Well, that was a fast interlude.

Sometimes it so happens that you make a phone call and have to wait around for a callback, thus giving you time to do what you did not think you could otherwise do... like hunt YouTube for fun stuff.

Not Iranian, but you should hear him nonetheless, is Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez. I have had his records for years, but did not think of searching YouTube for him until today.

The introduction on this one goes on, but watching him interact with the crowd gives you an idea of how huge he was, and the music is interesting. The singing is definitely worth waiting for, too.

Here is Abdel Halim Hafez singing "Gana el Hawa":

Here he is in a movie (sound quality only so-so, but clear enough, and his voice comes through beautifully) singing "Ahwak":

And this one: Busby Berkeley goes Arab or the Arabs go Busby? You be the judge (fantastic musicianship, either way, though):

Now, that's a singer!