Jupiters

The Jupiters
Years active1980 (1980)s–1995 (1995)
Past members
  • Ali Azmat
  • Tauqeer Hussain
  • Majid Hussain
  • Shahzad Ahmed
  • Bilal Hafeez
  • Irfan Kiani
  • Jawad Ahmad
  • Salman Majid
  • Mudassir Ali
  • Hammad Baily
  • Shazee
  • Amir Munawar
  • Shakir Awan
  • Tahir Saqi
  • Kamran Rashid (Later became a professor)
  • Danny William
  • Azhar Waheed

The Jupiters (Urdu: جوپیٹرز) were a Pakistani music band who are considered one of the pioneers of pop music in Pakistan. Although the band released only a few albums, it became a breeding ground for many notable future singers. The hit song "Yaaro Yehi Dosti Hai" sung by one of the vocalists Ali Azmat topped the charts in the early 1990s, and is still a famous number.[1]

The band disbanded in the late 1990s and is remembered as a party band in the city of Lahore. The band's drummer-cum-composer, Sahir Ali Bagga, became an influential composer in his solo career and was behind several hits by acclaimed singer, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.[2]

  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3lYEvZbbNY, Jupiters song 'Yaaro Yehi Dosti Hai' on YouTube, Uploaded 9 June 2009, Retrieved 28 March 2017
  2. ^ https://tribune.com.pk/story/367060/sahir-ali-bagga-age-of-glory/, 'Sahir Ali Bagga: Age of glory', the original drummer of Jupiters music band, The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 19 April 2012, Retrieved 28 March 2017