Talal Maddah
| Talal Maddah طلال مداح |
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Talal Maddah in 1983
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| Also known as | The Golden Throat and The Earth's Voice |
| Born |
5 August 1940 Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| Origin | Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 11 August 2000 (aged 60) Abha, Saudi Arabia |
| Genres | Saudi Arabian, Arabic Music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer |
| Years active | 1958–2000 |
| Website | www.talalmaddah.net/en |
Talal Maddah (1940–2000) (Arabic: طلال مدَّاح) was a well-known Saudi musician and composer. He was named Maddah after his mother's family. His fans coined him the nickname the Earth's voice (Arabic: صوت الارض), and he is also known as "The Golden Throat" (Arabic: الحنجرة الذهبية). His artistic excellence won him an immense influence over 20th century-Arabian culture.
One of the most prominent pioneers of the Alhijazi art, Saudi Arabia and the modern Persian Gulf region. Characterized by his unique voice, even the title of the golden laryngeal, with a simple attractive spontaneity. Talal Maddah began his artistic emulation of Hijaazi singers in that period, such as Hassan Jawa and Mohammed Ali Sindi. It has been found since the beginnings of technical proficiency in the arts and the probe Al Majass, Al Sahbah and al Majroor and these local Hijazi artists.
In Al-Taif and in the evenings, Talal attended a wedding, which had been built a live by a selection of renowned artists such as time and Tariq Abdul-Hakim, Abdullah Mohammed and Abdullah Morshidi, and he was astonished to see a concert with full orchestra and the audience will hear the matter in which was left at the same motivation to go to this field with determination and strength. In the concert, he was introduced to Mr. Abbas Fayegg Ghazzawi who was then the radio director. Abass encouraged him to come to the broadcast and recording of the first songs. The song is called "grower of roses" (Arabic:وردك يا زارع الورد) "wardak ya zarea al ward". The song has been an unqualified success which encouraged the radio broadcast of this song many times per day. This was in the mid-fifties the calendar when Talal sang his song.
In the sixties of the last century with the foundations of the artist Talal Maddah and Lutfi Ziny production company has adopted all Talal's work. At that time, the name of Talal Maddah appeared evident, especially after the birth of Saudi Arabia's official radio, and since then, started his artistic journey as his name is listed along with the top musicians of that period like Muhammad Ali Sindi, Fawzi Mhasson and Abdullah Mohammed, and many others.
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