest in singing and music, despite a childhood marked by speech difficulties
and a modest family environment. At the age of 11, he was the only boy in his
school choir and began to develop a p...