death_date years_active article_title background birth_date genre origin name occupation
november 4 , 1991 december 5 , 1919 1934 -- 1991 mohideen baig
 solo_singer december 5 , 1919 sri lankan music indian mohideen baig singer
mohideen baig

mohideen baig -lrb- 1919 -- 1991 -rrb- was a notable sri lankan musician known particularly for his buddhist devotional music , which enjoy popularity to this day .
a muslim who moved to sri lanka from salem in tamil nadu , he was considered as a highly influential multicultural/multi-religious figure in the country 's arts history .
baig was followed into the music industry by his son ishak , who also achieved considerable success , although not as well recognized as his father .
baig has dueted with h. r. jothipala , g.s.b. rani perera , latha walpola , sujatha attanayake and jamuna rani among others .
he was also the only sri lankan to duet with lata mangeshkar .
