Rachid Taha

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rachid Taha
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1958(1958-09-18)
Age	66
Date Of Death	2018-09-12
Birthplace	Sig
Country	Algeria
Birth City	Mascara Province
Horoscope	Virgo

Rachid Taha Biography

Rachid Taha is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on September 18, 1958 in Sig, Mascara Province, Algeria. An eclectic Algerian singer, known for his albums Tekitoi, Bonjour, and Barbes. His solo album Diwan was a success and his best-selling album.

He performed with the legendary Nigerian saxophonist Felakuti.

Taha was born in 1958 in Sig (Mascara Province), Algeria, although a second source suggests he was born in the Algerian seacoast city of Oran. This town was the “birthplace of raï” music, and 1958 was a key year in the Algerian struggle for independence against French authority. He began listening to Algerian music in the 1960s, including street-style music called chaabi. Additionally, music from the Maghreb region was part of his upbringing.

Rachid Taha (Arabic: رشيد طه ‎ Rashīd Ṭaha; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian singer and activist based in France described as “sonically adventurous”. His music was influenced by many different styles including rock, electronic, punk and raï.

His father was a worker in a textile factory. He died from a heart attack.

Rachid Taha Net Worth

Rachid Taha is one of the richest Rock Singer from Algeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rachid Taha 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

While he worked at the central heating plant in a day job, he was a DJ at night.

The Guardian named his cover of “Rock the Casbah”, by The Clash, as one of the Top 50 Cover Songs.

These were difficult years since record stores often refused to stock their records “because they didn’t want Arabs coming into their shops”. There was little money; the band performed in suburbs of Lyon. Taha took a standard patriotic French song entitled “Sweet France” (in French: Douce France) which had originally been recorded by Charles Trenet in the 1940s, kept the lyrics, but sang it with “furious irony” which irritated many French listeners, particularly coming from a “scruffy, bohemian-looking Arabic singer”, to the point where Taha’s version was banned from French radio. The “acerbic” song created a “splash”, nevertheless, and won Taha some recognition as a serious artist. The group never achieved much commercial success and, as a result, Taha had to work a series of day jobs in a factory, then as a house painter, a dishwasher, and later as an encyclopedia salesman. They recorded their first maxi album Carte De Séjour in 1983. In 1984, with the help of British guitarist Steve Hillage, the group achieved a “sharp, driving sound” which played well on the radio, and the LP was entitled Rhoromanie. In his songwriting, Taha wrote about living in exile and the cultural strife associated with being an Algerian immigrant in France. In 1986, his “sneering punk-rock cover of ‘Douce France'” was seen as an “unmistakable protest against the nation’s treatment of its immigrant underclass”, and caused consternation in French political circles. His song “Voilà, Voilà” protested racism. Taha had to cope with anti-Arab sentiment and confusion; for example, The New York Times stated in a front-page story that Taha was Egyptian rather than Algerian, but later posted a correction. Later, in 2007, Taha-as-an- immigrant was mentioned in France’s National Center of the History of Immigration.

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Who is Rachid Taha Dating?

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In 1981, while living in Lyon, Taha met Mohammed and Mokhtar Amini and the three of them, along with Djamel Dif and Eric Vaquer would soon form a band. In 1982, Taha was the lead vocalist for the Arab-language rock group which they named Carte de Sejour, meaning Green Card or Residence Permit depending on the translation. He sang in both English and Arabic, but usually in Arabic. Taha was inspired by the group The Clash:

Facts & Trivia

Rachid Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Algeria. Rachid Taha celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

Taha suffered from Arnold Chiari disease diagnosed in 1987. “I’m tired of people thinking I’m a drunk on stage. While these are the symptoms of Arnold Chiari disease. I’m stumbling because I’m losing my balance. I’m wavering. It generates a disruption in the body.”

Was Rachid Taha married?

He is survived by his longtime partner Véronique Pré and their son, Lyes.

Is Rachid Taha death?

September 12, 2018

What language does Rachid Taha sing in?

Taha was famous for his twists on classic material, from his Arabic- language reworking of The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah” to growling, jagged- edged covers of mid-century Middle Eastern love songs.

How old was Rachid Taha when he died?

59 years (1958–2018)

Where is Corneille?

Corneille
Years active| 1993–present