Hossam Ramzy-The Sultan of Swing Dies. He was 65 years old.  Hossam died September 11, while undergoing heart surgery.  Watch one of his best performances in UK

Hassam Ramzy’s death came as a shock to his family friends and fans across the globe. He was born in Cairo.  Ramzy’s  family, also musicians, recognised his talent at an early age and encouraged the talented artist to pursue ambitions.

From Cairo: Saudi Arabia which led Hassam to join bedouin tribes.  Here he picked up amazing talents and developed their beats to his sound.

In the mid 1970s Hassam came to England and played with some of the top British musicians.  Some of them Andy Sheppard and Geoff Williams.

Hossam’s percussion and exciting rhythms on his albums caught the imagination of Peter Gabriel and Hossam invited to perform on PASSION and later US.  Hossam worked with many top musicians including Joan Armatrading & Mary Wilson.

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In 1994 Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (ex-Led Zeppelin) invited Hosssam to bring together a band of Arabian musicians and work on their reunion album ‘No Quarter – Unledded’ for which he was rewarded a GOLD thena PLATINUM discs. This led to Hossam joining Page & Plant on their historic reunion 1995/96 world tour.

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In November 2001 at the 25th Anniversary of the ARC Music record company, with whom Hossam has released 18 Albums in his own name for the Egyptian dance, he was awarded a PLATINUM disc for being their top selling artist, over 200.000 record sales.

One of the most successful performances in the UK was at Womad 2015.  Watch the video to catch an amazing Hossam

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The Sultan of Swing #HossamRamzy has died. He was 65. This is a small tribute https://t.co/UxoQ9A9Anv he had an immense #passion for #percussion #Womad2015 pic.twitter.com/RzRRKjPSqA

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