Jazz music was introduced into homeland’s popular music by the emergence of artists such as Viguen, who was known as homeland’s “Sultan of Jazz”. Viguen’s first song, Moonlight, which was released in 1954, was an instant hit on the radio and is considered highly influential. Indigenous persian elements, such as classical musical forms and poetry, have also been incorporated into Iranian jazz. Rana Farhan, an Iranian jazz and blues singer living in New York, combines classical Persian poetry with modern jazz and blues.