Jupiters

The Jupiters
Years active1985 (1985)s–2001 (2001)
Past members
  • Ali Azmat
  • Tauqeer Hussain
  • Najam Shiraz
  • Majid Hussain
  • Shahzad Ahmed
  • Bilal Hafeez
  • Irfan Kiani
  • Jawad Ahmad
  • Salman Majid
  • Mudassir Ali
  • Hammad Baily
  • Shazi (Aamir Tufaiel)
  • Amir Munawar
  • Shakir Awan
  • Tahir Saqi
  • Kamran Rashid (Later became a professor)
  • Danny William
  • Azhar Waheed

The Jupiters (Urdu: جوپیٹرز) were a Pakistani band who are considered one of the pioneers of pop music in Pakistan.

Although the band released only a few albums, it became a nursery for many notable future singers. The hit song "Yaaro Yehi Dosti Hai" sung by one of the vocalists Ali Azmat topped the music charts in Pakistan in the early 1990s, and is still a famous number there. This popular song is from their album Jupiters Vol.1, released in 1989.

The Jupiters disbanded in the late 1990s and is remembered as a party band in the city of Lahore. The band's drummer-cum-composer Sahir Ali Bagga became an influential composer in his solo career and was behind several hits by acclaimed singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

Notable members

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Jupiters - Top Songs". Apple Music website. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 Sher Khan (19 April 2012). "'Sahir Ali Bagga: Age of glory' (Sahir Ali Bagga was the original drummer of Jupiters music band)". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Jupiters music albums". EMI Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Sher Khan (13 January 2012). "'I can't stand Salman Ahmad': Ali Azmat (of Junoon Band)". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2025.