Biography
The Five Fingers
Real name: The Five Fingers
The Five Fingers (1965-1976) was a Lebanese rock & pop band. They were one of the very first bands in Lebanon with all five Armenian members who came up with the "genre" of music called "Continental" music...With the Popularity of THE BEATLES and all the other Pop bands in the world, most kids were playing Rock & PoP songs mostly in English, where THE FIVE FINGERS on the contrary to the norm started playing many genres (from Pop to Brazilian music to Latin music to Armenian music to British music)...But in the beginning years they were known to many as a band playing (FRENCH MELODIC LOVE SONGS).
their biggest hit called ("ARMENIA") a protest song against the Armenian Genocide and freedom from the Soviet Union. (ARMENIA) WAS RECORDED BY THE MAJOR LABEL (PHILIPS), which gave the band (THE PHILIPS SILVER DISC AWARD)...
In 1969 THE FIVE FINGERS recorded their first single record in French called (UN JOUR D'ETE) which was played on the radios and became a hit.