Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ You Are the Wrong One / انت الغلطان

♬ Out of My Mind / متروح من بالي

Salah Abdel Ghafour / صلاح عبد الغفور was born in 1953 in Al-Sadiyah, Iraq. He sang in Arabic, Kurdish, and Turkish. His biggest hit – “Shlonak” – came to define Iraqi music for decades.

In 1973 he joined the National Ensemble for Folklore and later became a member of the Iraqi Ensemble. In 1977, he entered the Institute of Tonal Studies, specializing in Iraqi maqam singing and playing the violin. After six years, he graduated from the institute and joined the Iraqi Musical Heritage Ensemble, which was founded by Munir Bashir. He died in a traffic accident in Erbil, Iraq on April 7, 2013.

The track “Wallah” / “By God” can be found on the Sublime Frequencies compilation Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Songs from Iraq.

Catalog number 793 on Falcon of Lebanon. No release date listed.