Googoosh

Googoosh
گوگوش
Googoosh at the Hollywood Bowl, May 2018
Born
Faegheh Atashin

(1950-05-05) 5 May 1950 (age 74)[1]
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1953–1979; 2000–present
Spouses
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(m. 1967; div. 1972)​
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(m. 1975; div. 1976)​
Homayoun Mesdaghi
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(m. 1977; div. 1989)​
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(m. 1991; div. 2003)​
Children1
Musical career
LabelsAvang, Caltex, MZM, Pars Video, Taraneh, RCA Italiana, RCA Victor, Barclay
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Persian: [guːˈguːʃ] ⓘ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over six decades.[1][2][3] Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.[4][5][6]

She is mainly known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but she also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s.[7][8] She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. In the 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) and her short haircut (known as the "Googooshi").[1][9] Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 and did not perform again during that period due to the ban on female singers. Younger generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings.[10] After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total of 27 concerts in European and North American countries in that year.[11] Recent projects include a new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz, as well as serving as head judge and head of academy for the popular reality show Googoosh Music Academy broadcast on London-based satellite channel Manoto 1.[12]

Since her return to the stage in the summer of 2000, she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world, including the Madison Square Garden in New York, the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Honda Center in Anaheim, Royal Albert Hall in London and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles [13] She has recorded songs in many languages including Persian, Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Armenian and French.[14] She has a significant following outside of Iran and has even received the attention of European and African media and press.[15]

  1. ^ a b c "Googoosh". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ Desk, TV News. "Googoosh Brings THE MEMORY MAKERS Tour to Hollywood Bowl This May". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Hemmasi, Farzaneh (2020). Tehrangeles dreaming : intimacy and imagination in Southern California's Iranian pop music. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-1200-9. OCLC 1135939158.
  4. ^ "Iranian diva Googosh on her silence, return 40 years after the revolution". english.alarabiya.net. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ Correspondent, Tom Hundley, Tribune Foreign (7 July 2000). "POP DIVA'S RETURN STRIKES A POPULAR CHORD IN IRAN". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Minazad, Orly (11 May 2018). "Iranian Icon Googoosh Makes History at the Hollywood Bowl". BLARB. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "About Googoosh". Googoosh.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007.
  8. ^ Times, Hanan Daqqa/Fairfax County (2 March 2018). "Googoosh: Iran's daughter speaks her mind". Fairfax County Times. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ^ Hemmasi, Farzaneh (10 April 2020). Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-1200-9.
  10. ^ Suh, Joanne (9 October 2000). "Iran's pop diva Googoosh returns to the world stage after two decades". CNN. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  11. ^ "BBC Persian". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Manoto TV, au service des nostalgiques de la monarchie iranienne" (in French). 8 February 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Googoosh". Hollywood Bowl. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  14. ^ Arellano, Gustavo (21 May 2003). "Catharsis Queen". OC Weekly. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  15. ^ Saba, Sadeq (19 June 2000). "Iran's pop diva to sing again". BBC. Retrieved 11 April 2007.