Artist Abrham Belayneh shalaye and his fiancée

Artist Belayneh and his late girlfriend who was preparing for her graduation.

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The name of the "King of Memory" awarded by the people: Mahmud Ahmed

"King" who left his voice for history from Gospel Radio to ABC

Mahmoud Ahmed, who has spent his entire life in music, breathes, speaks and entertains people through his music.

A historian who has worked as a national anthem for 60 years 

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Everyone agrees that he is the king of memory, he combined humanity with his profession, he did everything from manual labor and listership to kitchen worker without choosing a job to win life, he started working as a kitchen worker to support his family and reached the tower of the Ethiopian music industry and he has a lot of history to tell. 

Artist Mahmoud Arizona, who was born in 1933 in Addis Ababa's Mercato America compound, started offering timeless music to the listeners in the noble guard orchestra. 

Tilahun Gesese (honorary doctor) performed "Aykedashem Libe" and "Yene Tami" with the members of the Earth Army Orchestra in 1968, while his disciple Mahmud Belema Damsue composed "Almaz Enku Mesai", "Ignore It", "World World" and " "How To Get Over It" by Phillips Music House The publisher brought it to the audience in the same year.

His memory scanning gameplay earned him the nickname "King of Memory" from the public. 

The rebirth of the young man at that time was in the Honor Guard Orchestra, but his musical starting point was the Arizona Night Club located near Madhanemalem School; The time is in 1954. 

"We had an Egyptian neighbor," says Mahmoud, "when I heard that this man was moving to open a night club together with the owner of the Driver's Hotel, I got hired there through my mother's help." A disciple of Shadow who joined the Arizona Circle under construction as a laborer, a carpenter with carpenters at the time; He started helping his family with the money he earned by becoming a painter with painters.

In 1954, the house's renovations were completed and the Arizona Nightclub officially opened. Mahmoud also moved from a laborer to a kitchen assistant. The owner of the Arizona night club, Mr. Kasahun Gebru, works for the honor guard orchestra members at his house for better pay, but Mahmoud was given the responsibility of serving them the food that arrived from the kitchen. It was during this time that Tilahun Gesese, Tezera Hailemichael, Tefera Kasa and the fire felt the chance to get to know each other.