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Azam Khan (Bengali: আজম খান (full name Mahbubul Haque Khan, February 28, 1950-June 5, 2011 ) was a Bangladeshi pop singer. He was the pioneer in Bengali pop music. He founded a band called Uchcharon (Bengali: উচ্চারণ meaning "Enunciation") in the early 1970s.[1] He is honored as Guru of Pop Music in Bangladesh.[2] Khan, together with pop music contemporaries Fakir Alamgir, Pilu Momtaz, Najma Zaman and Ferdous Wahid, is credited with pioneering and popularizing Bangla pop music in the years immediately following the country's independence.[3]
He was a Freedom fighter who fought against the Pakistani army in the Liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.[4] After the war, he introduced an energetic brand of music. His first concert in television was broadcasted in 1972 in Bangladesh Television. His popular tunes included Ore Saleka, Ore Maleka, Jibone Kichhu Pabona Re, Ami Jare Chaire, Ashi Ashi Bole Tumi, Obhimani, Rail liner bostite, Hei Allah Hei Allah Re etc.
He was a Freedom fighter who fought against the Pakistani army in the Liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.[4] After the war, he introduced an energetic brand of music. His first concert in television was broadcasted in 1972 in Bangladesh Television. His popular tunes included Ore Saleka, Ore Maleka, Jibone Kichhu Pabona Re, Ami Jare Chaire, Ashi Ashi Bole Tumi, Obhimani, Rail liner bostite, Hei Allah Hei Allah Re etc.
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