Urgent| Ahmed Adawiya.. The godfather of popular song passed away after he changed the form of music
A unique voice emerged from the Egyptian neighborhood, to be the godfather of the popular song and opened the way for all the popular singing singers who came after him. With his death, the last leaf in the seventies singers fell and the beautiful folk art was truly ended.
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In his early days, he was accused of degenerate taste, but he quickly proved that he was one of the most important popular singers in the seventies. He had a great impact on the path of popular singing after him, and he overcame The criticisms and smear campaigns that targeted him at that time did not succeed in killing him morally, and he continued his journey. The writer Naguib Mahfouz loved him for no reason, and he is an expert in the Egyptian popular neighborhood. He said about him: “Adawiya delights him because his voice has sweetness, and he sings with words from the people’s lexicon.”
He was also enthusiastic about "Adawiya" Many of the great composers and poets, such as Baligh Hamdi, Hani Shenouda, Sayed Makkawi, Kamal Al-Taweel, Ammar Al-Sharaei, Hassan Abu Al-Saud, and others, and the lyrics of his songs were written by great poets, such as Mamoun Al-Shennawi, Abdul Rahman Al-Abnoudi, Salah Jaheen, Samir Al-Tayer and Hassan. Abu Etman.
Many of those who were considered one of the giants of Arabic music in his time praised his voice, such as Muhammad Abdel Wahhab. And Farid Al-Atrash and Abdel-Halim Hafez. It even came to the point that in one of the private parties, Abdel-Halim Hafez sang Adawiya’s song “Al-Sahh Al-Dah Embu.” Adawiya sang Abdel Halim Hafez’s song “Khasara Khasara”.
He was born in Minya Governorate, on June 26, 1945. His father was a livestock trader and his rank was the penultimate in the family, as he had 14 brothers and sisters. He started singing in 1969 on Muhammad Ali Street in the Al-Alalia Café. He used to sing at weddings and parties, and fame came to him in 1972.
Ahmed Adawiya married in 1976 and has a daughter named Warda and a son, Muhammad Adawiya, who is also a well-known singer. Certainly, Adawiya is a unique phenomenon who only resembles herself. He created a joyful mood in the Egyptian street that was not repeated.
Ahmed Adawiya used to sing at weddings and parties, and fame came to him in 1972 from During the wedding anniversary of the singer (Sherifa Fadel), which was attended by a number of artists and journalists, the owner of the Arizona Casino was present at the party and offered him a job there, then he recorded two CDs for the company (Sawt Al-Hob) and from here came his fame.
< p>Among Ahmed Adawiya’s most famous popular songs are: (Al-Sah Al-Dah Ambo, Crowded Ya Donia, Crowded, Leave and I’ll Leave). Cinema used him to sing in films because of his fame, and directors assigned him some Comedic roles, but he did not succeed as an actor because he only had the talent for singing.
Ahmed Adawiya was exposed to a controversial accident in the early 1990s that almost ended his life, causing him to be paralyzed for a long time. He stayed away from the spotlight completely until he recently recovered and began to gradually appear. With some simple attempts, whether by re-arranging his old songs or participating with some young stars in songs of a popular nature, such as his song (Al-Nas Al-Raiqa) with the Lebanese singer (Rami Ayyash), which met with great success and acclaim. Although Adawiya has been away from singing completely since the early nineties due to the accident he was exposed to, he remained at the top of popular songs in Egypt and in a high position in this genre of singing until his passing today.
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