Google Doodle Paid Tribute to Legendary Singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

October 12, 2015

1235 Views

Google often places doodles on its homepage in honor of a holiday or to mark the legacy of a legend, and the search giant is doing it again to honor legendary Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Google has paid a special tribute to legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on his 67th birth anniversary....

Google often places doodles on its homepage in honor of a holiday or to mark the legacy of a legend, and the search giant is doing it again to honor legendary Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Google has paid a special tribute to legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on his 67th birth anniversary. Keeping up with the tradition, the late singer has his own personal Google Doodle for the special day. Google’s special logo honoring Khan shows the iconic singer sitting in front of a microphone and singing while surrounded by his band.

Google Doodle of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan can be seen on the Google Pakistan homepage. This screenshot was taken on 13th Oct. 2015

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis. Considered one of the greatest voices ever recorded, he possessed an extraordinary range of vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours. Extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family, Khan is widely credited with introducing Qawwali music to international audiences. He is popularly known as “Shahenshah-e-Qawwali”, meaning “The King of Kings of Qawwali”.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan_Google_Doodle_reach

The Google Doodle featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan can be seen today in different parts of the world including Pakistan, India, Sweden, Ghana, Kenya and Japan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971. He was signed by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England, in the early 1980s. He is widely considered to be the most important person qawwal in history. In 1987, Khan received the President of Pakistan’s Award for Pride of Performance for his contribution to Pakistani music. In 1995 he received the UNESCO Music Prize. In 1996 he was awarded Grand Prix des mériques at Montreal World Film Festival for exceptional contribution to the art of cinema. In the same year, Khan received the Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. In 2005, Khan received the “Legends” award at the UK Asian Music Awards.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was taken ill with kidney and liver failure on 11 August 1997 in London, while on the way to Los Angeles in order to receive a kidney transplant. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Cromwell Hospital, London on 16 August 1997, aged 48.