Shahram Shabpareh
1948–present
About Shahram Shabpareh
Tehran-born singer and songwriter, born in 1948, who started out as a drummer and sang with the Black Cats from 1964 to 1979. He moved to Los Angeles around the 1979 revolution and became one of the leading names of diaspora Persian pop, often billed as its king. Pariya, the title track of his 1985 album, is among his best-known songs.