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Georges Moustaki

1934 - 2013

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Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Greek-Jewish origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Barbara, Brigitte Fontaine, Herbert Pagani, France Gall, Cindy Daniel, Juliette Gréco, Pia Colombo, and Tino Rossi, as well as for himself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Moustaki is the 130th most popular singer (up from 139th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 158th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Singer.

Georges Moustaki is most famous for his song "Je Suis Un Soir D'été" which is about a man who is in love with a woman but she doesn't love him back.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Georges Moustaki ranks 130 out of 4,381. Before him are Peter Gabriel, Dolly Parton, Psy, Harry Belafonte, Mercedes Sosa, and Roy Orbison. After him are George Clinton, Laura Branigan, Bruce Dickinson, Melanie, Selena, and Robin Gibb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Georges Moustaki ranks 44. Before him are Paul Cohen, Empress Michiko, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Alexei Leonov, Bengt I. Samuelsson, and Richard Meier. After him are Louise Fletcher, Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Niklaus Wirth, Alan Arkin, and Lansana Conté. Among people deceased in 2013, Georges Moustaki ranks 38. Before him are Lou Reed, Nílton Santos, Jerome Karle, Jang Song-thaek, Ronald Coase, and Gylmar dos Santos Neves. After him are Joan Fontaine, Rochus Misch, Kenneth G. Wilson, Richard Griffiths, Lawrence Klein, and Jesús Franco.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Georges Moustaki ranks 136 out of 642. Before him are Sekhemkhet (-2800), Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (1372), Isetnofret (-1250), Setnakhte (-1300), Shoshenq II (-1000), and Pope Peter I of Alexandria (300). After him are Al-Aziz Uthman (1171), Anatolius of Constantinople (301), Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929), Al-Suyuti (1445), Arsinoe II (-316), and Claudian (370).

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Among SINGERS In Egypt

Among singers born in Egypt, Georges Moustaki ranks 4. Before him are Dalida (1933), Umm Kulthum (1898), and Demis Roussos (1946). After him are Claude François (1939), Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901), Amr Diab (1961), Leila Mourad (1918), Sayed Darwish (1892), Gohar Gasparyan (1924), Guy Béart (1930), and Richard Anthony (1938).

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