This early career in doing imitations helped her greatly when she became a full-fledged adult star and perfected the art of taking what is Western or foreign and making it her own. Despite all the copying that went on, Googoosh miraculously remained Googoosh both in sound and in look. With the growing importance of television and the advent of glossy magazines, her uncanny grasp of the importance of her image along with her ability to co-opt Western music made Googoosh appealing to the masses.
Whereas before both the classical female singer and the vulgar cabaret singer appealed mainly to men, Googoosh appealed also to the growing and increasingly educated female audiences. She appealed most to the second-generation be-hejab (without veil) women who had at least a high school education and were entering the work force and public life in increasing numbers.
