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Pakistani singer (1928-1979)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Origin
Pakistan
Active from
1928
Active to
1979-07-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,387
Total plays
6,870

Tags

PunjabiworldPunjabi Folkpakistanfolk

Muhammad Alam Lohar (Urdu: محمد عالم لوہار) was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan. Alam Lohar was born in the small village of Aach Goach in Gujrat District, in Punjab, into a family of blacksmiths. He was gifted with a melodious voice and began singing as a child. Alam Lohar developed a new style of singing the Punjabi warm, an epic or folk tale. He is famous for his rendition of Waris Shah’s Heer, which he has memorized in 36 styles and forms. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
British Raj
Place of birth
British Raj
Place of death
Lahore District
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Urdu
Religion
Islam
Instrument
voice
Record label
EMI
Image
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place of burial
Lalamusa
date of death
1979-07-03
date of birth
1928-03-01
Commons category
Alam Lohar
start of work period
1936-00-00
manner of death
accidental death
cause of death
traffic collision
social media followers
87000
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