Salim Halali | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Simon Halali |
| Born | 30 July 1920 Annaba, (Bône), French Algeria |
| Died | 25 June 2005 (aged 84) Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Genres | Middle of the road (music), Algerian music, Andalusian music, Flamenco. |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Darbouka |
Salim Halali or Salim Hilali (Arabic: سليم الهلالي, birth name Simon Halali,[1] 30 July 1920 – 25 June 2005) was an Algerian singer who performed Algerian music and Arabic Andalusian classical music. He was a pop singer rather than a professional performer of traditional Arab-Andalusian music, in which he had no formal training. Many of his songs remain popular in North Africa and among Jewish and Muslim North African communities in France, where he is "an iconic figure of French-Arab cabaret music."[2]
- ^ Emile Zrihan rend hommage à Salim Halali in L'Arche, Numéros 573–576, F.S.J.U., 2006, p. 134
- ^ Aidi, Hisham D. (2014). Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-375-42490-8. Retrieved 28 January 2016.