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Ramesh (Singer)
Ramesh ,born Azar Mohebbi Tehrani (, 13 November 1946) was an Iranian singer of Folk and Pop music. She was active for more than two decades and due to the particular resonance of voice, strong personality, and good artistic taste, was one of the most popular and widely feted vocalists in Iran throughout the 1970s.

Background
Ramesh was born in Tehran as Azar Mohebbi Tehrani. Her professional career began in 1965 as a singer on a Persian traditional music Tehran Radio program called "Yek Shakhe Gol". Ramesh studied Music with the Persian violinist and composer Ata’ullah Khurram.

"Parastow Jan", which was composed by Ata’ullah Khurram, and was written by Lobat Vala, was Ramesh's first official hit. It was first performed in 1967 on Radio Tehran with the Gol-ha Orchestra.

In the 1970s Ramesh added Persian pop music to her classical Persian repertoire. In this period Ramesh worked with several songwriters, such as Parviz Maghsadi, Naser Cheshm Azar, and Manouchehr Cheshmazar. "Roodkhuneha", "Zaeer", "Az Khodam Badam Miad", "Tohmat", and "Eshghe Gonahkar" were among her works during this period.

After the revolution and leaving Iran
Shortly before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ramesh immigrated to the United States to continue her career and in 2004, she left the art scene to protest the ban on women's activities in Iran.

Partial discography

 * Adamak (1995)
 * Daghe Dagh (1995)
 * Tehroon (1995)
 * Darya Darya (1995)
 * 3rd World (1996)
 * Rumi (2003) - with Dariush Eghbali and Faramarz Aslani