George Wassouf
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George Wassouf is a notable Lebanese singer of Syrian origin.
George Wassouf was born on December 23rd 1961, moved young to Beirut, and was called the miraculous child at that time, for his artistic talent in singing.
George Wassouf started singing very young at the age of 12 years old in his hometown Kafroun in Homs - Syria , on different occasions such as marriages, parties, hotels, sheratons and so on. A very short period after, he moved to Lebanon, at a very young age where he started singing there and where he became more famous. It was at the age of 16 years old that when he became the "Sultan of Tarab", Arabic for "Sultan of Singing" with his classic song "Hawa Sultan".
People at that time thought of him as being the only one who can provide tarab with his magical and crystal voice that really started very sharp and went into its revolution long time trip with time. A few of his first songs include "Hawa Sultan", "Rohi ya Nesmah", "Helif el-amar", "Law naweit", which are the ones that really brought him up to fame.
The family name "Wassouf" is first of all the name of a statue God that was worshipped in the middle ages (around 1500 b.c.).
Wassouf's magical voice was discovered by his first manager and producer "George Al-Khouri", this happened when Wassouf was 12 years old - he was singing at a wedding party.
George Wassouf also got married very young at the age of 16 to Shalimar and they have three young men, his oldest son's name is Wadee'.
This is what makes close friends to Wassouf and those who know him to call him Abu Wadee'.
George Wassouf has more than 30 albums produced now and has performed concerts all around the world.
Started from the famous Lebanese show which fired the fame of many Lebanese singers "Studio El Fan" 1980 when he was only 16 years old, suprisingly he was called at this time "Sultan of Tarab".
Wassouf's Songs are very popular , till this day.
The Song "Hilef il Amar" made a massive hit in the arab world, although Wassouf was quite young at that time.
However Wassouf was able to rise to the rank of "king" of Arab Tarab.
Many Singers are jealous of wassouf , and that's why they try to copy his unique style and performance.
Wassouf is one of the few singers that were able to attract millions of fans in a short period of time. In addition, Wassouf is not only famous in the Arab World but is also known in Europe and the States as one of the Best Arabian Singers.
According to his life and his fame ... he should have been called also "The King of Rumors" as he lived a life that was filled with rumors about his love life, his health and so on that it was told once earlier in 2001 that he died of an overdose. Married with three kids ( Wadee',Hatem and George jr.).
He doesn't like to shoot his songs into video clips although he had some successful hits in the early 1990s, he used to say about this: "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".
On June 2002 , Sultan Al Tarab Released his new album "Salaf Wi Dein", which made a huge success in both the Arab world and abroad.