Arqid fi salam

Another day, another obscure foreign entertainer [cf. Georgie Dann; also Elza Soares and Lata Mangeshkar (both of whom died in January)], Lebanese superstar Sammy Clark has departed for the "Exotica Lounge" in Fabulon...

I first stumbled across the remarkable Mr Clark (born born Sami Hobeika) just in time for a Tacky Music Monday way back in 2010 - and he is most definitely worth revisiting (even if it is just a "Hump Day")...

Sammy Clark - Oumi ta Norkos

Sammy Clark - Dallouna Dallouna

Sammy Clark - Take me With You

ارقد في سلام

Oh, Sammy, oh

I haven't forgotten of course, despite the Bank Holiday, that this is another Tacky Music Monday. And to celebrate this regular spotlight on the weird, the wonderful and the truly bizarre, here is one of the Lebanon's top singers of the 60s, when that country was the playground of the rich and famous...

Laydeez and gents - a warm welcome to Mr Sammy (or Sami) Clark!

Sammy Clark - Oumi ta Norkos

Sammy Clark - Dallouna Dallouna

Sammy Clark - Btetthakari