Jack_Campin - 1-21-2013 at 04:23 AM
Anybody here know the earlier history of this weird little ditty?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Mustafa
ALAMI - 1-21-2013 at 05:23 AM
Like most, I know the version of Bob Azzam that my parents had on 45 tours, the version that made this song famous.
Sorry not much Infos about the origin of this song, but if you're into this kind of mood you should not miss "C'est écrit dans le ciel" of Bob Azzam,
one of the cheesiest songs in human history 
spartan - 1-21-2013 at 11:06 PM
In Greece as far as I know this tune was "imported" from Egypt and is until now a popular dance tune in Rast maqam.
fernandraynaud - 1-22-2013 at 04:27 PM
I once paid a band a good wad to "play nothing but Ya Mustapha forever". Some guy paid 'em more to stop.
Jody Stecher - 1-22-2013 at 06:02 PM
and then there's the OTHER Ya Mustafa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RKGhQY3_qo