Biography (Vigen)

Vigen Derderian (November 23, 1929-October 26, 2003), known as "Sultan of Pop" and "Sultan of Persian jazz", was a hugely popular Armenian-Iranian pop music singer. He is famous throughout the Near East.

In that era, every Iranian artist wanted to be associated with him, among them the country's most established top female singers, Delkash and Elaheh. The legendary Vigen Derderian worked with the best Iranian songwriters and composers, who realised they had to cater for a new youth market, and performed some of his country's most memorable songs.

Before the emergence in the early 1950s of Vigen Derderian, who has died aged 73 of cancer in Californian exile, the music industry of his native Iran was dominated by traditional singers, who had little knowledge of western pop music or such instruments as the guitar. Then Vigen, known as the "Sultan of pop", ushered in a revolution that coincided with the emergence of a new, western-influenced middle...

Album Records (Vigen)

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