Career
Best known for his songs Lagetek (When I Met You), and “Yawmain wa Shahrain” (Two Days and Two Months), Rajji’s special deep vocals also earned him roles in Lebanon’s top musicals and plays in the 1970s and 1980s with the Rahbani brothers, Sabah, Shoushou and Nabih Aboulhosn. “Laylitna Saidi” (Happy is our Night)
“ya Nas Dinyi Doulab” (Oh People, Life is like a Wheel) -
Samir Yazbek
“al-Oyoun Assoud” (Black Eyes)
“Dakhlak Berdan” (I Feel Cold). According to thisiscyberia.com, when once asked about how he felt about dying, Rajji replied, “I hate death because it would separate me from the people I love.”
He and his family also lived in Oman for a long period of time but then returned permantly to Lebanon in 1993 after the civil war.
He died in 2001 of a stroke after having a brain seizure.
