Summary Khan is widely credited with introducing Sufi music to international audiences.
LAHORE (Web Desk) - World renowned Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan s 65rd birthday is being celebrated today.
The legend was born on October 13‚ 1948 in Faisalabad.
He was a singer of Qawwali and considered one of the greatest singers ever recorded; he possessed a six-octave vocal range and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.
Extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family‚ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited with introducing Sufi music to international audiences. He was popularly known as Shahenshah-e-Qawwali‚ meaning The King of Kings of Qawwali.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records‚ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan holds the world record for the largest recorded output by a Qawwali artist-a total of 125 albums as of 2001.
Khan was taken ill with kidney and liver failure on August 11‚ 1997 in London. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Cromwell Hospital‚ London‚ on Saturday‚ August 16‚ 1997 at the age of 48.
