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 Rashid Behbudov (1915-1988), famous Azerbaijani singer and actor.
R.Behbudov was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father, Majid Behbudlu was a well-known singer from Shusha. In his youth Rashid worked in Yerevan's Philharmonia and Opera House from 1938 to 1944. He moved to Baku in 1945. 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. R.Behbudov also sang in Russian, Persian, Turkish and Armenian.
In 1959, he was named "People's Artist of the USSR".
In 1966 he created the State Song Theater and became its soloist and Artistic Manager.
He toured and performed concerts in several countries including: the UK, Finland, Iran, Turkey, China, Albania, Bulgaria, Belgium, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Chile, Argentina.
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