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Oum Kalthoum
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Oum Kalthoum learned to sing religious songs from her father as a girl in a village in the Nile Delta and became the greatest female singer of the Arab world in Cairo. From 1934 she gave a concert on the first Thursday of every month that was broadcast live on the radio. In Al-Atlal (1966), to music by Riad Al Sunbati, she sings the same line differently each time, until the hall is swept into ecstasy. At her funeral in 1975 millions of people turned out.
Listening
Listening tip. In Al-Atlal, listen to how the orchestra plays a long introduction before her voice comes in, and how she then bends one phrase again and again.
Al Atlal · Oum Kalsoum, 1966
Ya Laylet El-id Insitina · Oum Kalthoum, 2000
Ifrah Ya Qalbi · Oum Kalthoum, 1998
Anta Oumri · Oum Kalthoum, 1964
Ala Baladi Elmahboub · Oum Kalthoum
Discography
Studio albums
- 1960Umm Kulthum 3
- 1961The Twinkling Star
- 1964Enta Omri
- 1965Umm Kulthum 2
- 1966Umm Kulthum 1
- 1969Alf Leila wa Leila
- 1969ظلمنا الحب (Zalamna el hob)
- 1970El Hob Koloh
- 1971Aghadan Alkak (غدا ألقاك)
- 1971Fat el Maad
- 1971ذكريات (Zekrayat)
- 1972سهرة مع ليلة حب
- 1973Yalli Kan Yechguik
- 1973لسه فاكر = Lesa Faker
- 1974نور من الشرق Lumiere Sur Le Desert
- 1975يا طول عذابي Ya Toul Azabi
- 1988Lailet Hob
- 1989El Atlal
- 1989Lesa Faker (enregistrement public)
- 1990Hassibak Lizzamane - Rabiaa El Adaweya
- 1994الأمل ❤ حلم
- 1994الحب كله
- 1994فاكر لما كنت جنبي / ياطول عذابي = Faker Lamma Kont Ganby / Yatol Azabi
- 1994هجرتك (Hagartak)
- 1995The Twinkling Star
- 1997أقبل الليل Aqbal Al Laeil
- 1997إسأل روحك (Es'al Rouhak)
- 1997هذه ليلتي (Hazehi Laylaty)
- 1997يا مسهرني (Ya Msaharny)
- 1999Seret El Hob
- 1999أمل حياتي (Amal Hayaty)
- 1999الحب كده (El Hob Keda)
- 2000The Classics
- 2002Anthologie
- 2002أغاني فيلم عايدة
- 2002أغاني فيلم نشيد الأمل
- 2002أغاني فيلم نشيد الأمل
- 2004Chansons du film “Sallama”
- 2006Enta Omri / Lesa Faker / Baid Anak / Enta Fin
- 2007انت الحب (Enta El Hob)
- 2011Double Best
- 2018Orient (Remastered)
- ?Fakarouni
- ?Hadeeth Al Rouh, The Classic Performances
- ?Ifrah Ya Qalbi
- ?Leilet Hob
- ?Thawrat el Shak
- ?We Marret El Ayam
- ?أغاني برنامج رابعة العدوية
- ?ليلة حب (Lylat Hob)