Cheb Mami ila Atawak Alia

Cheb Mami ila Atawak Alia Cheb Mami was born in Graba-el-wed (Arabic: غربة الواد‎), a populous quarter of Saïda (Arabic: سعيدة‎), Algeria. Located 170 kilometres south of Oran, the city of Saida is on the high mesas of southwestern Algeria. Cheb Mami grew up to a family of factory workers. He began singing and playing the accordion on Saida streets and by 1980 began performing at local weddings and ceremonies.[2]
In 1982, the 16-year-old adolescent sang on the Alhan wa Chabab radio show, a singing competition organised by Radio Télevision Algérienne. He sang "El Marsam" (The Sanctuary) a classic of Oranese music from the 1920s. The audience was transfixed by the sheer emotion of his performance and by his concordant vocal intonations which captured perfectly the flavour of the song's title. The judges, who represented the government which refused to admit even the existence of raï, gave the first prize to the contestant that sang a cover version of a hit by the famous Egyptian diva, Umm Kulthum, but were forced to acknowledge the standing ovation Mami received by awarding him first prize.
Cheb Mami was spotted by Boualem, the producer of the Oran label, Disco Maghreb, and the cassette waltz began.

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[tigerssregit]

Great photos, Great song, Awesome job!!!!

[LovingYouSoftly]

UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!

THUMBS UP!!!

[musicmanproductions7]

I wish I could thumbs up this video

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[GuyOnuTub]

NICE VIDEO!!!

[WindAndRoses]

Good job!!! I love this song ♥♥ Excellent photos (where do you get them?) Faved :)

[salehaprincess]

thx 4 sharin

[Shaam44]

Very good song ! Sung very beautifully and perfectly done ! Thanks 4 sharing.

[TollulaBell]

awsome song dude

[theniko1421]

good song