sheet details

  Transcription / Pdf (1 pages)

Added by dimotemps 5007d ago

Description
Vigen or Viguen, born Vigen...(more) Derderian (November 23, 1929 - October 26, 2003), known as "Sultan of Pop" and "Sultan of Persian jazz", was a hugely popular Iranian pop music singer and actor. He is famous throughout the Near East.
Vigen was of Armenian ethnicity and during his era, some Iranian artists wanted to be associated with him, among them the country's most established top female singers, Delkash, Pouran and Elaheh.
The legendary Vigen Derderian worked with the best Iranian songwriters and composers, who realized they had to cater for a new youth market, and performed some of his country's most memorable songs.
His works were very popular among Iranian people at the time, some of his songs became iconic/folkloric songs in the culture. In 1950's he used to listen to the international music and reproduce them using lyrics written by best writers of the time like Parviz Vakili. Works Solenzara are available in the internet.
Most of his works remained in Iranain culture as folkloric, including: Baroon Barooneh, Mahtab, Asbeh Ablagh, Lalaii, Raghib, Deleh Divaneh.
He celebrated the 50th anniversary of his career at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles in February 2001.