Saleh Abdel Hai (1896–1962) (

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: صالح عبد الحي) was an

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singer. Saleh Abdel Hai was born in 1896 at Darb Hanafi lane,

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. He grew up in an environment of art, and schooled at the hands of Mohammad Omar, a player of Kanun in the choir of Yusuf Almnilaoi and Abdalehi Helmi. He sang the (Mawal) through it; he had strong voice, was to sing before the appearance of radio broadcast in open and closed areas. Abdel Hai belonged to the so-called Sahbageya; the company applauds the night concerts in Cairo. A famous distinction classic (Tarab) singer, sang the old type of oriental music. He contributed to the musical theatre with

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and musician

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, in 1929 he cratered his Owen musical theatre. Zakaria Ahmed,

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wrote several songs for him. Abdel Hai did not marry or have children, he died in 1962.

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Saleh Abdel Hai's recording ''Leh Ya Banafsaj (Why, Oh Violet?)''
at the Syrian Cassette Archive (Playable online) 1896 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Egyptian male singers Singers from Cairo {{Egypt-bio-stub