‘Abd al-Laṭīf al-Kuwaytī

عبد اللطيف الكويتي

Born
1901
Abd al-Razzaq quarter, Kuwait City
Died
1975
Kuwait
Roles
Singer

Biography

Abd al-Latif al-Kuwaiti sang Gulf genres including sawt, samari and khammari.

Khalifa al-Waqqayan documents Baidaphon recording in Baghdad and Odeon sessions in Cairo with Mahmud al-Kuwaiti and Sami al-Shawwa. Ahmad al-Salhi examines Ya Saud shufat sahabi in his repertoire.

Recordings

Thirty seconds of each recording. The whole recording plays on AMAR Radio and in the Listening room.

  1. Sāmirī – Fazz qalbī

    سامري – فزّ قلبي

    • Odeon
    • 1929
    • 3:08
    3:08

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 050 In the Listening room

  2. Sāmirī – Yā wannatī

    سامري – يا ونتي

    • Sodwa
    • 7:26
    7:26

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 050 In the Listening room

  3. Ṣawt shāmī – Wallāhi mā darayt

    صوت شامي – والله ما دريت

    • Baidaphone
    • 1927
    • Ṣawt
    • 6:00
    6:00

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 054 In the Listening room

  4. Ṣawt shāmī – Yā ḥamām

    صوت شامي – يا حمام

    • Odeon
    • 1928
    • Ṣawt
    • 6:19
    6:19

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 054 In the Listening room

Heard on the AMAR podcast

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