He made his major debut in 2004 as an actor and a singer.
Other accounts say she first hoped to make it as a singer.
For someone who has made their living as a singer, it was a terrible blow.
"That gave me the courage to think I could make a living as a singer," he said.
Martin, nine years older, was trying to make it as a singer.
He returned to Cairo with a goal of making his living as a professional singer.
At 19, she quit college and moved to Nashville to make it as a singer.
He made his first appearance as a singer in 1969.
Initially, he had no plans to make career for himself as a singer.
He also wrote several songs, and made recordings as a singer.