Delkash

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Delkash
دلکش
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Esmat Bagherpour Baboli (Persian: عصمت باقرپور بابلی [ʔesmæt bɒːɣeɾpuːɾ bɒːboliː]; 22 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as Delkash (Persian: دلکش [delkæʃ]), was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice.[1]

Biography

Delkash was born in

Ruhollah Khaleghi and Abdolali Vaziri.[1]
She was named Delkash by Khaleghi.

Delkash started public singing in 1943 and was employed in

Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian lyricist, and Ali Tajvidi
, Iranian composer, from 1954 until 1969. Besides Persian, Delkash sang several songs, such as Kija and Banu, in her native Mazandarani language.

She also worked as a songwriter under the pen name of Niloofar (Persian: نیلوفر) and played in a few Iranian movies, including

Vigen Derderian Sultan of Jazz. Their duet "Delam Mikhast" can be heard on YouTube. Delkash died in September 2004, at the age of 79, in Tehran and was buried in Emamzadeh Taher, a popular graveyard for the artists located in Karaj
.

References

  1. ^ a b "Arts". BBC Persian. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

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