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Farhad Mehrad

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Iranian singer and guitarist

MusiciansLived 1944 to 2002 · aged 58
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Farhad Mehrad was a popular Iranian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. He was a versatile musician who released the first English rock and roll album in Iran. Farhad gained fame among the Iranian rock, pop and folk musicians before the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

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Farhad in his childhood, c 1940s-50s.Farhad in his childhood, c 1940s-50s.Farhad featured on a cover of Ettelaat-e Banuvan in 1979, with this caption: "Farhad rehabilitated from drug addiction".Farhad featured on a cover of Ettelaat-e Banuvan in 1979, with this caption: "Farhad rehabilitated from drug addiction".Farhad tomb at Thiais cemetery, located in the commune of Thiais, in the Val-de-Marne department, in the Île-de-France region.Farhad tomb at Thiais cemetery, located in the commune of Thiais, in the Val-de-Marne department, in the Île-de-France region.

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Albums 10

TSThe Covers Collection III: Studio Sketches2025
THThe Covers Collection II: Whispers at Home2025
TEThe Covers Collection I: Youth Echoes2025
EMEchoes of My Mind2024
LTLive In Tehran, 19982023
FSFarhad in Black Cats: Studio B Show2023
BABarf1998
LVLive in Vienna, 19931993
KBKhab Dar Bidari1993
MTMard-E Tanha1990

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Farhad Mehrad was a popular Iranian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. He was a versatile musician who released the first English rock and roll album in Iran. Farhad gained fame among the Iranian rock, pop and folk musicians before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. He was prohibited from singing for several years in Iran after the revolution. Farhad's first concert after the Islamic Revolution was held in 1990. He is still recognized as one of the most influential and respected contemporary Iranian singers. Farhad was also the founding member of the popular Iranian band Black Cats.

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Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2002 · aged 58
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12 languages

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