The Indian Playback Singer Lata Mangeshkar is considered one of the most influential singers and is known for different honorific titles “Queen of Melody”, “Nightingale of India” and “Voice of the Millennium”. She was born in 1929 and began her music career in 1942. Her recorded songs are in more than 36 Indian languages and a few foreign languages. She was awarded several accolades and honors. She also received the Bharat Ratna award in 2001 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989. She was the first Indian playback singer to perform At Royal Albert Hall in the UK. From 1948 to 1987, she was listed in Guinness World Records as the most recorded artist in history.
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She used to believe imitation isn’t creation and insists on creating original music. Remixes and cover versions of old songs are a shortcut to achieving instant success that is not fruitful from a long-term perspective. But new artists don’t remember the Classical heritage of Music. One thing is Riyaaz that Lata Ji always focused on and encouraged others to practice music every day. It helps to give proper shape to your vocal skills.
Today, on the occasion of world music day, we pay tribute to the most popular figure in Indian history Lata Mangeshkar by remembering her famous tracks. Remembering the legendary singer on World Music Day, we share information on our favorite five tracks of Lata Ji. Following are the listed iconic tracks:
“Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha” from 1962 Anpadh
Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and composed by Madan Mohan Kohli for Anpadh Movie. This wonderful song is evergreen that depicts a medieval scene where a woman shows her love for a man. Still, this ghazal has the ability to keep spellbound on everyone despite being composed a half-century ago.
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“Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai” from 1965 Guide
This song is one of the popular songs that appear always-on playlists. The music composer of this song is SD Burman and was sung by Lata Mangeshkar. How our mind works is illustrated in this song. Lata Ji uses the terms Ha, Ha, Aa, Aa which gives a great feeling without meaningful words.
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“Hontho Mein Aisi Baat Daba Ke” from 1967 Jewel Thief
“Hontho Mein Aisi Baat” is from Dev Anand’s movie Jewel Thief (1967). These days technology wasn’t developed so the editings are very minor. That means you get the original song. Music was given for this song by SD Burman. You will be surprised to know that Indian Musician Bhupinder also participated in this song along with Lata Ji. He had a contribution in the opening refrain for Hooooo and in the middle of it says “O Shalu”.
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“Jiya Jale” from 1998’s Dil Se
This song from the movie Dil Se is written by Gulzar which is composed by AR Rahman and sung by Lata Mangeshkar in 1998. One interesting thing, Lata Ji recorded this song in a single take after rehearsal rather than recording a single line. She didn’t record songs from outside Mumbai, for this song she reached Chennai via flight. The short clip of Malayalam lyrics enhances the beauty of the song.
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All in all, the Legacy of Lata Mangeshkar is irreplaceable and her voice has been everlasting for generations. Instead of extensive changes in the music industry, her voice keeps the consistency of the classical heritage. India will forever be grateful for having such an inspiring singer. Tune in to the breathtaking tracklist today!
Happy World Music Day!
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