Asha Bhosle

ASHA BHOSLE

Asha Bhosle (born September 8, 1933), commonly referred to as Ashaji, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies. In addition, she has recorded several private albums and participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad.^] Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.

Renowned for her voice range and often credited for her versatility, Bhosle's work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages.In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs, a figure repeated by several other sources. The World Records Academy, an international organization which certifies world records, recognised her as the "Most Recorded Artist" in the world, in September 2009. In 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history. The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance.

FAMOUS SONGS

"Nanhe Munne Bachche"  from Boot Polish 

"Yeh Mera Dil" from  Don

"Radha Kaise Na Jale" from Lagaan

"Ude Jab Jab Zulfein Teri" from Naya Daur

 "Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne" from Yaadon Ki Baaraat

Manna Dey

Manna Dey

Prabodh Chandra Dey (1 May 1919 − 24 October 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an Indian playback singer. He debuted in the film Tamanna in 1942, and went on to record more than 4000 songs from 1942 to 2013. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007.

Dey sang in all the major regional Indian languages, though primarily in Hindi and Bengali. His peak period in Hindi playback singing is from 1953-1976.

FAMOUS SONGS

"Pyar hua iqrar hua" from Shree 420

"Babu Samjho Ishaare" from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

"Ek Chatur Naar"  from Padosan 

"Zindagi kaisi hai paheli" from Anand

"Tu Pyaar Ka Sagar" from Seema

Mohammed Rafi

Mohammad Rafi

Mohammad Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian recording artist who is considered by many to be one of the greatest Indian playback singers of the Hindi film industry.In his lifetime, he was awarded the National Film Award, Best National Singer Award and six Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. His singing career spanned about 35 years. Rafi is noted for his ability to sing songs of different moods and varieties: They ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. He is best known for romantic and duet songs and, as a playback singer, his ability to mould his voice to the persona of the actor lip-synching the song.

Rafi is primarily noted for his songs in Hindustani, over which he had a strong command. He sang in other Indian languages including   Assamese , Konkani ,Bhojpuri , Oriya,  Punjabi , Bengali,  Marathi, Sindhi,Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Maghi, Maithili and Urdu. He also recorded a few songs in English, Persian,Spanish and Dutch. From available figures, Rafi sang 4,516 Hindi film songs, 112 non-Hindi film songs, and 328 private (non-film) songs from 1945 to 1980.

FAMOUS SONGS

 "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani"  from Shahjahan  

 "Yahoo! Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe" 

"Baharon Phool Barsao"

 "Taareef karoon kya uski jisne tumhe banaya" from Kashmir ki Kali.

"Humko Tumse Ho Gaya Hai Pyaar Kya Karein" from Amar, Akbar, Anthony

Lata Mangeshkar

Nightingale of India

Lata Mangeshkar (born 28 September 1929), commonly referred to as Lataji, is an Indian singer, and occasional music-composer. She is one of the best-known and most respectedplayback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over seven decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindifilms and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi and Hindi. She is the elder sister of singers Asha Bhosle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar,Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. She is the second vocalist to have ever been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.

Mangeshkar 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 approximately 25,000 solo, duet, and chorus-backed songs in 20 Indian languages between 1948 to 1974. The category was removed in 1991 and re-introduced in 2011.In 2011 Guinness officially acknowledged Mangeshkar's sister Asha Bhosle as the most recorded artist in music history.

FAMOUS SONGS

"Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai" from Guide

"Gata Rahe Mera Dil" from Guide

"Piya Tose" from Guide

"Hothon Pe Aisi Baat" from Jewel Thief

"Satyam Shivam Sundaram" from Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Kishore Kumar

 Abhas Kumar Ganguly

Birth name	Abhas Kumar Ganguly (Gangopadhyay)
Born	4 August 1929Khandwa, Central Provinces and BerarBritish India
Died	13 October 1987 (aged 58) Mumbai, Maharashtra India
Genres	Classical, rock and roll, dance
Occupations	Singer, Lyricist, Composer , Actor, Film producer , Director, Script and Screenplay writer , Entertainer, Record producer
Instruments	Vocals, Piano
Years active	1946-1987

FAMOUS SONGS

"Yeh Shaam Mastaani"  from Kati Patang

"Hamein Tum Se Pyaar Kitna" from Kudrat 

"Jaane Ja Dhoondta" from Harjai

"Yeh Jeevan Hai" from Piya Ka Ghar,

 "Chal Chal Mere Haathi" from Haathi Mere Saathi