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Saturday, July 17th, 2010 by
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Kauser Parveen

Kauser Parveen was one of the most popular playback singers of the 50s. Third, and best known of the 3 famed Nath sisters (the other two being Asha Posley and Rani Kiran), she was born in Patiala – India, in 1933. She started her singing career in early 50s and …

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Naheed Niazi

Naheed Niazi was one of the popular playback singers of the late 50s and 60s. She was discovered by Khurshid Anwar, who wasn’t happy with the available choices of playback singers (with the exception of Noor Jehan). Khurshid Anwar wanted Noor Jehan to sing Zehr-e-Ishq’s songs. Noor Jehan refused to …

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Irene Parveen

Amidst the constellation of Lollywood, once entered a girl with a schoolgirl’s voice. She sang merrily and won the day. The senior artistes appreciated her songs, and she was inducted into the starry constellation with all her songs. This smiling, young crooner, who adjusted so easily and naturally to the …

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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 by
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Shamshad Begum – Profile

____________________ Profile – Interview – Gallery Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum ____________________ The inimitable Shamshad Begum was the reigning queen of film music in its earliest years. From the 1940s to the early 1960s, her unmistakable voice sang such memorable songs as Kaahe koyal shor machaye re (Aag), Pee …

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Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by
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Naheed Akhtar

Naheed Akhtar remained an unavoidable part of the titles of almost all Pakistani films between the mid-70′s to the late 80′s. In so many ways, she was the female counterpart of Ahmed Rushdie, even though coming a generation later. Naheed suddenly found her place as one of the most versatile …

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Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by
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Zubaida Khanum – Profile

____________________ Zubaida Khanum’s Profile | Zubaida Khanum’s Song List ____________________ Zubaida Khanum epitomized the robustness of the rhythm- based music of Lahore, the city that gave us singing stalwarts like Noor Jehan, Suraiya, Shamshad Begum, Zeenat Begum, S.D. Batish, and of course the inimitable Zubaida Khanum herself, whose soft and …

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Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by
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Iqbal Bano

Coming from a family of rigid social customs, Iqbal Bano was an icon of the typical style of ghazal singing, making her style known not only throughout the country but across borders. She ranks among the few vocalists who will be remembered as a symbol of ghazal singing at a …

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