The renowned Egyptian star Hani Shaker is celebrating his birthday today.
Shaker is one of the finest singers that the Arab music industry could ever have, turned 70 today.
Born in Cairo, he joined the Cairo Conservatoire in the early 70s after he graduated high school.
He began his musical career at a time when some of Egypt’s musical legends were still at their peak: Umm Kulthoum, Farid El-Atrash, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and most notably Abdel-Halim Hafez, who greatly influenced Shaker’s musical approach.
Shaker joined Abdel-Halim's choir, appearing in the songs Soura and Bel Ahdan.
The 70-year-old singer also worked with renowned composers including Mohamed El-Mougi Baligh Hamdy, Ammar El-Shereei and Mounir Mourad.
He made his cinematic debut with the 1966 film Sayed Darwish, directed by Ahmed Badrakhan, recounting the legendary singer’s life, where he played a young Darwish.
On his birth anniversary, Here are singer the so-called ThePrince of Arab Singing's most celebrated songs:
Shaker's most loved song without a doubt was "Helwa ya Donia", a song that was one of the best-selling songs of 1972.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU5MjCBETsE
His second most popular hit is "Siboni Aheb" (Let me love), the song spent several weeks at the top of the Arab classic chart while also going to the top of Egypt's Radio Concerts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcDaHFMHGWA
Shaker's "Kida Bardo Ya Amar" was the follow-up to the success of "Kisma w’nasib" (Destiny and fate) and it generated advance orders of over 10,000 which was the largest such demand in Egypt's music market at that time.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Kida+Bardo+Ya+Amar
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