Monday, May 03, 2010

Lata Mangeshkar


An LP on the Angel Records label from the early 60's. Some great songs taken from Bollywood films of the 40's and 50's including Mother India, Nagin and Shabab.

Wikipedia says -

"Lata Mangeshkar (born 28th September, 1929) is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She sang in over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over twenty regional Indian languages, but primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer Asha Bhosle and lesser-known singers, brother Hridayanath and sisters Usha and Meena. Lata is the second vocalist ever to have received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.

Lata was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the world. The claim was that she had recorded no less than 25,000 solo, duet, and chorus-backed songs in 20 Indian languages between 1948 to 1974 (30,000 songs between 1948 and 1987, according to the 1987 edition). Over the years, while several sources have supported this claim, others have raised concerns over its veracity, claiming that this number was highly exaggerated and that Lata's sister, Asha Bhosle, had more song recordings than she had."


Lata Mangeshkar - Mahfil Men Jal Uthi Shama

Lata Mangeshkar - Jiya Beqarar Hai

Lata Mangeshkar - Man Dole

Lata Mangeshkar - Chale Jana Hahin

Lata Mangeshkar - Jogan Ban Jaaoongi

Lata Mangeshkar - Nagari Nagari Duware

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