The 4 Cats
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| The 4 Cats | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Lebanon | |
| Genre(s) | Arabic Music | |
| Years active | 1998-2000 MBI 2002-2006 Rotana |
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| Label(s) | Rotana Records MBI (Music Box International) |
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| Website | www.the4cats.com | |
| Members | ||
| Dalida Chammai RAHBANI (1998-2006) Raya CHAMMAI (2004-2006) Aline Ourfalian (2005-2006) Maya Diab (2002-2006) |
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| Former members | ||
| Rula Bahnam (1998) Chantal (1998-1999) Nicole Saba (1998-2001) Zeina (1998-2001) Perla Shlala (2000-2001) Nisreen Zreik(2002-2004) Natalie (2002-2003) Goyce (2004-2005) |
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The 4 Cats (Arabic:الفور كاتس) is a Lebanese band made of four ladies; Dalida, Maya, Raya and Aline. They are also called 4 Cats. The band is famous for singing oldies. One major thing that happens in the band frequently is exchanging members.
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[edit] Beginning of the band 1998
When the band was formed in 1998, the band members were Dalida, Chantal, Zeina, and Rula. After the unofficial release of their song "Achra, Hdazh, Tnash" (or "10, 11, 12") as a video clip which was not supposed to be released even though it was featured on their first album, Rula left the band and was replaced by Nicole. Their first official release for a video clip was "Ya Nasini" song, and their first album was called "Tick-Tick". The band was famous for singing oldies for "Akhawein Rahbani" or "Rahbani brothers". The band released two video clips for two of the album songs (the album had 8 songs), these two video clips were "Ya Nasini" and "Kan El-Zaman".
[edit] The second album
The girls ran to the studios to record their second album "Layl Nhar" ("Day, Night"). The first song to be released from this album was "Layl Nhar" which was released at the beginning of summer, 2000. The Album was released shortly after the video clip. The video clip was a special feature on the album. In November from the same year they released their second video clip from the album, it was called "Ma Ba'a Eida" ("I'll Never Do It Again").
[edit] Three members out
The third album was schedualed to be released October 15, 2001, but that never happened. Three members; Zaina, Nicole and Perla, left the band without giving any reasons to the media. The three girls were replaced with another three girls, Maya, Nisrine and Natalie. The band released their new video clip in the beginning of 2002 which was called "Tal Ntizari", followed by their third album which had the same name of the song in the summer of 2002. This album was released without having any propaganda, it was just released without any previous commercials in TV's or newspapers. The band disappeared for months, until the summer of 2003, when the band released another song from the album "Rah Hibak Alla Tool" or "I'll Always love You". In this new video clip a new member called Nada replaced Natalie in this song. They later replaced Nada with Rana Tersisi who only appeared in a few tv shows, then she quit claming she never got along with the girls.
In 2004 the band signed a new record deal with Rotana and released a new song called "Ya Antar", a new album with the same name, and got two new members to replace Nisreen and Rana. The two new members were Goyce and Perla again, then Perla left the band again and she was replaced by Raya (Dalida's sister). The band released another song from the album after only two months called "Machi El-Tofnees". In late 2004 the band released another song called "Nihna Mnsrou" ("We Steal"). This song was featured on their fourth album.
In 2006 the band came back again with a new song called "El Donya Heik", a new album holding the same name, and another member called Aline replacing Goyce.
[edit] Past members
- Rula Bahnam: TV presenter, known for working in Future TV.
- Chantal: Married.
- Zeina: Worked for a while in Future TV.
- Perla Shlala: Has her own tv show on LBC channel.
- Nicole Saba: She's a famous singer and actess.
- Natalie: Works in Rotana TV as a tv presenter in the tv show "Shebyek Lebyak".
- Nisreen Zreik: Worked for a little while in Rotana TV as a TV presenter in the TV show "Shebyek Lebyak", then she competed for Miss Lebanon 2004 and got the 6th place, and currently a singer.
- Goyce.
- Rana Tersisi: Model in clips and ads.
- Nada Taraby: Sister of Mr.Lebanon and first runner-up for the title of Mr. World in 2003, Assaad Tarabay.
[edit] Albums
- 1998 Tick-Tick.
- 2000 Layl Nhar.
- 2002 Tal Ntizari.
- 2004 Ya Antar.
- 2006 El Donya Heik.
