Abdul Jabbar (singer)

Abdul Jabbar
Birth name	Mohammed Abdul Jabbar
Born	1938 (age 78–79) Kushtia, British India (now Bangladesh)
Genres	Playback singing
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1971–present

Mohammed Abdul Jabbar (born 1938) is a Bangladeshi singer, who reached the pinnacle of fame when he sang 'Salam Salam Hazar Salam' and 'O re Neel Dariya'.

Jabbar was born in Kushtia. He passed SSC in 1956. He first took music lesson from Ustad Osman Gani and Ustad Lutful Haque. He became an enlisted singer at radio in 1958 and at TV in 1964.

He sang patriotic songs during the independence war of 1971 and also for playback. Some of his playback songs are, Ore Neel Daria, Du Jahaner Malik Tumi, Mukh Dekhe Bhul Korona, and others. His patriotic songs were broadcast through Kalurghat radio station (known as Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendro) in 1971, a radio station which inspired Bangladeshi Mukti Bahini (freedom-fighters) to fight hard against Pakistan Army.

 

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