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Sabbah, Cheb i, DJ

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Personal name headingSabbah, Cheb i, DJ
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Variant(s)Cheb i Sabbah, DJ
DJ Cheb i Sabbah
El Baz, Haim Serge
Baz, Haim Serge El
Associated placeParis (France) San Francisco (Calif.)
Birth date19470807
Death date20131106
Place of birthConstantine (Algeria)
Place of deathSan Francisco (Calif.)
Field of activityMusic industry
Profession or occupationDisc jockey
Found inSabbah, Cheb. Shri Durga, p1999 (DJ Cheb i Sabbah)
San Francisco Bay guardian WWW site, Dec. 16, 2002: (DJ Cheb i Sabbah; 54 years old in 2002)
Yahoo search, Aug. 11, 2003 (dj Cheb i Sabbah; born Algeria; Cheb i Sabbah's nom de disque is a reference to his pilgrimage. Cheb is a nickname used by Algerian rai singers. Sabbah means morning, etc.; Sabbah helped to create the DJ phenomenon; started "spinning" in Paris in 1964; became a club fixture in San Francisco in the 1980s)
Independent (online), viewed Nov. 22, 2013 (Cheb I Sabbah; b. Haim Serge El Baz, Aug. 7, 1947, Constantine, Algeria; d. Nov. 6, 2013, San Francisco; pioneering DJ and producer who explored spirituality with his fusion of dance beats and world music)
Associated languagefre eng
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