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L'oriental

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For those who lived in Beirut in the late 60s and early 70s, it brings back wonderful memories. The sound is very clear. This is the best of Enrico. Every song is terrific.

Enrico was an born in Algeria to Jewish parents and had to escape to France during the war of Independence. His music is an Andalusian-French-Spanish genre. It sounds Near-Eastern yet European. His first hit was in 1962, and he toured Lebanon and other Mediterranean countries with great success.

I recommend this CD without reservations.

Gaston Ghrenassia, known by his stage name Enrico Macias, (born 11 December 1938 in Constantine, then in French Algeria) is an Algerian French Pied noir singer and musician. He is popular throughout the world and has travelled extensively for fifty years, from the early 1960s to the present.Of great popularity were his 1960s Oriental-influenced songs like "J'ai quitté mon pays", "Les filles de mon pays", "L'Orientale", "Entre l'orient et l'occident" and tribute songs like "Le violon de mon père" (to his father), and "Mon chanteur préferé" (a tribute to his father-in-law Cheikh. Enrico-maciass-voice-is-more-than-sufficient.