Thursday, July 12, 2012

Best Singer In Bangladesh


Azam Khan (February 28, 1950 – June 5, 2011), full name Mahbubul Haque Khan, was a Bangladesi Rock singer, primarily known for popularizing rock music in Bangladesh. He founded a band called Uchcharon  in the early 1970s. He is honored as Guru (master) of Rock & Pop Music in Bangladesh.  Khan, together with pop music contemporaries Fakir Alamgir, Ferdos Wahid, Feroz Shai, & Pilu Momtaz is certified with pioneering and popularizing Bangla pop music.

He was a Freedom Fighter in Sector 2 under late Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf and fought against the Pakisthani army in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. After the war, he introduced an energetic brand of music. His first concert in television was broadcasted in 1972 in Bangladesh Television. His popular tunes included "Ore Saleka, Ore Maleka", "Jibone Kichhu Pabona Re", "Ami Jare Chaire", "Ashi Ashi Bole Tumi", "Obhimani", "Rail liner bostite", "Hei Allah Hei Allah Re", "Alal O Dulal" etc.
Azam Khan died on 5 June 2011 at Dhaka CMH hospital at age 61. He was suffering from oral cancer which had reach to his lungs. His death came 14 days after the passing of another early Bangladeshi pop music pioneer, Pilu Momtaz. But  every Bangladeshi pop lover Miss Azam Khan very hardly.

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