Actor, Musician. He was a noted playback singer who will be best remembered for such recordings as "Main teray ajnabi shehr main," "Main tera shehr chhor jaon ga," "Main khushi se kion na gaoon, mera dil bhi gaa raha hai," and "Woh naqab rukh ulat kar meray samnay na aain." He was born Mujeeb Aalam (some sources also say Mujeeb Alam) in Kanpur, Utter Pradesh, India, to an Urdu-speaking family and later moved to Pakistan. He began his music career at the age of fourteen in Lahore, Pakistan, and went onto release over a dozen hit songs by the early 1960s. His music style was often compared to the famous playback singers Ahmad Rushdi and Mehdi Hassan although his talents were overlooked. He began appearing in films but again his film career was ignored by film musicians during the mid-1960s and into the 1970s. His most noteworthy film credit was in director Ehtesham's "Chakori" in which he sang the song, "Who meray saamne tasweer banay baithay hain" in 1967. He was awarded the distinguished Nigar Award For Best Male Playback Singer that same year. He also won the distinguished Nigar Award For Best Male Playback Singer for his song about love for the mother, ‘Aye maan teri soorat kay Aagay’ in the film "Qulli." Besides, "Chakori" (1967), his other film credits include, "Quilli," "Lori" (1966), "Lakhoon Main Aik" (1967), "Diya Aur Toofan" (1969), "Naajo" (1969), "Geet Kahin Sangeet Kahin" (1969), "Heer Ranjha" (1970), "Friendship" (1971), and "Yeh Aman" (1971). In 1979, he retired from his film career so that he could focus more on his singing career. He began to make his own distinct way into the world of music and became known as a very humorous person who loved to exchange jokes with fans and people alike and he made friends easily. Several of his songs were picturised by celebrities which included Nadeem, Waheed Murad, and boxer Muhammad Ali. He recorded well over 12,000 songs and some he sang in the Bangla, Punjabi and Pushto languages, he has 12 audio albums, which he recorded to his credit, and besides the distinguished Nigar Awards For Best Male Playback Singer he has was awarded several other honors. In 1979, he retired from the music business but he continued to perform in private shows and at musical programmes that were broadcast from Pakistan television and other channels. He also performed in about 500 musical concerts in other countries. He passed away from a sudden heart attack on June 2, 2004, at the age of 55, while out for a drive with his daughter. His funeral was held at a Mosque near his residence 'Guishan-iMaymar' in Karachi, Pakistan, and he was buried in the Sakhi Hassan Graveyard near the grave of his friend and fellow playback singer Ahmed Rushdi who passed away in 1983.