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Music
Elahe is one of the most important singers of Iran's history.
She has sung quite a few traditional (asil), pop, jazz, and
standard hits. Her voice was so liked by Davood Pirnia, the original
creator and director of Radio Iran's "Golha" program,
that he employed Elahe to manage it for a while. Her voice is
on
more "Golha" shows than any other singer.
In the early 70's, the
American movie "Love Story" and its theme song became
a major hit all over the world. In Iran,
the English lyrics of this song were literally translated into
Persian, and Elahe sang this version as "Ghesseh
Eshgh," with
Persian lyrics on the American song's music. [Elahe songs]
The English lyrics
begin with "Where Do I begin to tell the story of how great
a love can be..." And the
Persian version starts with "Ahh... man az kojaa bayaan konam
in ghesseh raa keh aalami baa khabar shavad zeh eshgheh maa..."
Haunting...
sad... rare... great song... A tribute to Elahe, a grand dame
of Iranian music.
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