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مهستی Mahasti
Birth name	Khadijeh (Eftekhar)dadehbala
Born	November 16, 1946 Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Died	June 25, 2007 (aged 60) Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Persian traditional music Soft Rock Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1963–2007 1342-1386
Label(s)	Avang Records Taraneh Records Caltex Records

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1 Background
2 Musical career
3 Personal life
4 Death
5 Discography
6 See also
7 External links

Background

Eftekhar Dadehbala (Mahasti) (November 16, 1946 - June 25, 2007) was an Iranian singer who was recognized as the "Banooye Golhaa va Delha" (Lady of hearts & flowers). She was the younger sister of another popular Iranian female singer, Hayedeh. Hayedeh (also transcribed Haideh or Haydeh,, born Masoumeh Dadehbala in 1942 - d Mahasti's voice was discovered by maestro Parviz Yahaghi, a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. Parviz Yahaghi ( پرویز یاحقی) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist She was amongst a rare group of singers who "started" their careers on the prestigious Persian traditional music radio program Gol hâ ye Rangârang( گلهای رنگارنگ), in 1963 with the song "Anke Delam Râ Borde Xodâyâ"(persian -آنكه دلم را برده خدایا) composed and arranged by maestro Parviz Yahaghi with lyrics from Bijan Taraghi. Persian traditional music (also known as Iranian traditional music, Musiqi-e Sonati-e Irani, also Persian classical music or Iranian classical music Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She has worked with some of the most famous Iranian composers, including Parviz Yahaghi, Habibollah Badiei, Homayoon Khorram, Asadollah Malek, Anooshiravan Rohani, Jahanbakhsh Pazooki, Hasan Shamaeizadeh, Mohammad Heidari, Jamshid Sheibani, Sadegh Nojooki, and Manoochehr Cheshmazar as well as some younger composers such as Bijan Mortazavi,Faramarz Aasef, Mehrdad Asemani, and Shadmehr Aghili. Parviz Yahaghi ( پرویز یاحقی) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist Bijan Mortazavi ( is a popular Iranian Violinist, Singer and Songwriter. Shadmehr Aghili (born 27 January 1973) is an Iranian Musician, Singer and Songwriter born in Tehran

She has been known as a singer who has supported many young musicians, and have been loved by all those who have worked with her.

Musical career

In the beginning, her family was reluctant to allow her to pursue a career in entertainment because it was not appreciated for women at the time in Iran. However, Mahasti overcame this stigma by providing Iran with a new image for women within the entertainment industry. She was an image of a "gentle-woman", a lady with great manners. Her enormous success in music opened the way for many other women, including her older sister, Hayedeh, who started her work about 5 years after Mahasti. Hayedeh (also transcribed Haideh or Haydeh,, born Masoumeh Dadehbala in 1942 - d The two sisters made tremendous contributions to improving the image of female singers in Iran and in making the transition of Iranian music from where it was then, to where it is now.

Mahasti's career was remarkable. In 2005, she was awarded the Persian Female Pop-Classic Vocalist of Excellence by the World Academy of Arts, Literature and Media (formerly Persian Academy Awards) for over 40 years of top performance in Persian pop music. She sang more than 400 songs, contributed to more than 200 music albums with other Persian singers, and produced more than 35 music albums in which she was the only singer. Some of these albums are: Beeganeh-بیگانه٫ Havaye Yar-هوای یار, Ashofteh-آشفته, Ghasam-قسم ٫, Mowj-موج, Mosafer-مسافر, Nameh-نامه, Taghdir-تقدیر (with Golpa), To Bezan Ta Man Beraghsam-تو بزن تا من برقصم , Asir-اسیر, Hamishe Ashegh-همیشه عاشق, Havaye Asheghi-هوای عاشقی, Avazak-آوازك, Ziafat-ضیافت (with Asef and Sattar), Oje Seda-اوج صدا (with Hayedeh), Saal-سال (with Hayedeh and Moein), Mehman-مهمان (with Hayedeh), Hamishe Sabz-همیشه سبز, Deldadeh-دلداده, Sarab e Eshgh-سراب عشق, Gole Omid-گل امید, Masti-مستی, Sepeedeh Dam-سپیده دم , Haghighat-حقیقت (with Sattar), Labkhand-لبخند (with Shahram Solati), Booye Gandom-بوی گندم (with Sattar), Bazm-بزم (with Sattar) and Az Khoda Khasteh-از خدا خواسته. In her albums she has worked with several other singers, including Hayedeh (her sister), Sattar, Akbar Golpaygani (Golpa), Iraj (Hossein Khajeh Amiri), Mahmoodi Khansari, Aref, Moein, Shahram Solati, Faramarz Asef, Homeyra, Hasan Shamaeizadeh, and Sadegh Nojooki. Hayedeh (also transcribed Haideh or Haydeh,, born Masoumeh Dadehbala in 1942 - d Hassan Sattar (known as Sattar,) is an Iranian pop and traditional/classic singer Aref ( عارف) born August 101941 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian born pop singer Moein is a famous Iranian singer He is well known for his love songs Shahram Solati ( born November 20, 1957 in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran) is a Los Angeles based Iranian singer Homeyra ( is the stage name of Iranian singer Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (

Personal life

Mahasti married Kouros Nazemiyan and gave birth to her only child, Sahar. Mahasti and her family lived in Abadan for several years , finally moving back to Tehran. Abadan (film is also the name of a 2003 Iranian movie from director Mani Haghighi, as well as the name of a town in Turkmenistan Her marriage with Nazemiyan ultimately ended in divorce. Nazemiyan was executed by the Revolutionary Court of the new Islamic Republic shortly after revolution. Several years later she re-married to Bahram Sanandaji, owner of a shoe factory, however their marriage also ended.

In 1978, Just before the Iranian Revolution she emigrated to the United Kingdom and then to the United States where she lived thereafter. The Iranian Revolution' (mostly known as the Islamic Revolution, Persian: انقلاب اسلامی Enghelābe Eslāmi was the Revolution that transformed The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Death

In March 2007, she publicly announced that she had been battling colon cancer for four years. Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or large bowel cancer, includes Cancerous growths in the colon, Rectum and She hoped that her experience would raise awareness within the Iranian community regarding cancer and the significance of constant physical examinations. She was then living in Santa Rosa, California with her daughter, Sahar and her husband Naser, and their two children, Natasha, 15 and Natalie, 14. Santa Rosa is the County seat of Sonoma County California, United States She died at 7:52 AM on June 25, 2007 in Santa Rosa.

Mahasti was interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California on June 29, 2007 the same cemetery where her sister Hayedeh was buried at. The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California. Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California, United States. Hayedeh (also transcribed Haideh or Haydeh,, born Masoumeh Dadehbala in 1942 - d

Discography

Release date	Album name
	Ashofteh
	Asir
	Avazak
	Deldadeh
	Bezan Ta Beraghsam
	Bazm
	Gol-e Gandom 12121
	Az Khoda Khasteh

External links

Persian pop music refers to Pop music with songs in the Persian language. The music of Iran or Persian music has thousands of years of history dating back to the Neolithic age as seen in the archeological Persian music owes partly its maturity to the significant efforts made by accomplished female musicians instrumentalists and vocalists throughout the history

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