Birth name Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Name Abdul Jabbar Years active 1971-present | Occupation(s) Singer Genres Playback singing | |
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Mohammed Abdul Jabbar (7 November 1938 – 30 August 2017) was a Bangladeshi singer. "Tumi Ki Dekhechho Kobhu Jiboner Porajoy", "Salam Salam Hazar Salam" and "Joy Bangla, Banglar Joy" were the three of his songs made to the top 20 all-time Bangla songs in 2006 survey by the BBC Bangla. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1980 and Independence Day Award in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh.
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Early life and career
Jabbar was born in Kushtia. He passed SSC in 1956. He first took music lesson from Muhammad Osman in Kushtia and later from Moksed Ali Shai, Lutfel Haque and Shibkumar Chatterjee in Kolkata. In 1958, lyricist Azizur Rahman helped Jabbar get listed as an artist of the radio station. He debuted his playback singing career in 1962 with music director Robin Ghosh. In 1964, he was enlisted as a TV artist.
In 1969, Jabbar founded a musical group Bangabandhu Shilpagosthi. On Mar 25, 1971, he crossed the border into India and gradually joined a host of artists of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.
After the independence of Bangladesh, he started performing as a film playback singer. In 2008, after a five-decade career of playback singing, he started working on his only album Kothay Amar Neel Daria, released in 2016.
Jabbar served as the president of Bangladesh Sangskritik Parishad.
Personal life
Jabbar was married to Halima Jabbar. Together they had a son Babu Jabbar.