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Sayed Darwish

1892 - 1923

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Sayed Darwish (Arabic: سيد درويش, IPA: [ˈsæjjed dæɾˈwiːʃ]; 17 March 1892 – 14 September 1923) was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music and one of Egypt's greatest musicians and seen by some as its single greatest composer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sayed Darwish is the 752nd most popular singer (down from 570th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 354th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Egyptian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sayed Darwish ranks 752 out of 4,381. Before him are Joselito, Shawn Mendes, Andreas Vollenweider, Plastic Bertrand, Gino Paoli, and Richard Carpenter. After him are Afrika Bambaataa, Navneet Aditya Waiba, Peggy March, Joseph Schmidt, Izhar Cohen, and Halsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Sayed Darwish ranks 150. Before him are Peter Doi, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Lucien Buysse, Victor de Sabata, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, and Walter Krüger. After him are Alice Brady, Hugo Österman, Ahmad Javad, James Forrestal, Henry Darger, and Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1923, Sayed Darwish ranks 61. Before him are Semyon Alapin, Hermes da Fonseca, Fritz Mauthner, Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, and Alfred Edwards. After him are Joe Roberts, Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Armen Garo, George Clement Perkins, and Stojan Protić.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sayed Darwish ranks 392 out of 642. Before him are Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (1943), Moshé Mizrahi (1931), Rashad Khalifa (1935), Al-Salih Hajji (1372), Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920), and Hypsicles (-190). After him are Al-Zafir (1133), Kamal Ganzouri (1933), Domitius Domitianus (300), Henuttaneb (-1350), Antiphilus (-400), and Nabil Elaraby (1935).

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Among SINGERS In Egypt

Among singers born in Egypt, Sayed Darwish ranks 9. Before him are Demis Roussos (1946), Georges Moustaki (1934), Claude François (1939), Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901), Amr Diab (1961), and Leila Mourad (1918). After him are Gohar Gasparyan (1924), Guy Béart (1930), Richard Anthony (1938), Majida El Roumi (1956), Tefta Tashko-Koço (1910), and Sherine (1980).

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