googoosh

Googoosh is one of Iran's most popular singers. Born in 1951, she started her career as a singer in the late 60's and appeared on TV and live until the Iranian Revolution in 1979. She currently lives in Iran

Here is a video clip of one of her most famous songs "Man Amade am" which means "I am coming" (I think). The video quality is pretty bad but you can see why she was (and still is) so popular

links to official site and wikipedia article