Farid El Atrache
Singer/instrumentalist/composer al-Abash was notable for a deep voice with an evocative quality of poignancy, the fact that within the pop field he sang in styles regarded as "authentic" in both Egypt and the Levant, and above all for his extensive use of the ud. He was born in Syria, but moved to Egypt with his mother, when he was around nine years old. Atrash was part of a musical family: His mother, "Aliyah," supported the family by singing, and his sister, Asmahan, appeared with him in many movies. Aside from his singing prowess, Atrash was a virtuoso ud player: he studied the instrument at Cairo's Institute of Arab Music and in fact began his professional career accompanying and older singer. Atrash revived the dying use in concert of improvised instrumental solos (tagasim) as part of a longer piece, by lengthening the instrumental introductions to his songs and building tagasim into them. Through recordings of his concerts he thus became the most famous ud player in the Arab world and earned the nickname "King of the Ud."
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Nagham Fi Hayati, Enta Habibi
World - Released by MLP - History on 14 Oct 1957
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Oumri ma hakdar ansak (Mono version)
Oriental Music - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1956
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The Very Best Of Farid El Atrache
World - Released by Maghreb HITS on 15 Dec 2017
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Les classiques arabes: Farid el Atrache
Maghreb - Released by MLP on 28 Oct 2013
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Taqacim / Layla (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1963
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Ya Khofi Bodou (Mono Version)
Oriental Music - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
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Gabr al khawatir tâala sallem (Mono version)
Oriental Music - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
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Ya masr kount (Mono Version)
Oriental Music - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1954
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Asmahan & Farid El Atrache
World - Released by Maghreb HITS on 1 Jan 2000
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Ismaâ Ismaâ / Youma Mawlidi (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1963
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Itqal / Kalbi Wiayni (Mono Version)
Oriental Music - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1963
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Qissma (Mono Version)
Oriental Music - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
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Bahib min ghiri amal (Mono Version)
Oriental Music - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1962
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Noura Ya Noura
Jazz - Released by Black & Partner Licenses LLC on 30 Mar 2019
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Zaman Ya Hob (Live)
World - Released by Edition Bilal on 29 May 2015
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Erhamni We Tammenni / Einaya Mahma Aalou Annack (Mono Version)
World - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
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