The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars
Witness History
English - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 4.61 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the 1980s, a brother and sister from Pakistan topped the charts in countries all over the world with their dancefloor filler, Disco Deewane.
Nazia and Zoheb Hassan were the first teenagers ever to make a hit record in India.
Zoheb tells Vicky Farncombe about their rise to fame.
(Photo: Nazia and Zoheb Hassan. Credit: BBC)