Rashid Behbudov

Rashid was almost 30 years old when he was tapped to play the lead role of “Asgar”, the wealthy peddler, in the second (1945) screening of “The Cloth Peddler” (“Arshyn Mal Alan”), based on the same-titled 1913 musical comedy by Uzeyir Hajibeyov. Asgar was ...

Rashid Behbudov (Ra-SHID BEH-bu-dov) was one of Azerbaijan's greatest singers. On December 14th, his birthday, Azerbaijanis commemorated his 80th Jubilee (1995). Rashid is remembered for his love songs - his melodic, lyrical love songs...