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) Master Of Stage () Rushdi Sahab () | birth_date = |birth_place =Hyderabad Deccan, British India | death_date = |death_place =Karachi, Pakistan | origin = Pakistani | instrument = Vocalist | genre = Classical music, pop, ghazal, disco, hip-hop, rock n roll | occupation = Urdu and regional playback singer | years_active = 1951–1983 | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP (; April 24, 1934 – April 11, 1983) was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in South Asia〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History Of Pop Music )〕 and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor notes with ease. He is best known for his distinctive, melodious, powerful voice, complex and dark emotional expressions which led many critics to state his voice as the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dawn.com/2012/04/11/remembering-a-legend-ahmed-rushdi/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mypageonweb.blogspot.com/2012/04/fabulous-ahmad-rushdi.html )〕 Born in Hyderabad Deccan, he migrated to Pakistan and became a leading singer in the Pakistan film industry. He is considered to be one of the most versatile vocalists of the South Asia and was capable of singing variety of songs. He is also considered to be the first regular pop singer of south asia and credited as having sung the "first-ever South asian" pop song, "''Ko-Ko-Korina'' in film Armaan (1966)." In 1954, he recorded the official National anthem of Pakistan with several other singers.〔Mazhar Iqbal, Mazhar.dk. "Ahmad Rushdi". http://mazhar.dk/film/singers/ahmadrushdi/. Retrieved 2006-04-12.〕〔National Anthem.http://anisshakur.tripod.com/id129.html〕 Rushdi has recorded the highest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema in Urdu, English, Punjabi, Bengali, Sindhi and Gujarati languages and found unprecedented success as a playback artist from the mid-1950s to early 1980s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Remembering the voice of 'Ko Ko Korina' )〕 He was also famous for his stage performance which had a mesmerizing effect on the audience.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Golden Voice Of Ahmed Rushdi )〕 He suffered from poor health during the latter part of his life and died of a heart attack at the age of 48, after recording approximately five thousand film songs for 583 released films. Besides popular music, Rushdi also helped popularize the ghazals of Naseer Turabi.〔 〕 He was awarded five Nigar Awards, the "Best Singer Of The Millennium" title, "Life Time Achievement Award", "Legend Award" and Lux Style Award.〔 In 2003, 20 years after his death, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf awarded him the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the "star of excellence," an honour given for distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports, medicine, or science. A street in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, also named ''Ahmed Rushdi Road''.〔Ahmed Rushdi.http://www.crazefm.com/singers.php?profile=148〕 == Early life == Ahmed Rushdi was born to a religious, conservative family of Hyderabad Deccan in 1934. His father, ''Syed Manzoor Mohammad'', taught Arabic, Islamic History and Persian at Aurangabad College, Hyderabad, Deccan. He died when Rushdi was only six years old. From a young age, Rushdi was fond of listening to the musical programs, including songs, which were broadcast from the radio. He neither inherited music from any one, nor any body in his family was ever affiliated to music. Ahmed Rushdi's singing talents impressed a very close friend of his father, whom he called uncle and who loved him dearly. He enrolled in a local music academy in Hyderabad Deccan.〔http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=86012〕 Moreover, two popular composers of the time, ''M.A. Rauf'' and ''Iqbal Qureshi'', also taught music in the same school. Thus, Ahmed Rushdi learned the basics of music from the afore-mentioned teachers. Later, he got some training in classical music from ''Ustad Nathu Khan''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ahmed Rushdi live with Naeem Tahir )〕 Ahmed Rushdi did not get any sort of formal training of classical music neither before nor after becoming a successful playback singer but he had an effective command over high and low notes. He sang his first song in the Indian film ''Ibrat'' in 1951 and got recognition. His family moved to Pakistan and settled in Karachi in 1954, where he began participating in variety shows, music programs, and children's programs on radio. In 1954, he recorded his first non-film song, "Bunder Road se Keemari", written by Mehdi Zaheer for the popular Radio Pakistan show ''Bachchon Ki Duniya''; the song was a hit and became the steppingstone for Rushdi's future.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmed Rushdi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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