Hani Shaker (هاني شاكر) was born in Cairo on December 21, 1952. He is an Egyptian singer, actor and composer. He has over 461 songs in the hearts of his lovers. Biography: Hani scored his first breakthrough hit in his second year of college in December1972 with a song written by Mohammed El Mougi, “Heloua ya Dounia (It's a Wonderful Life), which his musical set him off on his musical career.. Until today Hani claims he owes his greatest musical debt to Abdel Halim Hafez, a man who continues to exert a considerable influence on younger Egyptian musicians even after his death in 1977. In 1974 Hani was invited to participate in a concert in Lebanon, which turned out to be a huge success.. and ever since then Hani has remained extremely popular among the Lebanese.. From then on Hani produced a number of his early hits “Siboni Aheb” (Let me love), “Kisma w’nasib” (Destiny and fate) and one of his most popular “Kida Bardo Ya Amar” (It’s not fair, oh Moon”) During the 70’s Hani presented two famous Plays “Cinderella” and “Egypt”.. and three romantic movies “When love sings” , “We live for love” and “I love this and want that”. In the course of his long and successful career, Shaker has proved he is not only a talented singer but also a songwriter of his own material including the whole album of “Albi Malouh” which included 8 Hits in the early 90’s.. and songs such as “Ma’ak” and “Katabetli essenin” as well as working with a number of legendary composers from the Arab World including Salah El Sharnoubi, Tarik Akif, Yehia El Mougi, Mohamed Sultan, Baleigh Hamdi and Ahmed Shata. Discography He has a repertoire of 23 albums to date: * Arabny Leek 2005 * Bahebak Ya Ghaly 2004 * Bahebak Ana 2003 * Garhy Ana * Yaretny * El-Helm El-Gamel * Tekhsary * Leh Manehlamsh * Wala Kan Baamry * Albi Malo * Kolo Yehoun * Shawer * Ally El-Dehkaiya * Elhob Malosh Kbeer * Maak * Baasha Dehketak * Hekayet Kol 3asheq * Howa Eli Ekhtar * Teslamly Oyouno * Ya Retak Ma3aia * Men Ghair Leh * Sadaany * Wasalna Lefain Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.