|genre |background death_place birth_place |years_active imagesize |birthname |birth_date |death_date article_title name
classical ethnic solo_singer moscow , u.s.s.r. tiflis -lrb- tbilisi -rrb- , present-day georgia 1933 -- 1988 200px rəşid behbudov 1915 12 14 y 1989 6 9 1915 12 14 y rashid behbudov
 rashid behbudov
rashid behbudov

rashid behbudov -lrb- ; december 14 , 1915 -- june 9 , 1989 -rrb- was an azerbaijani singer and actor .
he sang in azeri turkish , russian , persian , turkish , georgian , hindi , armenian , urdu , and bengali among other languages .
rashid behbudov was born in tiflis tbilisi , georgia in 1915 .
his father , majid behbudoglu , was a singer as well .
from 1938 to 1944 , rashid moved to armenia and worked at yerevan state philharmonia and opera house , and in 1945 , upon the invitation of tofig guliyev , rashid behbudov moved to baku .
in the same year , he was assigned the main role of `` asgar '' in the film `` arshin mal alan '' the cloth peddler , based on a play by uzeyir hajibeyov .
his role in this film combined with his vocal skills brought him fame throughout azerbaijan .
in a short time , behbudov became also prominent azerbaijani pop singer .
his combination of vocal masterpieces ranged from classical performances to lyrical songs .
behbudov 's rare vocal talent gave him opportunity to travel beyond the `` iron curtain '' of the soviet union , and as a singer he toured with concert performances in several countries of the world , including iran , turkey , china , india , japan , argentina , and many other countries in europe , asia and latin america .
in 1966 , he created the state song theater , which still carries his name , and became its soloist and artistic manager .
