Posts Tagged ‘Playback Singers’
Mukesh – Part 2
Though Mukesh’s burning desire was to follow in the footsteps of Saigal Saab, veteran composers Naushad and Anil Biswas would have none of it. They took it upon themselves to wean Mukesh from his Saigalesque inclinations. Anil Biswas succeeded in doing this with the song ‘Jeevan sapna toot gaya’ in 1948. Naushad insisted on pulling ...
Mukesh – Part 1
‘Everytime he sang, his sincerity and vulnerability shone through, leaving no doubt that here was a true gentleman’. That cannot be said of any other Hindi playback singer, except the sweetly sensitive and truly noble Mukesh Chand Mathur. Together with Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, he completed the trinity of silver throats who enriched and ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 4
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ Talat Mahmood’s fans enjoyed watching him on stage as much as they enjoyed hearing him sing on tape. This was because his voice seemed to ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 3
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ The mood may be melancholic or mirthful – the mythic timbre remained intact over the decades. In 1980 HMV re-recorded some of Talat Mahmood’s vintage ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 2
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ Dilip Kumar’s screen-image best typifies the indefinable charm of Talat Saab’s voice. If Dilip Kumar made a reputation for himself as a naturalistic performer Talat ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 1
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ The year is 1949. A young singer from Calcutta named Tapan Kumar who was soon to earn fame as Talat Mahmood in the music world, ...
Zubaida Khanum’s Song List
____________________ Zubaida Khanum’s Profile | Zubaida Khanum’s Song List ____________________ Song Film Year Singers Composer Bol tere saghar mein kiya hai Inteqam 1955 Zubaida Khanum Inayat Hussain Jane de, jane de Inteqam 1955 Zubaida Khanum Inayat Hussain Deep bujhay tera gham kahay Anokhi 1956 Zubaida Khanum Timir Baran Gari ko chalana babu zara halkay halkay ...
Shamshad Begum’s Song List (1971 – 1981)
____________________ Her Hindi/Urdu Film Song List 1941 – 1945 | 1946 – 1950 | 1951 – 1955 | 1956 – 1960 | 1961 – 1970 | 1971 Onwards | Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum ____________________ Song Singers Film Year Music Director Nathaniya hale to bada mazaa hoi Shamshad Begum Johar Mehmood in Hongkong 1971 ...
Shamshad Begum’s Song List (1961 – 1970)
____________________ Her Hindi/Urdu Film Song List 1941 – 1945 | 1946 – 1950 | 1951 – 1955 | 1956 – 1960 | 1961 – 1970 | 1971 Onwards | Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum ____________________ Song Singers Film Year Music Director Kabhi humse kabhi gairon Shamshad Begum, Ismail Azaad Arab ka sitara 1961 Saadat ...
Zeenat Begum
Zeenat Begum (not to be confused with actress Zeenat) was a kothewali (courtesan). Her first recorded songs mostly composed by Pandit Amarnath and mostly sung in Punjabi language for HMV and Jienophone appeared around 1937. Her first success as a playback singer came in 1942 when she sang for Pt. Govind Ram for Punjabi film ...
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Kanan Devi:
Actress and singer; started with the name Kananbala. Debut as child actress in Joydev (1926). La...
Return of the Legend - Reshma:
You can’t wait for this one. After a really prolonged period of time you’re going to see the one...
Talat Mahmood's Song List (1971 onwards): ____________________
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1945 - 1950 | 1951 - 1955 | 1956 - 1960
1961 - 1970 | 1971 Onwards...
Mohammad Rafi - Part 1: When a 12 year old boy went searching for his inspiration in the Bhendi Bazar area of Mumbai, he was...
Music as a sign of the times:
It's heartening to see that slowly but surely musicians are climbing out of their self-created b...