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Abdel
Halim Hafez (1929-77)
A note from Hafez’ producer, partner and long time friend: Before Abdel Halim Hafez attained his enormous popularity, and before he began his career in films (he was to make a total of sixteen feature films), he had been involved in songs in films but in which he was neither the hero nor the principle star. During this period he also sang for the radio. Soutelphan has been successful in its endeavours to collect some of these early songs from the various archives and to add them to the extensive discography of the great singer. We
feel that these songs are just as beautiful, and of equal value
and quality, as anything that followed in Hafez’ distinguished
career and we are therefore proud to publish these recordings, on
the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death, in
order to make them available to his millions of admirers.
The place was the Al-Andulus Garden Theatre Hall in Cairo; the time was 11pm on the evening of 18th June 1953; the occasion was the celebration of the 1st Anniversary of the July 23rd Revolution. That night the participating singers were Farid El Atrache, Shadya, Mohammad Fawzi, Abdul Aziz Mahmoud, Karim Mahmoud…and others. An historic broadcast had just taken place; the declaration announcing the abolition of the monarchy in Egypt and the creation of a republic. One hour later that great legend of the Egyptian theatre, Yousif Wahba, appeared on the stage and, in his wonderfully distinctive voice, introduced to the audience a new singer – Abdel Halim Hafez. Abdel Halim began to sing "Safeini marah wa jafeini marrah" (You may keep me in your mind at one time, you may turn away from me at another …but do not forget me altogether) a composition by Mohamed Al Mougy. Finishing the first passage of the song Abdel Halim noticed there was no reaction from the audience; no applause. He began to feel confused. His memory went back to that evening when he stood before an audience in Alexandria and they had pelted him with tomatoes, finding his voice not to their liking. He began to feel that his career as a singer was ending before it had started. Nonetheless, he continued. He sang through to the last verse. Suddenly there was uproar. Unending clapping and cries of admiration were heard all around him. He had found acceptance at last. The audience begged for the song to be repeated and the next song …and so on through the evening. He had triumphed at last. After the show Abdel Halim found himself walking along the bank of the Nile in the company of Mohammed Al Mougy. Between the two of them they had scarcely enough money for a sandwich but happiness reigned for them both. The promoter of the Alexandria show came to Abdel Halim offering him a contract to appear again but at twenty times the fee per night that he had been paid. He accepted at once. And so he came to perform once again in Alexandria and his second show was in marked contrast the first. The promoter promptly doubled his last offer and Abdel Halim found himself singing at two hundred Egyptian pounds per night. But what was more important to him was the re-gaining of his self-esteem and the winning over of the Alexandria audience. From that moment on, assisted by another song "Ala kad el shoq" by Kamel Al Taweel, his career never looked back and he began to mount the ladder that was to lead, ever faster, to the pinnacle of celebrity and glory. Abdel Halim Hafez was born on 2nd June 1929 in the village of Al-Hilwat in the province of Al-Sharkia, the 4th child of Sheikh Ali Ismael Shabhana following after Ismael, Aliah & Mohamed. His father was to die five years later. His work includes sixteen feature films the first being "Lahn al-wafa" and the last "Abi foq al shagara". He starred in the first Egyptian colour CinemaScope picture "Dalilah". He made seventeen films and programs for television. There were ninety-three songs for the films as well as fifty filmed songs. He took part in several broadcasts and radio serials. He left a legacy of over 260 songs. Towards the end of his career he entered into contracts for five films but was unable to realise any of them due to his failing health. These were to have been: "Wa tamdi al ayyam" – "D’ani li waladi" – "La" – "Rassassa fi al kalb" and "Tayeh bein al sama wa al-ard". Milestones in the career of Abdel Halim Hafez: In December 1940 he began to suffer the symptoms of bilharzia which dreaded disease continued to devour him to the end. In 1945 both he, and his brother Ismael, were enrolled at the Arabian Music Institute. Abdel Halim was to study the oboe. In May 1948 he graduated from the Institute along with his colleagues Kamel Al Taweel, Ahmed Fouad Hassan, Fayda Kamil and Ali Ismael. On October 5th, 1948 he began teaching at the Tanta School. On 10th January 1949 he was appointed to the desk of Oboe in the Radio Symphony Orchestra and, on 8th September of that year his third film, "Ayyam wa layali" was screened. On July 14th, 1959 he founded, in association with the camera director Wahid Farid, a film company which they called Aflam Al-Alam Al-Arabi. In 1961 he formed, alongside Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Magdi El Amroussi, the now famous recording and film production company, SOUTELPHAN, and which the latter continues to direct to this day. On 17th February 1969 his last film "Abi foq al shagara" was screened co-starring Nadia Lutfi. |
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