Ustad Salamat Ali Khan was born in Indian Punjab village Sham Chorasi near Hoshiarpur on December 12, 1934. He started his singing career as a child in 1942 with his elder brother Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan and their pair was famous for another four decades.
Ustad Salamat Ali Khan also sang for some movies like Mousqiar (1962) and Geet Kahin Sangeet Kahin (1969). He died on July 11, 2001 in Lahore.