Simin Ghanem

Simin Ghanem Persian: سیمین غانم‌; born 11 April 1944) is an Iranian classical and pop singer. Ghanem started singing at the age of 9. She was the best singer in the "Iran's school competition" in 1962. After 7 years she started professional singing with a TV program named Mowj-e Khorooshan (1969).

Simin Ghanem
Simin Ghanem in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Simin-Dokht Ghanem سیمین غانم
Born	(1944-04-11) April 11, 1944 (age 81) Tonekabon, Iran
Genres	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1969–present

Career

Born in Tonekabon, Ghanem started singing when she was 9. In 1962, she was the best singer in the Iranian school competition. 7 years later she started her professional singing career with the TV program Mowj-e Khorooshan.

She studied Iranian traditional music with Morteza Hannaneh & Ali Tajvidi, who were of the professional musicians of the time in Iran. Her first song in this style was "Ghollak-e cheshat" (قلک چشات, lit. 'The Piggy bank of your eyes'), which was one of the most popular songs in Iran for many years. Her most famous song is "Gol-e goldoun" (گل گلدون, lit. 'The Pot's flower').^[1]

The American electronic music duo Odesza used samples of Ghanem's song "Sib" (سیب, lit. 'Apple') on the track Behind the Sun from the album The Last Goodbye.^[2]

Discography

Her famous songs include:

• Gol-e Goldoun, compose: Fariborz Lachini
• Mard-e man
• Parandeh
• Ghollak-e cheshat, Composer: Fariborz Lachini
• Tarh-e zolfanat
• Sib, composer: Fariborz Lachini, lyrics: Farhad Sheybani
• Stash (?)
• Ham-nafas

• Raghs-e baroun
• Dela

See also

• Pari Zanganeh