Amer & Sana Kadaj: Alamphon Records' Power Couple
Amer Kadaj and Sana Kadaj (Musicians) Sana and Amer Khaddaj/Kadaj in 1956, from the 5 June 1956 The Post-Star (Glenn Falls, NY) Amer Kadaj (1921-1979 ) was born to Assad and Fawz Kadaj 10 August 1921 in, what is today, Kfar Matta, Lebanon. He developed as a musician at a fairly young age after listening to both live music and his parents' Gramophone records. Sana Kadaj (1919-1992) [also known a Adla] was born 14 June 1919 in Bhamdoun, Lebanon. The Kadajes performed separately before they married and eventually appeared onf the Arabic service program that was a part of the Voices of America Radio series from 1942 to 1945. It is here that they first came to know Farid Alam al-Din , who also went by Fred Alam and owned the Brooklyn, New York-based Alamphon Records . Sana & Amer Kadaj perform, courtesy of Lila Kadaj. In 1947, Amer and Sana left Palestine to come to the US, for what they believed at the time, would be a short trip. As war beca...