Happy Akhand (12 October 196028 December 1987) was a

Bangladeshi rock Bangladeshi rock music, or Bangla rock music, is a style of music in Bangladesh that is derived from British and American rock music, mixed with Bengali classical and adhunik musical styles from the 1960s. The genre was introduced in the 196 ...

singer, songwriter. He was one of the pioneering rock musicians in Bangladesh. He was the founding member of the rock band

Miles The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English ...

. He is sometimes referred to as the ''Prince of Bangladeshi Music''. His notable songs include the title " আবার এলো যে সন্ধ্যা (The Evening is Here Again)", "কে বাঁশি বাজায় রে? (Who's Playing the Flute?)" and more. He died on 28 December 1987, at the age of 27 years.

Early life

Happy Akhand was born on 12 October 1960 in Patla Khan Lane,

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

(now in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

). He started learning guitar at the age of 10. He started his music career with the help of his elder brother

Lucky Akhand Lucky Akhand (7 June 1956 – 21 April 2017) was a Bangladeshi singer-composer. He was associated with the musical band ''Happy Touch''. He composed and gave vocal to songs including ''Ei Neel Monihar'', ''Aamay Deko Na'', ''Agey Jodi Janitam'', ...

. In 1972, he joined the band '' Spondan'' as a keyboard player. In 1979, he founded the rock band ''

'' along with

Farid Rashid Miles is a Bangladeshi rock band formed in Dhaka in 1 August 1979. They have released ten studio albums and three compilations. They released their self titled debut studio album '' Miles'' in 1982, which contained English numbers. They releas ...

Discography

Solo

Film score

Band (Miles)

Spondan

Filmography

References

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