George Wassouf

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George Wassouf
جورج وسوف
Background information
Born (1961-12-23) December 23, 1961
Origin Kafroun, Syria
Genres Arabic Music
Occupations Singer
Years active 1975 —
Labels Rotana
Website http://alwassouf.com

George Wassouf (Arabic: جورج وسوف‎) (born December 23, 1961) is a Syrian singer[1] with over 30 albums released. Wassouf's vocal style has been emulated by younger singers such as George El Rassi.

Born in Kafroun, Tartous, Syria into a Christian household, he was called "the miraculous of his time" for his artistic talent in singing.[citation needed] Wassouf started singing at the age of 10 in his hometown Kafroun. He was discovered by his first manager and producer George Yazbeck at a wedding party that Wassouf was performing at, aged 12 years old. At the age of 16 he was called Sultan El-Tarab by George Ibrahim El Khoury a magazine director, Arabic for The Sultan of Music, with his classic song "el-Hawa Sultan".[citation needed] He became famous after appearing on the Lebanese show Studio El Fan 1980 when he was 19 years old when he was known as Sultan of Tarab.[citation needed]

Wassouf preferred not to shoot videos for his songs saying "I don't feel I can act ... I really can't... I only find myself when I'm on the stage ... singing, but the video clip forces me to act".[citation needed]

Discography

Videography

References

  1. ↑ Skinner, Patricia (October 2004). Syria. Gareth Stevens. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-8368-3118-4. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 

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