Sabriye Erecepova
Sabriye Erecepova was a Crimean Tatar singer. She began working for the Crimean Radio Committee in 1932 after impressing Yaya Sherfedinov and was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Crimean ASSR in 1940. In exile she remained a very popular singer and was labeled as the most popular singer in the Uzbekistan in 1964. She not only sang traditional Crimean Tatar songs but also wrote her own songs and sang Russian folksongs too.