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Abdel Halim Hafez

1929 - 1977

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Abdel Halim Ali Shabana (Arabic: عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez (Arabic: عبد الحليم حافظ, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ʕæbd el ħæliːm ħɑːfɪzˤ]) (21 June 1929 – 30 March 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teacher and film producer. Abdel Halim is considered to be one of the greatest Egyptian musicians of his era, along with Umm Kulthum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Farid Al Atrach, Mohamed Fawzi, and Shadia. As his popularity grew, he was given the nickname 'el-Andaleeb el-Asmar (Arabic: العندليب الأسمر), meaning The Dark-Skinned Nightingale. He achieved extraordinary success as a popular musician throughout the Arab world, with estimated sales of over 80 million records. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdel Halim Hafez is the 274th most popular musician (down from 197th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 188th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Musician.

Abdel Halim Hafez is most famous for his music.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 274 out of 3,175. Before him are Jacqueline du Pré, Karl Jenkins, Randy Jackson, Luigi Tenco, Consuelo Velázquez, and Eddie Clarke. After him are Leopold Auer, Louis Vierne, Farid al-Atrash, Snoop Dogg, Burt Bacharach, and Peter Tosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 101. Before him are Gordon Moore, Sam Nujoma, Alasdair MacIntyre, Georgios Roubanis, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Pierre Brice. After him are Isabel Sarli, Peter L. Berger, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Joan Plowright. Among people deceased in 1977, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 42. Before him are Steve Biko, Sergey Ilyushin, Groucho Marx, Francis Gary Powers, Gary Gilmore, and John Dickson Carr. After him are Alia Al-Hussein, Shogo Kamo, Gangubai Kothewali, Naum Gabo, Stephen Boyd, and Kamal Jumblatt.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 219 out of 642. Before him are Mohammed Badie (1943), Al-Tahawi (853), Farida of Egypt (1921), Neferure (-1500), Al-Maqrizi (1364), and Psusennes II (-1100). After him are Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa (700), Al-Mustansir Billah (1029), Alia Al-Hussein (1948), Neferkaure (-2150), and Achilles Tatius (200).

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Among MUSICIANS In Egypt

Among musicians born in Egypt, Abdel Halim Hafez ranks 1. After him are Sylvain Sylvain (1951), and Tamer Hosny (1977).

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