Posts Tagged ‘Playback Singers’
Pankaj Mullick (1905 – 1978)
A venerated composer, singer, and actor, Pankaj Mullick was one of the leading music directors of the early days of the sound era. Born in Calcutta, Mullick had an early interest in music. He gave up college to concentrate solely on music, and went on to be trained under Durgadas Bannerjee and Dinendranath Tagore. After ...
Meena Kapoor
Meena Kapoor was a notable playback singer in Hindi Films and sang mainly during the 1940s and 1950s. Born to actor Bikram Kapoor, a known name of the 30’s, and related to P. C. Barua (director of K. L. Saigal’s Devdas) , Meena was no stranger to films. Meena Kapoor was discovered by composer Ninu ...
Lata Mangeshkar – Part 4
____________________ Lata Mangeshkar’s detailed profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ As Lataji’s voice has matured and mellowed, her style has remained distinct. Lata clones proliferate but when the original grows richer and sweeter with age who wants imitations?. For somebody who ...
Lata Mangeshkar – Part 3
____________________ Lata Mangeshkar’s detailed profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Co-artistes have been kept on their feet by the small wonder. Duets with Lata were always a healthy competition between colleagues. Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore, Manna da would be amazed by the ...
C.H. Atma
____________________ Profile | Song List ____________________ “Dukhiya jiya bulaye, preetam aan milo…” The call of the wounded heart became the anthem of young lovers of the ‘50s who dared to fall in love and suffer the consequences. Such an aura of daring always surrounded the late C.H. Atma’s selective but luminous contribution to popular music. ...
Parul Ghosh – Profile
____________________ Parul Ghosh’s Profile | Parul Ghosh’s Song List ____________________ Sister of famous music director Anil Biswas and wife of well-known flutist Pannalal Ghosh, Parul Ghosh belonged to well known family of musicians. She is often credited as the first playback singer of Hindi films singing for Dhoop Chaon as early as 1935 for music ...
Trilok Kapoor
Trilok Kapoor – a forgotten singer who was mostly active during the 1950s. He is mostly confused with the actor of the same name who acted opposite Noor Jehan in Mirza Sahiban (`947) and Nargis in Pyar Ki Baatien (1951). One of the famous songs of Trilok Kapoor was a duet with Lata Mangeshkar from ...
Hamida Bano
Hamid Bano was moderately successful singer of the pre-partition era. Before migrating to Pakistan, her repertoire included memorable songs like Teri zaat pak hai ai Khuda (Neik Perveen,1946) and Champa kali hai udaas (Cheen le Azaadi, 1947). Her duets with Mukesh – Ja parwane ja kahin shama jal rahie hai (Rajputani,1946) and Badariya baras gayi ...
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Talat Mahmood - Naushad Collaboration: ____________________
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Lata Mangeshkar's Song List (1945 - 1948): ____________________
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Year...Lata Mangeshkar's Top 10: ____________________ Back to Legends - Lata Mangeshkar ____________________Talat Mahmood (Singer)...
Hemant Kumar's Song List (1961 - 1970):
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Suraiya's Song List (1951 - 1960): ____________________
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