Farhad Mehrad (20 January 1944 – 31 August 2002) was a popular Iranian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist.

Farhad gained fame among the Iranian rock, pop and folk musicians before the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Farhad's song "Jomeh" (Friday) for the film "Khodahafez Rafigh" in 1971 brought him widespread popularity.

[1] When Farhad was three years of age, he stayed outside his brother's room, listening to his violin lessons.

Before the start of the first night's performance, the band decided that Farhad would be the singer, because of the vocalist's absence.

Farhad's attention and fuss for correct pronunciation of the words, and his knowledge of world literature, came as a good advantage; when he performed a few songs in Italian, French and English, it was hard to believe his mother tongue was Persian.

In 1964, he performed a few English songs on an Iranian TV show, where he captured the attention of more people.

Later, in an event sponsored by Etelat Javanan, a popular youth magazine, he performed in Amjadieh Stadium.

[2] That was when Shahbal Shabpareh, the frontman of the Iranian popular band Black Cats heard about Farhad.

Manouchehr Eslami called Farhad the most important member of the band, saying: Despite the fact that he couldn't read music sheets and had learned the music by listening and playing by experience, Farhad did not need to attend the practice sessions.

[1]In the busiest and most successful time of the band, the first Persian song of Farhad, called Age Ye Jo Shaans Daashti ("With a Little Bit of Luck"), was used in dubbing the movie Banooye Zibaye Man (My Fair Lady) into Persian.

[3] Farhad dedicated the song "Shabaneh" to Sadegh Solhizadeh, M.D., the doctor who helped him overcoming his addiction.

After the revolution, the Islamic government turned its back on Farhad and refused to grant him permission to publish his album many times.

After his death, a museum of his personal items was founded at cinema-museum in Tehran, Iran, and also two documentaries, Farhad's Fridays and Snow, have been made about him.