16 Facts About Nusrat Fateh Ali

1. Nusrat Fateh Ali worked with a number of internationally recognized figures in popular and art music.

2. In 1964, when Nusrat Fateh Ali was just 16 years old his father tragically died.

3. Nusrat Fateh Ali should at least respect my religious songs.

4. Nusrat Fateh Ali performed qawwali, which means wise or philosophical utterance, as nobody else of his generation did.

5. Nusrat Fateh Ali appeared on NPR's 50 great voices list in 2010.

6. Nusrat Fateh Ali's is survived by their daughter Nida Khan.

7. Nusrat Fateh Ali died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Cromwell Hospital on 16 August 1997, aged 48.

8. Nusrat Fateh Ali died very shortly prior to the movie's release.

9. Nusrat Fateh Ali performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York in 1989, earning him admiration from the American audience.

10. Nusrat Fateh Ali performed in Paris in 1985 and 1988.

11. Nusrat Fateh Ali began by learning the tabla before moving on to vocals.

12. Nusrat Fateh Ali had his heart set on Nusrat choosing a much more respectable career path and becoming a doctor or engineer because he felt Qawwali artists had low social status.

13. Nusrat Fateh Ali was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and qawwal.

14. Nusrat Fateh Ali toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries.

15. Nusrat Fateh Ali was signed by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England in the early 1980s.

16. Nusrat Fateh Ali became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971.