Mohammed el-Bakkar

Mohammed El-Bakkar (محمد البكار; died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States, September 8, 1959) was a Lebanese tenor, oud player, and conductor. El-Bakkar was a noted tenor and appeared in several Arabic-language films.He moved to the United States in 1952 and lived in Brooklyn.He released several LPs of Arabic music in the United States.He also played a singing oriental rug salesman in the Broadway musical Fanny, in the Oriental bazaar scene; the production ran from 1954 to 1956. El-Bakkar died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 8, 1959, at the age of 46, after collapsing while performing at an annual Lebanese American festival in Lincoln, Rhode Island.