Line Monty
Eliane Messaouda Serfati, known professionally as Line Monty, and born in 1926
in Algiers, Algeria, was a Jewish singer. She began her singing career after
receiving vocal and diction training, achieving immediate success. Her
breakthrough came when she won the Édith-Piaf Prize and the first prize at
Olympia. Line Monty's repertoire included the genres Chââbi, rumba, and
Franco-Arabic, with notable songs including "Ana louliya" and "L'Orientale",
which was composed by Youssef Hagège and became immensely popular and was
frequently covered by other artists. She performed extensivel...
