Bob Azzam
Egyptian singer of Lebanese origin, Bob Azzam (real name Wadih Georges Azzam) was born in Alexandria on October 24, 1925, and began his career in Italy in the 1950s. Accompanied by an orchestra, he caused a sensation by covering Marino Marini's hits in Italian and English. However, it was in France that his success arrived, thanks to two songs released in 1960 that immediately put him in the spotlight: "Mustapha", an adaptation of the Egyptian song "Ya Mustapha", which topped the French charts, and "Fais-moi le couscous, chéri", a humorous song created by Armand Canfora (music) and Jean Bingler (lyrics), later covered by artists such as Richard Gotainer, Rachid Taha and La Bande à Basile. That same year, he was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros for the track "Viens à Juan-les-Pins", and went on to record some twenty singles, putting aside his electronic engineering diploma for that of a singer. When his success waned, he turned to the world of nightlife, opening a nightclub in Geneva, Switzerland. His most famous songs, such as "T'aimer follement", "Mustapha", "Fais-moi le couscous, chéri" and "Viens à Juan-les-Pins" , appear on compilations such as Mustapha, released in 2011, 7 years after Bob Azzam's death in Monaco at the age of 78.
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Ya Mustapha (Pamplemousse Rose Remix)
Dance - Erschienen bei Bob Azzam , cherie am 17.06.2022
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Auguri Cha-Cha-Cha - Bob Azzam
Pop - Erschienen bei ISIS am 09.05.2022
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Les années 60: Bob Azzam
Pop - Erschienen bei Rendez-Vous Digital am 27.02.2014
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Viens à Juan-les-pins
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei Universal Music Division Barclay am 17.05.1960
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Canciones Inolvidables (Remastered)
Pop - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 20.06.2018
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Bob Azzam: The Definitive Collection
World Music - Erschienen bei Sound and Vision am 23.02.2017
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Mezze à la azzam, 1959-1962
World Music - Erschienen bei Fremeaux Heritage am 03.06.2019
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Bob Azzam. Sus Grandes Éxitos (1959-1963)
Pop - Erschienen bei Rama Lama Music am 08.04.2014
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Tintarella di luna
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei Oud Publishing am 27.04.2018
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Swedish Jazz Masters: New Sounds
Jazz - Erschienen bei Parlophone Sweden am 24.06.2013
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Viens à Juan-les-Pins
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei Universal Music Division Barclay am 07.06.2019
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Swedish Jazz Masters: At the Club Opera Stockholm
Jazz - Erschienen bei Parlophone Sweden am 24.06.2013
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Mustapha (Remastered)
Pop - Erschienen bei Artemis am 19.01.2021
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Bob Azzam - Greatest Hits from the Past
Pop - Erschienen bei ICH BIN Records am 27.11.2015
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Viens à Juan-les-pins
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei Universal Music Division Barclay am 17.05.1960
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Greatest Hits
Pop - Erschienen bei Vintage Jukebox am 12.07.2019
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Mezzea La Azzam
World Music - Erschienen bei TP4 Music am 06.01.2022
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Music around the World by Bob Azzam
Pop - Erschienen bei Sunny Side of the Street am 12.06.2023
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