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Asha Bhonsle- The World's Most Recorded Artist.

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  Asha Bhosle (Born on 8th Sep 1933) made h er Hindi film debut when she sang the song "Saawan Aaya" for  Hansraj Behl 's  Chunariya  (1948) but before that  she sang her first film song '"Chala Chala Nav Bala" for the  Marathi film Majha  Bal  (1943).   She  had sung over 12,000 songs, s he was officially acknowledged by the  Guinness Book of World Records  as the most recorded artist in music history Initially, she sang songs  in  low-budget  B- or C-grade films. She  used to get the assignments only when reputed female singers of that time like  Geeta Dutt ,  Shamshad Begum , and  Lata Mangeshkar refuse  singing for the bad girls and  vamps , or songs.  The first time she sang in a big banner film was in Bimal Roy's Parinnta 1953  The song of that film  " Gore gore haathon me mehndi racha ke"..but none of the songs was picturised on the heroine of the film Meena Ku...

Kishore Kumar- It's A Mad Mad World

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  Kishore Kumar was eccentric or unusual start from his childhood, when he was studying in a boarding school of Indore,in his hostel room's wall he  scribbled Kishore's name, in his own handwriting, in his favorite style, in reverse: Ramaku Rashoki.  For several years, one of the walls of his hostel room stood witness to his eccentricity. He was a rare combination of madness and devotion to work. He was unpredictable, he was a genius, and he was even crazy. He had a relaxed appeal to him evident in films like  Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi  throughout his music performance he fools around from one corner to another. His madness and frolic become amply resound when in the song    Aaake Seedhi Lagi  filmed on both him and Pran, he sings the parts of both the male and the female. The song can make anybody laugh in seconds! And who can forget the song from the film  Padosan  in which he played the music teacher and participated in a hilarious mu...

Mukesh- The Man With Golden Voice

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  ‘Dil jalta hai to jalne de’. was t he first major song from Mukesh from ” Pehli Nazar”(1945). It was Anil Biswas who composed this song and wanted him to sing   in Saigal style  The song became so popular that he was branded for the sad songs.  He was next to Saigal for such types of songs.  Initially, all the composers used Mukesh mainly for such songs. After this film, however, Anil Biswas helped Mukesh to develop his own distinct style, away from the Saigal effect. Mukesh's songs of Anokha Pyaar-1948, Lajawab-1950, and Aaram-1951 are a testimony to this effort becoming a success. Just listen to the ‘ Aye Jaan e Jigar’ song and you will agree.    The anguish of a failed lover, despondency of a purposeless life, the Heartache-all this is expressed by Mukesh like no other singer. Naushad also recognized Mukesh's voice, he took him for the first time in the 1948 film 'Anokhi Ada'. Mukesh coming out a winner with his ‘ kabhi dil dil se takrata to ...

Mohammad Rafi was the Favorite Voice of Dharmendra

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  According to Dharmendra, it was Rafi Sahaab’s voice that gave a boost to his film career. Mohammad Rafi sang 104 songs for Dharmendra. The first song Rafi sang for Dharmendra was 'Jane Kya Dhoondti Rehti Hain Yeh Ankhen Mujhme' for the film 'Shola Aur Shabnam released in 1961. This was Dharmendra's second film. In his first film, no song was picturized on him. There were 2 songs that were picturized on Dharmendra in Shola Aur Shabnam, this was a duet with Lata Mangeshkar'Jeet Hi Lenge Baazi'.     These songs are popular even today.     Song of Shola Aur Shabnam 1961 Song of Shola Aur Shabnam 1961 The next song Rafi Saab sang for Dharmendra was a duet from the 1964 film 'Pooja Ke Phool', in the same year Rafi sang 4 songs for Dharmendra in Aap Ki Parchaiyan, recall the song ' Main Nigahen Tere'  Song of Aap Ki Parchaiyan 1964  Rafi Sahaab did have a typical style while singing for Dharmendra too so that one always identified the performer and th...