A precocious talent, Wassouf was still a teenager when he earned the nickname “The Sultan of Tarab”. Migrating from Syria to Lebanon and releasing singles like the staple “El Hawa Sultan” in the mid-'80s, he launched a prolific recording career that took him well into the noughties, counting over 30 albums—including a two-volume tribute to legendary Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum. What better way to discover classic tarab than with Wassouf's deep, magical vocals.