Thep Phongam– So Dem A Com
Thep Phongam
Pino D’Angio
Pino D’Angio – Ma Quale Idea (1980)
The Continental III
The Continental III – 2001 Space Odyssey (1978)
Helen Satya
Helen Satya & Betty Satya – Aathiyum Anthamumanavarey
Christian Melodies from Grace Lodge Orchestra
Theo Schumann Combo
Theo Schumann Combo – Pußta-Beat (1969)
Mohammad Jamal
Mohammad Jamal – Alemni El Hob (1985)
After an illustrious career as a singer and actor in Lebanon, Jamal emigrated to the US and opened a falafel restaurant called Byblos in Los Angeles, where he was a regular performer. The restaurant is still around and gets pretty decent reviews, despite the occasional roach in the men’s bathroom.
Rida with Annadema
Rida & Annadema – Hammouda (Tunisia, 1980)
Galia Club Mascara
Fene Ouel Amal & Galia Club Mascara – Fight Song
While we are on the subject of second division football clubs, Galia Club Mascara was founded in 1925 and was one of the first Muslim teams in French Algeria. They are currently in 14th place in Western Division of Ligue 2, but they won the division 1 championship in 1984 with Lakhdar Belloumi, the greatest Algerian soccer player of all-time. There is no date on this record but it easily could have been the championship year. I was unable to uncover anything about Fene Ouel Amal but I think it’s fair to assume that he and the team gathered in the locker room to sing this fight song prior to every game. Music and lyrics by Meghdir ben Ali.
Jacky Baron
Jacky Baron – Charly Run (1977)
Jacky Baron is pretty mysterious, although he does appear to have his own youtube channel with seven (now 8) loyal subscribers. Most of the twelve songs on Don’t Play That Song were co-written by Elliouz Rabin, a prolific Israeli songwriter and former goalkeeper for Beitar Ramla F.C., a second-tier Israeli football club.
José Vicente Asuar
José Vicente Asuar – Así Hablo El Computador (1979)
The best thing to ever come out of Chile was created with the COMDASUAR, a computer with only 76 bytes of memory.
