9. The great Azerbaijani singer Reshid Behbudov was born
in December 14 1915 in Tbilisi. His father Majid Beh-
budov was a performer of Azerbaijani mugams. In 1933
Reshid left the high school. He was invited to
‘’Mustaid’’ summer concert held in tbilisi. He performed
Azeri national songs with an unexpected success.
Later he entered the Railway college. Later he performed
the role of Asgar in the operetta ‘’Arshin mal alan’’ (the
Cloth Peddler)by U. Hajibayov. In 1946 the film got the
government award and they awarded Rashid the state
laureate for his performance. In 1956 R.Behbudov became
a leading singer in Azerbaijan State Philharmony after M.
Magomayev. A year later in 1957 he began to work
with Azerbaijan state concert group. In 1965 he
organized the first song Theatre and was a main singer
and leader of that theatre to the end of his life.He
visited a lot of countries;Poland Holland Italy France
Portugal Afganistan Sudan Costa Rica Peru UK Finland
10. Honours and awards
1.People’s artist of the Azerbaijani SSR
2.People’s artist of the USSR 1959
3.Hero of Socialist Labour 23 April 1980
4.Two orders of Lenin 6 jan 1976 23 april 1980
5.Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1 feb 1966
6.Stalin prize for his role in the film Asker’Arshin
Mal Alan
7.State prize of the Azerbaijani SSR 1978
