Farid El Atrache فريد الأطرش‎ - 13 album

Farid Al-Atrash was born in Suwayda, Syria to the Druze Atrash family who fought the French Colonial armies.His father was Syrian and mother Lebanese.As a child, Al-Atrash emigrated with his mother and siblings to Egypt, escaping the French occupation. Later, they were naturalized by the Egyptian government as citizens. Al-Atrash's mother sang and played the oud, which spurred his musical interest at an early age.
As a child and young adult, Farid Al-Atrash sang in school events. He studied in a music conservatory and became an apprentice of the renowned composer Riyad as-Sunbaty. In the 1930s, Al-Atrash began his professional singing career by working for privately owned Egyptian radio stations. Eventually, he was hired as an oud player for the national radio station and later as a singer. His sister, Asmahan, was also a talented singer, and for a while they worked together. In 1941, they starred in their first successful movie Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب - The Triumph of Youth, 1941), in which Farid himself composed all the music.He died in December 26, 1974 at age 64.
Al-Atrash had a long and colorful music career lasting four decades. He composed musically diverse songs, and was a highly regarded composer, singer and instrumentalist. Al-Atrash maintained that although some of his music had western musical influence, he always stayed true to Arab music principles. Although the majority of his compositions were romantic love songs, he also composed several patriotic and religious songs.
One of Farid Al-Atrash's most unusual and distinguishable traits was his voice. High and mellow at the start of his career, it evolved into a wider, deeper sound. A person not familiar with his work would find it hard to believe the singer in "Ya Reitni Tir" (1930s) and "Adnaytani Bil Hajr" (1960s) were the same singer. His singing style was deeply passionate.
In many of his songs, and nearly all of his concerts, Al-Atrash would sing a mawal, which is a slow voice improvisation of a few poetic lines. These improvisations sometimes lasted up to 15 minutes. The mawal was a favorite of his fans. Some of the most famous songs include "Rabeeh" (Spring), "Awal Hamsa" (first whisper), "Hekayat Gharami" (story of my love), "Albi Wa Moftaho" (my heart and its key), "Gamil Gamal", "Wayak", "Ya Zahratan Fi Khayali " (يا زهرة في خيالي - "Flower of my imagination), "Bisat Ir Rih" (flying carpet), "Ya Gamil Ya Gamil", "Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybeen", "Eish Anta", and "sa3a bi 2orb el habib" (an hour in company of the beloved).
Farid Al-Atrash starred in 31 Egyptian musical films from 1941 to 1974. His last movie, Nagham Fi Hayati(نغم في حياتي, Songs in my life) was released after his death. All his films except the last two were black and white. They ranged from comedies to dramas, or a combination. He composed all the songs in his movies including the songs sung by other singers, and instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would include approximately ten songs, but overall the films would average about five songs each. Some of Al-Atrash's famous movies include Intisar al-Shabab (انتصار الشباب - The Triumph of Youth, 1941), Yom Bila Ghad, Ahd el-Hawa, and Lahn al-Kholoud (لحن الخلود - "Eternal Lyric", 1952).
Quick success brought the young man a lifestyle of nightclubs, love affairs, and gambling. Soon Farid was in debt and found himself abandoned by his disapproving mother. During this difficult period of his life, he also endured the death of his sister and fellow performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort in a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was motivated to risk all he owned. In 1947 he produced and co-starred in a movies with Samia directed by Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr ("The love of my life," 1947), which became a huge success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five films later, the unmarried couple broke up. Farid continued to work with other film stars in numerous successful movies in which he always had the romantic lead role of a sad singer. He even repeatedly chose his character's name to be "Wahid," meaning lonely.
Al-Atrash refused to get married, claiming that marriage kills art. In his films, the audience remembered his leading ladies and his beautiful songs more than the story lines.
Prior to the 1952 military coup d'état against King Farouk I, Al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Queen Nariman, a relationship that continued after the Queen's divorce and the coup that cost Farouk his throne. The former queen's family did not accept Al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into a long depression, the start of health problems that worsened from that point on until his death.
As Al-Atrash became older, he reconsidered his opinion of marriage and proposed to Egyptian singer named Shadia, but at the last minute he backed out. By now his health was poor, and he feared that he would leave her a young widow. He often played out that scenario and sang about it in his romance movies.
Farid Al-Atrash was a very close friend to musician Abdel Halim Hafez.
Al-Atrash suffered from heart problems throughout his last 30 years. In the last few years of his life, he became physically thinner, and his singing voice became raspy as his sickness intensified. Although he was struggling with his health, he continued to make movies and perform in concerts until he died.
On Monday 24 December 1974 the doctors told Al-Atrash that after 2 days he could go home. This was because they noticed that Farid did not like the hospital, or the drugs and the food that the hospital provided for him. On December 26, 1974, Farid Al-Atrash died in Beirut, Lebanon at Al Hayek hospital, shortly after arriving from London. Al-Atrash is buried in Cairo, Egypt alongside his sister and brother.

(Source : Wikipedia)

Qalbi Wa Moftaha

 

01.Lakteb 3a Wraa' El Shagar
02.Mish Kefaya
03.Albi We Moftaho
04.3odt Ya Youm Mawledy

HERE 

 

Habib Al-omr 

01. Habib Alomr
02. Teoal Laa
03. Elhayah Hilwah
04. Zainah
05. Ya Bo Dhahkah Genan
06. Howa Bas Howa

 HERE

Halet Layali 

01.Halet Layali
02.Baa Ayez tinsany
03.Takaseem Oud
04.Sana We Sanateen

HERE

Sa'alni El Leil 

1.Sa'alni El Leil

 HERE

El Hob El Kebir / El Khourouj Men El Gana

01 Bitomor Al Rass Oul Eyn
02 Ya Weili Men Hobbo
03 Ala Bali Ala Bali
04 Adnaytani Bil Hajr
05 La Ouaeynayki
06 Ana Ouenta Ou Ba Bass

 HERE

25 Ans Dejà 

 

01- Hekayet Gharami
02- Takassim Oud
03- Baa Ayez Tensani
04- Adnaytani Bel Hagr
05- Ich Inta
06- La Wa Ayanki
07- Zaman Ya Hob
08- Ana Wenta We Bass
09- Ma Tcolch Lehad
10- Hebbina Hebbina
11- Albi We Moftahou
12- Ya Welli Men Hobboh
13- Alachane Maliche Gheirak
14- Mawal Lakteb Aawerak El Chagar
15- Mech Kefaya Ya Habibi
16- Manheremch El Omr Men Atfak
17- Odta Ya Yom Mawlidi

HERE

Al Rabia 



01 Al Rabia

HERE

LEGEND  The Best Of

1. Hebeena Hebeena
2. Alachan Malich Gheirak
3. Laktob Aawerak El Chagar
4. Ya HabaYbi Ya Ghaybeen
5. Fog Ghosnek Ya Lemona
6. Betomar Al Wass Wal Ain
7. Ya Bou Dahka Guenan
8. Ya Salam Ala Hobbi Wa Hobbak
9. Zina Zinea
10. Ana Ou Anta Ou Bass
11. Menheremch El Omr

HERE
 

Awel Hamsa

01 Awel Hamsa

 HERE
 

Ba'a 3ayez Tinsany
 




01.Ishta'telak
02.Ba'a 3ayez Tinsany
03.Bahebak Mahma Alo Anak

HERE

Rissala Men Emraa Majhoula

01 - Echtatelak
02 - Aazab Leih Ya Donia
03 - Albi Ou Meftahou
04 - Mech Kefaya Ya Habibi
05 - Yom_Mawlidi
06 - Esmaa Lama Aollak
07 - Albi We Eini Ekhtarou

 HERE

Zaman ya Hob & Hekayet El Omri Kollo

01. Ya Bou Dahka Jnan يا بو ضحكة جنان
02. Manheremchi El Omri مانحرمش العمر
03. Hekayet El Omri Kollo حكاية العمر كله
04. Ich Anta عش انت
05. Lakteb Awrak Echajer لكتب ع اوراق الشجر
06. Zaman ya Hob زمان يا حب
07. Fouk Ghonak Ya Lamouna فوق غصنك يالمونة

 HERE

En Habitny Ahebek Akter





01 En Habetny Ahobak
02 Leqaa Al Aheba


HERE