Yūsuf Tāj

يوسف تاج

Born
c. 1895
Died
c. 1972
Roles
Singer

Biography

Yusuf Taj recorded songs and mawwals for Baidaphon, Columbia, Polyphon and Sharq. Umt w-tmashshet gives the expanded name Yusuf Dahir Taj. AMAR preserves Thalath daqqat ala al-mabsam, Hayhat ya bu al-zuluf, Ya Suriya zalana malak and Filastin.

Shawqi KhayrAllah’s memoir places Taj at Bayt Shabab’s summer 1944 camp. Nawaf Hardan recalls his alternating performance with Yusuf Hatim at Dibbin, distinguishing Taj the singer from Hatim the poet.

As printed on the labels YOUSSEF TAGEيوسف تاج

Recordings

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

  1. Hayhat Yabu el-Zeluf

    هيهات يابو الزلوف

    • Columbia
    • 2:52
    2:52

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 197 In the Listening room

  2. Ya Ghzayyel YabulHaibah

    يا غزيّل يا بو الهيبة

    • Baidaphone
    • 1:13
    1:13

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 196 In the Listening room

Heard on the AMAR podcast

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