Googoosh
Sign in to saveFaegheh Atashin (; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. Regarded as a pop icon, she is one of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, and her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950-05-05
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Sedaye Ghadeghan
- Googoosh
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Film & TV
Acting · Tehran, Iran
Faegheh Atashin, nicknamed Googoosh, was born in 1950 in Tehran. She lost her mother when she was an infant and moved with her father to Tehran. Her father, Saber, was an entertainer and a comedian, and he encouraged Googoosh to sing in bars and cafés in Laleh-Zar Street of Tehran when she was only 5 years old. Her singing at such an early age prevented her from getting any kind of a primary…
Known for
- Tehran, an Unfinished History2025
- Googoosh: Made of Fire — Self2024
- Filmfarsi — (archive footage)2019
- Googoosh & Martik - Live in Concert2019
- Googoosh Live at Hollywood Bowl — Herself2018
- hayedeh: legendary persian diva2009
- Googoosh: Iran's Daughter — Herself2000
- Along the Night — Parvaneh1978
- Nazanin — Nayyer1977
- Googoosh: Live Concert-Niavaran Palace1977
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 62,649
- Total plays
- 1,327,900
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THE LIFE OF GOOGOOSH “From Iran’s Daughter to the Queen of Iran” Googoosh is one of Iran’s most enduring and infamous entertainers. Born Faegheh Atashin in Tehran (Iran) in 1950, Googoosh grew up with the support of her entertainer father. Her artistic aspirations were supported by her father so much so that she was encouraged to perform at some of Tehran’s largest cafes and bars from the age of 3. Throughout the decades, she played in successful blockbuster movies such as Hope and Fear (1960) a
Key facts
- Person.name
- Googoosh
- Person.native_name
- گوگوش
- Person.image
- Googoosh at the Hollywood Bowl, May 2018 08.jpg
- Person.caption
- Googoosh at the Hollywood Bowl, May 2018
- Person.birth_name
- Faegheh Atashin
- Person.birth_place
- Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
- Person.native_name_lang
- Fa
- Person.years_active
- 1953–1979; 2000–present
- Person.children
- Kambiz Ghorbani
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.label
- Avang, Caltex, MZM, Pars Video, Taraneh, RCA Italiana, RCA Victor, Barclay
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 5 May 1950
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Child
- Shahrum Kashani
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Genre
- Iranian pop
- Instrument
- voice
Article
34 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Before the Revolution (1953–1979)
- Revolution and hiatus (1979–2000)
- Departure from Iran and comeback (2000–present)
- Politics
- Personal life
- Marriages
- Religious beliefs
- Discography
- Filmography
- Books
- Tours and concerts since 2000
- Comeback World Tour (2000–2001)
- 2003–2005 Concerts
- Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2006 Concerts
- Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2007 Concerts
- Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2008 Concerts
- Googoosh: Memory Lane World Tour (2009–2010)
- 2011 Concerts
- 2012 Concerts
- Ejaz World Tour (2012–2014)
- Googoosh & Ebi: Nostalgia World Tour (2014)
- Googoosh: Akse Khosoosi World Tour (2015–2016)
- 2017 Concerts
- The Memory Makers World Tour (With Hassan Shamaeizadeh & Ardalan Sarfaraz) (2017–2018)
- Googoosh & Martik: The Friendship World Tour (2018–2019)
- Googoosh: 21, The World Tour (2021–2022)
- 2023 Concerts
- Final Chapter, The World Tour (2023–)
- Awards and achievements
- See also
- References
- External links
Faegheh Atashin (; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. Regarded as a pop icon, she is one of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, and her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.
She is mainly known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but she also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s. She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. In the 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) and her short haircut (known as the "Googooshi"). Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 and did not perform again during that period due to the ban on female singers. Younger generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings. After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total of 27 concerts in European and North American countries in that year. Recent projects include a new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz, as well as serving as head judge and head of academy for the popular reality show Googoosh Music Academy broadcast on London-based satellite channel Manoto 1.
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