El dabke naif agby biography

The 78-RPM era overlapped with the first two waves of Arab immigrants to the United States.

The first was roughly 1880 to 1944 and the second spanned approximately from 1944 to 1966. While we can situate a few of the musicians on Arab and Arab American 78 rpm records to the first wave, most first wave musicians enjoyed careers that encompassed both eras.

El dabke naif agby biography

Still others, like Sana and Amer Khadaj, Odette Kaddo, Hanaan, and Naif Agby and Kahraman, who recorded on Alamphon,Orient Records, Sun Records, and Alkawakeb, clearly make up the second wave. It is remarkable, although not surprising, that most of these musicians not only knew each other, but performed together live and on record.

 Nayeh Ejbeh or Naif Agby was born in Ehden, Greater Syria (now Lebanon) to Wadah Yamin and Joseph Ejbeh on either 22 June or 27 December 1920.

He began his career as a teen in pre-W