SINGER

Sayed Darwish

1892 - 1923

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Sayed Darwish (Arabic: سيد درويش, IPA: [ˈsæjjed dæɾˈwiːʃ]; 17 March 1892 – 14 September 1923) was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music and one of Egypt's greatest musicians and seen by some as its single greatest composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sayed Darwish has received more than 186,241 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sayed Darwish is the 570th most popular singer (up from 592nd in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 347th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Egyptian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sayed Darwish ranks 570 out of 4,381. Before him are Tito Schipa, Dado Topić, Paul Robeson, Zinka Milanov, Camila Cabello, and Doro. After him are Elza Soares, Manolo Escobar, Claudio Villa, Maryla Rodowicz, Peppino di Capri, and Marlena Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Sayed Darwish ranks 126. Before him are Richard Aldington, William Powell, Ugo Betti, Erich Neumann, Chen Gongbo, and Walter Krüger. After him are Joseph Szigeti, Stanisław Maczek, Yi Kwang-su, Hironori Ōtsuka, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, and Robert Watson-Watt. Among people deceased in 1923, Sayed Darwish ranks 54. Before him are Charles de Freycinet, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Damat Ferid Pasha, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, and Katō Tomosaburō. After him are Hermes da Fonseca, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Alfred Edwards, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Kuroki Tamemoto, and Louis Couperus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sayed Darwish ranks 354 out of 642. Before him are Antipope Dioscorus (500), Moshé Mizrahi (1931), Sotion (-250), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Ahmed Nazif (1952), and Shawar (1100). After him are Hassan Shehata (1947), Sobekemsaf I (-1650), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Lysandra (-300), Apion (-30), and Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888).

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Among SINGERS In Egypt

Among singers born in Egypt, Sayed Darwish ranks 9. Before him are Umm Kulthum (1898), Georges Moustaki (1934), Claude François (1939), Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901), Amr Diab (1961), and Leila Mourad (1918). After him are Gohar Gasparyan (1924), Richard Anthony (1938), Guy Béart (1930), Majida El Roumi (1956), Tefta Tashko-Koço (1910), and Sherine (1980).

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