Blaoui Houari

Blaoui Houari was born on 23 January 1926 in Oran, Western Algeria, then French Algeria. His father, who owned a bar in Oran, played the Kwitra. Houari left school at 13 to work for his father. ==Career==

Houari began his career as a singer-songwriter in the 1940s, when he first played music at weddings and circumcision ceremonies. When Algeria became an independent nation in 1962, he became the head of Oran's public radio and television stations. In 1970, he conducted the Algerian National Orchestra at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. ==Death and legacy==

Houari died on 19 July 2017 in Oran, at the age of 91. Indeed, his music influenced many raï performers, including Khaled, who covered some of his songs, as well as Houari Benchenet and Cheb Mami. ==References==