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Parakseno Sinesthima
''Parakseno Sinesthima'' (in Greek Παράξενο συναίσθημα meaning Strange feeling) is the 2005 debut album of Greek singer of Cypriot/Lebanese origin Sarbel released in Greek language and released on Sony BMG label. The album was certified gold and was re-released in 2006 in a new edition with a greater number of songs and remixes. Done mostly in a dance pop style, the album uses many elements of traditional Greek music (Laiki) in modern fashion as well as Middle Eastern music. The main success from the album was "Se pira sovara" (in Greek Σε πήρα σοβαρά), a traditional Tunisian song " Sidi Mansour" by Saber Rebaï. Another song from the album "Skliri kardia" was also a Greek version of "Habibi Dah Nari Narien" made famous Hisham Abbas. There were four singles released from the album. Besides "Se Pira Sovara", there were "Sokolata", "Enas apo mas" and "Thelo na petakso". Track listings Original release (2005) *Skliri kardia (Habibi Dah Nari Narien) *Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarbel
Sarbel Michael Maronitis ( el, Σαρμπέλ Μιχαήλ Μαρωνίτης; ar, شربل; born 14 May 1981) known professionally as Sarbel, is a British-Cypriot pop singer. His singles include "Se Pira Sovara" Greek: 'I've just taken you seriously'], and albums ''Parakseno sinesthima'' ['Strange feeling'], ''Sahara (Sarbel album), Sahara'' and ''Kati san esena'' ['Something reminiscent of you']. Ηe represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with "Yassou Maria". Biography Early life Sarbel was born and raised in Southgate, London, England, to a Greek Cypriot father, Elias, himself a singer and bouzouki player, and a Lebanese Maronite mother, a lawyer. Sarbel's family made frequent summer trips to Greece and Cyprus. He received a Jesuit education at St Ignatius' College in Enfield. Sarbel studied music (voice), drama, art, and performing arts. From the age of 5 to 16 he performed at the English National Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout of the remaining 50% held by Bertelsmann. BMG was instead rebuilt as BMG Rights Management on the basis of 200 remaining artists. History Sony BMG Music Entertainment began as the result of a merger between Sony Music (part of Sony) and Bertelsmann Music Group (part of Bertelsmann) completed on August 6, 2004. It was one of the Big Four music companies and includes ownership and distribution of recording labels such as Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Mchenry Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America and others. The merger affected all Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group companies worldwide except for Japan, where it was felt that it would reduce competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahara (Sarbel Album)
''Sahara'' is an album by Greek artist Sarbel of Cypriot Lebanese origin. It was released on June 14, 2006 by Sony BMG Greece. Following the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, the album was re-released featuring Sarbel's CD single "Yassou Maria": the song that represented Greece. Track listing #"Sahara" (4:14) #"Takse mou" (4:05) #"E! Kai loipon" (ft Apostoloi, Anax) (3:52) #"San kai mena...Pouthena" (ft Vanesa Adamopoulou) (4:13) #"O erotas sou me pianei" (3:52) #"Mesogeios" (3:46) #"Spirto esi - Fotia ego" (ft Keanna Johnson) (4:52) #"Enas apo mas (Anyone of Us)" (3:48) #"Kali sou nihta" (3:31) #"Ego tha ziso" (4:36) #"Etsi mou areseis" (4:02) #"Dyo matia asteria" (4:02) #"Na 'soun thalassa" (ft Natasa Theodoridou) (4:08) (Bonus track) ;''Sahara: Euro Edition'' bonus tracks #"Yassou Maria "Yassou Maria" ( el, Γειά σου Μαρία) is a song recorded by Greek-British singer Sarbel, written by Alex Papakonstantinou, Marcus Englöf and Markus "Mack" Sepehrmanesh. It is best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Se Pira Sovara
"Sidi Mansour" (in Tunisian dialect "سيدي منصور" ) is a popular folkloric song from Tunisia. A number of versions of the song have been produced over recent decades. The song was made famous in 2000 when the Tunisian artist Saber Rebaï (in Tunisian صابر الرباعي) released his version. Since then, "Sidi Mansour" has been subject to many covers in Arabic and many other languages. In 2021, Enisa Nikaj a Brooklyn born American singer of Albanian descent released the song Count My Blessings which was completely inspired from Tunisian Song Sidi Mansour. Boney M.'s "Ma Baker" was inspired by the original Tunisian folk song. Rebaï's "Sidi Mansour" song should not however be confused with "Sidi Mansour" by Algerian raï artist Cheikha Rimittibr>Her rendition is another "Sidi Mansour" not related to the Rebaï song. History Numerous variants of the song exist with similar lyrics dating back hundreds of years. The song is dedicated to the Sufi saint Sidi Mansour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Eastern Music
The various nations of the region include the Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East, the Iranian traditions of Persia, the Jewish music of Israel and the diaspora, Armenian music, Kurdish music, Azeri Music, the varied traditions of Cypriot music, the music of Turkey, traditional Assyrian music, Coptic ritual music in Egypt as well as other genres of Egyptian music in general, and the Andalusian (Muslim Spain) music very much alive in the greater Middle East (North Africa), all maintain their own traditions. It is widely regarded that some Middle-Eastern musical styles have influenced Central Asia, as well as Spain, and the Balkans. Throughout the region, religion has been a common factor in uniting peoples of different languages, cultures and nations. The predominance of Islam allowed a great deal of Arabic, and Byzantine influence to spread through the region rapidly from the 7th century onward. The Arabic scale is strongly melodic, based on various maqamat (sing. maq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidi Mansour (song)
"Sidi Mansour" (in Tunisian dialect "سيدي منصور" ) is a popular folkloric song from Tunisia. A number of versions of the song have been produced over recent decades. The song was made famous in 2000 when the Tunisian artist Saber Rebaï (in Tunisian صابر الرباعي) released his version. Since then, "Sidi Mansour" has been subject to many covers in Arabic and many other languages. In 2021, Enisa Nikaj a Brooklyn born American singer of Albanian descent released the song Count My Blessings which was completely inspired from Tunisian Song Sidi Mansour. Boney M.'s "Ma Baker" was inspired by the original Tunisian folk song. Rebaï's "Sidi Mansour" song should not however be confused with "Sidi Mansour" by Algerian raï artist Cheikha Rimittibr>Her rendition is another "Sidi Mansour" not related to the Rebaï song. History Numerous variants of the song exist with similar lyrics dating back hundreds of years. The song is dedicated to the Sufi saint Sidi Mansou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saber Rebaï
Saber Rebai ( ar, صابر الرباعي, ''Saber al Ruba'i''; born 13 March 1967) is a Tunisian pan-Arab singer, actor, and composer of Yemeni Origin. He is known for his song " Sidi Mansour". Some albums carry the variant transliteration Saber el Rebaii. He has been signed since 2004 to the pan-Arab record label Rotana. Early life Reabï was born in Tunisia to a Yemeni family from Hadramout. In 2006, while performing in Aden, he spoke about his extreme pride of his Yemeni heritage. Career Besides being an accomplished violinist, he started the singing as his profession at 17 years old impressed by singers among which Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Abd El Kader El Asaly, Wadih El Safi, Abdel Halim Hafez Abdel Halim Ali Shabana ( ar, عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez ( ar, عبد الحليم حافظ,) (June 21, 1929 – March 30, 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teach ..., Karem Mahmoud. Saber com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisham Abbas
Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas ( ar, محمد هشام محمود محمد عباس; born September 13, 1963), commonly known as just Hisham Abbas , is an Egyptian pop singer best known for his hit song " Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" and his religious song "Asmaa Allah al-husna". Biography Hisham Abbas was born in Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ..., Egypt. He had his primary education at Dar El Tefl school. Later on he enrolled in American University in Cairo and graduated with a major in mechanical engineering. Abbas' career bloomed later on to release several songs. He became popular in the early 1990s with successful hits like "Wana Wana Wana", "Eineha El Sood", "Ta'ala", "Ya Leila", "Shoofi" and his most successful hit, " Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irini Merkouri
Irini Merkouri ( gr, Ειρήνη Μερκούρη, ; born in Ilion, Athens, on May 26, 1981) is a Greek pop and laïka singer of Romani origin. Career Early life Merkouri was born and raised in Ilion, Athens to Hellenized-Romani parents. She began showing interest in being a singer at a very young age and at the age of seven she would mimic all the singers she would see on television. SONY BMG. Retrieved on February 16, 2008. 2001 - 2003: Debut Album & ''Meine Mazi Mou Apopse'' Irini Merkouri signed a contract with Sony Music Greece and recorded her first solo album '' Na Fysai I Anixi'' in November 2001. As part of this album she sang a duet with Antonis Remos titled "Dio Mas" and a Greek version of the French song "Si Tu Ouvres Tes Bras" titled "Iparhi Kai Theos". The album included a total of twelve songs including the hits "Syntelia" and "Foties Anapste". In June 2003, Merkouri released her second studio album, titled ''Mine Mazi Mou Apopse'' (Stay With Me Tonight). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
