A. Hameed was born in Amritsar, British India in 1933. His birth name was Sheikh Abdul Hameed. He began his film career in Pakistan with film Anjaam (1957) and had his first breakthrough super hit film song "Kya hua dil pe sitam,tum na samjho gay balam"...Sung by Zubaida Khanum and lyrics by Fayyaz Hashmi for film Raat Ke Rahi (1960).