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Her songs soundtracked the 60s and 70s, but the revolution silenced her. The legendary artist finally has her say, in this uneven memoir If you ask any Iranian to name the most important female pop ...

Publicity material for Googoosh: A Sinful Voice, a new memoir by the Iranian singer in exile, calls her a predecessor to Beyoncé and Madonna—a comparison that might seem over-the-top to American ...

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Few performers have had to endure the kind of disruption that befell the Iranian singer Googoosh when, at the peak of her fame, the 1979 Islamic revolution upended her career. Overnight, the magnetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Googoosh performs at Scotiabank Arena on Jan. 17, 2025, in Toronto. Jeremy Chan Photography/Getty Images Before Beyoncé, before ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on March 13, 2026. Find that audio here. Prior to the 1979 revolution, Iranian singer and actor Googoosh was a pop superstar. But she was jailed by the ...