Samy Elmaghribi

He was the youngest of three sons of Farha and Amram Amzallag. His family moved from Safi to Rabat in 1926; when he was 14 years old (around 1936), shortly after his mother's death they moved again, to Salé. In Rabat, he started to familiarize himself with Arab-Andalusian music and taught himself to play the oud; he also sang in the synagogue. He later perfected his technique by attending the "Conservatoire de Musique" in Casablanca and by following some of the most revered Algerian masters of Andalusian music. == Career ==

Elmaghribi was 20 years old when he decided to quit his position as a sales manager to devote himself entirely to music. Having access to the Moroccan palace, he was one of the most preferred singers of Crown Prince Hassan and King Mohammed V. In 1955 in Casablanca, Elmaghribi established his own record label, Samyphone. The discs were originally pressed in France. In the beginning of the 1960s, the Israeli record label Zakiphon, which specialized in the music of Maghrebi Jews, pressed and distributed Samyphone albums in Israel. in Canada, describing her father as "the Moroccan Aznavour". ==Discography==

;Contributing artist • The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco (2012, World Music Network) == References ==