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Soviet Azerbaijani singer and actor (1915-1989)

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Rashid Behbudov, known in his native language as Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, was an Azerbaijani opera singer, film actor, and politician. Born in Tbilisi in 1915, he held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. His professional career spanned from 1933 until 1989, during which he worked in pop music, opera, film, and theatre. He was a male tenor and Tenore contraltino who also played the piano, tar, and fortepiano.

Behbudov received several awards, including the Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. He spoke Azerbaijani and was associated with folk, Caucasian, and romantic music genres. He died in Moscow on June 9, 1989, and is buried in the Alley of Honor. His father was Mejid Behbudov.

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Acting · Tiflis, Russian Empire

Rashid Behbudov (Azerbaijani: Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov) was an Azerbaijani singer and actor. He sang in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian, Persian, Georgian, Hindi, Armenian, Urdu, and Bengali among other languages. Rashid Behbudov was born in Tbilisi, in 1915. His father, Majid Behbudoghlu, was a singer as well. From 1938 to 1944, Rashid moved to Armenia and worked at Yerevan State Philharmonia…

Known for

  • Strange Birds — Rashid2017
  • The 1001st Tour1974
  • Abseron Rhythms1970
  • Bakhtiyar — Bekhtiyar1955
  • The Caspian Story1953
  • Arshin Takes a Wife — Asgar1945

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
635
Total plays
13,957

Tags

azerifolkCaucasianromanticethno

Rashid Behbudov (Azerbaijani: Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, December 14, 1915 - June 19, 1988) was an Azerbaijani singer and actor. He sang in Azerbaijani, Russian, Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali among other languages. He became popular when he played the lead role of Askar, the wealthy peddler, in a movie Arshin Mal Alan (“The Cloth Peddler”) which was based on a 1913 musical comedy by Uzeyir Hajibeyov. Rashid’s father, Majid Behbudlu was a well-known singer too. <a href="https://www.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Tbilisi
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Azerbaijani
Field of work
popular music
Genre
opera
Instrument
fortepiano
Image
Reshid Behbudov.jpg
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Rashid Behbudov
date of death
1989-01-01
Commons gallery
Rashid Behbudov
place of burial
Alley of Honor
name in native language
Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov
start of work period
1933-00-00
end of work period
1989-00-00
date of birth
1915-01-01
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