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Ahmad Zahir (Pashto/Dari: احمد ظاهر; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979) was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer.Dubbed the "Elvis of Afghanistan", [1] he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. [2]
The record reached No. 1 in the Billboard Disco Singles, #5 on the Disco File Top 20 chart, [2] and #43 in the Hot 100 charts in the U.S. [3] In Canada, the song reached No. 77 in the Top Singles chart, [4] and #31 in the Pop Music Playlist. [5] The group had another hit in mid-1975, particularly in France, with "La Balanga." [citation needed]
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There is very little, if any, credible evidence that Ahmad Zahir, and not Claude Morgan, wrote El Bimbo. I believe the confusion stems from the fact that 1)Zahir's cover of El Bimbo called Tanha Shodam Tanha was included in his album called Lylee and 2)some Web sites list date Lylee with a 1971 release date.
Rishad Zahir (Pashto/Dari: رشاد ظاهر) is a United States–based Afghan singer and musician. He is the son of the Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir . Early life
The Afghan concept of music is closely associated with instruments, and thus unaccompanied religious singing is not considered music. Koran recitation is an important kind of unaccompanied religious performance, as is the ecstatic Zikr ritual of the Sufis which uses songs called na't, and the Shi'a solo and group singing styles like mursia, manqasat, nowheh and rowzeh.
گل سـنگم گل سنگم (transliteration Gole sangam, gole sangam) (meaning I am a stone flower, I am a stone flower) چی بـگم از دل تـنـگم (transliteration Chi begam az dele tangam) (meaning What to say for my longing heart)