Abi & Esther Ofarim

Peter Thomas & the Discovery of Abi & Esther Ofarim

Did you know that Peter Thomas was one of the first to discover Abi & Esther Ofarim and played a key role in shaping their early careers? One striking example is the 1965 song “Schatz, geh’ nach Haus” (“Darling, Go Home”) – a darkly ironic and macabre piece that caused quite a stir at the time.

The story? A woman ignores her husband’s suffering and death so she can keep on dancing. Only when she learns that her now-deceased husband has left her an inheritance does she rush home – to mourn him “from the bottom of her heart.”

The twist was so provocative that lyricist Gil Francropulos (a pseudonym for Cordy Thomas) was even accused of encouraging husbands to be murdered!