She was at once very Western and more modern than any female singer before her was. Born in 1950, she started her career as a child star performing with her acrobat father, who raised her after her parents divorced. She won the hearts of her audiences by her ability to sing and dance and entertain. She was a kind of Iranian Shirley Temple who grew up to become Madonna.
Googoosh had and still has an ability to adapt and change with time and age. From early on she had a great talent for imitation. Early footage of her as a child shows her dancing in the style of the ‘luti’ with the signature tilted hat and a fake moustache to boot! She also preformed quite convincing imitations of Cossack, Indian, Spanish and Iranian tribal dancers.
