George Wassouf

George Wassouf
جورج وسوف
Background information
Born December 23, 1961
Origin Kafroun, Syria
Genres Arabic Music
Occupation(s) 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. 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". He became famous after appearing on the Lebanese show Studio El Fan 1980 when he was 19 years old as Sultan of Tarab.

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".

He is a prominent supporter of the Bashar al-Assad government through the Syrian Civil War.[2]

Discography

Videography

References

  1. ↑ Skinner, Patricia (October 2004). Syria. Gareth Stevens. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-8368-3118-4. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Naharnet Newsdesk (19 June 2014). "Maher Assad Appears for First Time in Four Years". Naharnet. Naharnet. Retrieved 2014-07-29.

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