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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Oumri ma hakdar ansak (Mono version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1956
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Gabr al khawatir tâala sallem (Mono version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Taqacim / Layla (Mono Version)
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1963
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Ya Khofi Bodou (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Ya masr kount (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1954
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Ismaâ Ismaâ / Youma Mawlidi (Mono Version)
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1963
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Qissma (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Bahib min ghiri amal (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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Erhamni We Tammenni / Einaya Mahma Aalou Annack (Mono Version)
Wereldmuziek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Aïni Ala El Ghaïbine (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1957
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Ya Kalbi Ya Majrouh (Mono Version)
Wereldmuziek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Saalni Ellil (Mono Version)
Wereldmuziek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Itqal / Kalbi Wiayni (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1963
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Wahdani Hayâïch Wahdani (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Qisma (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Yahlewa (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Qoddam âaynaya (From "Qessat hobbi", mono version)
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Tekoul la (Mono Version)
Oosters - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Nagham Fi Hayati, Enta Habibi
Wereldmuziek - Released by MLP - History on 14 okt. 1957
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The Very Best Of Farid El Atrache
Wereldmuziek - Released by Maghreb HITS on 15 dec. 2017
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Les classiques arabes: Farid el Atrache
Noord-Afrika - Released by MLP on 28 okt. 2013
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