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Iran's western-influenced pop music emerged by the 1950s. [4] Prior to the 1950s, Iran's music industry was dominated by traditional singers. [4] Viguen, known as the "Sultan" of Iranian pop and jazz music, was a pioneer of this revolution. [4] [3] [5] [2] He was one of Iran's first musicians to perform with a guitar. [4]
In 1980, two years after Iranian Revolution, Marjan was arrested and imprisoned for performing a song. [10] Again in July 1982 she was arrested charged with supporting the People's Mojahedin of Iran. This time she was detained in Evin Prison until 1990. She, then, left Iran to live the rest of her life in the United States. [11]
The band have been making their own songs since 1972, with the most successful being "Cheshmaye To" in 1975. "Cheshmaye To" was listed in the number 90 list of my network and you as "Top 100 Persian Songs". [62] [63] [64] Son Soul Brothers was the first Iranian band to perform a disco song. [64] The group was dissolved in 1977.
A popular video circulating online shows Iranian high school students standing without hijab, their backsfacing the camera as they hold hands in front of a whiteboard and sing the song.
After the Islamic Revolution, Dariush left Iran in 1978 and became a part of the diasporic music scene in Los Angeles. [8] His work consists of over 208 songs in over 27 albums. He has also performed in two Iranian movies. Dariush's song "Dastaye To (Your Hands)" was named the most enduring song in Iranian music history by Manoto TV.
Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose song became popular during mass protests in 2022, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to write a song about US ...
Mansour has also been seen on the hit Bravo show, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, performing her original song, "No Place Like Home". [4]On November 4, 2022, Mansour performed her version of Shervin Hajipour's song Baraye on the finale of The Voice of Germany to show solidarity with the Hajipour, along with other arrested Iranian protesters. [5]
Later, the arrival of new western influences, such as the use of the guitar and other western instruments, marked a turning point in Iran's popular music by the 1950s. [18] Iranian pop music is commonly performed by vocalists who are accompanied with elaborate ensembles, often using a combination of both indigenous Iranian and European instruments.