Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

First Hindi film song to feature yodelling - was it KK or Rafi

795 views
Skip to first unread message

vrk

unread,
Dec 21, 2010, 10:19:37 PM12/21/10
to
Hi,

Which was the first Hindi film song to feature yodelling?

Regards

Ravi

surjit singh

unread,
Dec 21, 2010, 11:00:43 PM12/21/10
to

Has to be KK.

vrk

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 1:45:14 AM12/22/10
to

the earliest kk one seems to be jhumroo 1961. the earliest rafi one
seems to be agra road 1957. is there an earlier one by kk?

Pavan Jha

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 3:54:59 AM12/22/10
to

is it a forced piece of writing? you need to hear a lot of Kishore pre
1957!

DR K.K. GOEL

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 6:29:40 AM12/22/10
to

read somewhere (most probably in Pankaj Raag's book) that music
director Jimmy was first to introduce kishore's yodelling
kkg

vrk

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 7:37:57 AM12/22/10
to

jha saab

I am willing to :) please guide me to it. 'the seems to be jhumroo'
was after a search of rmim archives. my own memory of kk doesn't start
before andaaz!

goel saab

would you remember the name of the film?

thanks in advance

Sukesh

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 12:23:06 PM12/22/10
to

Shouldn't the KK fans be able to tell us in a jiffy KK's first song to
feature yodeling?

Regards
Sukesh

surjit singh

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 2:31:10 PM12/22/10
to

If it is Jimmy (=James Singh) then the movie is probably Muqaddar
(1950).

Message has been deleted

Mokammel Karim

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 8:30:23 PM12/22/10
to
On Dec 22, 1:45 am, vrk <kumar.vr...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> the earliest kk one seems to be jhumroo 1961. the earliest rafi one
> seems to be agra road 1957. is there an earlier one by kk?

baap re baap (1955).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxgA-d_DwJY&feature=related
rafi's yodeling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2HARfB2ZI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVYBa4S4yVA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XI08uZLkdc
(another punjabi song and may be dilke aine mein from aao pyaar
karen)

DR K.K. GOEL

unread,
Dec 22, 2010, 9:11:21 PM12/22/10
to
On Dec 22, 5:30 pm, Mokammel Karim <mktoufi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 1:45 am, vrk <kumar.vr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > the earliest kk one seems to be jhumroo 1961. the earliest rafi one
> > seems to be agra road 1957. is there an earlier one by kk?
>
> baap re baap (1955).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxgA-d_DwJY&feature=related
> rafi's yodeling:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2HARfB2ZI&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVYBa4S4yVAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XI08uZLkdc

> (another punjabi song and may be dilke aine mein from aao pyaar
> karen)

yes, prof saab.it is muqaddar(1950)-VRK ji.the songs are--baulama,hai
diya tujhko dil(asha,kishore n ch)and ek do teen char bagon mein aayi
bahar(asha kishore)
prof saab,please upload these songs on your website

Anirudha

unread,
Dec 23, 2010, 3:19:39 AM12/23/10
to
On Dec 23, 7:11 am, "DR K.K. GOEL" <drkkgoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 5:30 pm, Mokammel Karim <mktoufi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 22, 1:45 am, vrk <kumar.vr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > the earliest kk one seems to be jhumroo 1961. the earliest rafi one
> > > seems to be agra road 1957. is there an earlier one by kk?
>
> > baap re baap (1955).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxgA-d_DwJY&feature=related
> > rafi's yodeling:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2HARfB2ZI&feature=relatedhttp://www....

> > (another punjabi song and may be dilke aine mein from aao pyaar
> > karen)
>
> yes, prof saab.it is muqaddar(1950)-VRK ji.the songs are--baulama,hai
> diya tujhko dil(asha,kishore n ch)and ek do teen char bagon mein aayi
> bahar(asha kishore)
> prof saab,please upload these songs on your website

The first song with yodeling in films was 'Aati hai yaad humko January
Ferbury' - Kishore Asha duet from the same film
Anirudha

kcp

unread,
Dec 23, 2010, 6:06:16 AM12/23/10
to
On Dec 22, 3:29 pm, "DR K.K. GOEL" <drkkgoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> music
> director Jimmy was first to introduce kishore's yodelling

Ofcourse it has to be unknowingly i.e. Kishore doing the "stunt"
himself and Jimmy approving it !

Aditya

unread,
Dec 23, 2010, 6:35:09 AM12/23/10
to
> Anirudha- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Ek Do Teen Chaar from the same film also has yodeling. As far as I
know, this song was credited to Jimmy. Aati Hai Yaad was not composed
by Jimmy, although it's from the same film. If Jimmy is rightly
credited for the first song with yodeling, it has to be Ek Do Teen
Chaar.

Anyway, it can be safely said that the first yodeling was by KK in
Muqaddar.

Aditya

vrk

unread,
Dec 23, 2010, 8:04:24 AM12/23/10
to

thanks for all the responses. did any other male singer of the super
six yodel (apart from rafi and kk)?

or attempt to yodel?

also those who are singers can answer this - is it difficult to yodel.
i am unable to (but then i am not a singer). what special skill is
required to yodel?

i remember sanjeev ramabhadran's comment in an earlier discussion on
yodelling - where he had said what is so great about yodelling as a
skill?

:)

Jay

unread,
Dec 23, 2010, 6:52:43 PM12/23/10
to
MD Rafi has NEVER YODELLED in any film song - And pls do not provide
me any examples. I repeat: Md Rafi has never ever yodelled like KK or
ONE OTHER VOICE in film songs. Why does PROFJI not tell ?? Let him
consult his GURU and their "holy scriptures' to enlighten everyone !!

24/12

If you want to know a

vrk

unread,
Dec 23, 2010, 8:15:57 PM12/23/10
to

i think this message got truncated. in anycase - yes i do want to know
- whatever it is:)

and btw - i am old with high blood pressure. so request you to please
tell me who is that 'one other voice' and why you think that agra road
song (and others mentioned in this thread) do not qualify as
yodelling?

Kalyan

unread,
Dec 24, 2010, 12:30:21 AM12/24/10
to
On Dec 23, 6:04 pm, vrk <kumar.vr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> :)- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

Regarding the difficulty of yodeling, I have heard average orchestra
singers do it quite competently. So, it can’t be very difficult. In
any case, I am glad that it was mostly limited to KK as yodeling is
often a melody killer and has ruined many songs.

Kalyan

Ps: I had heard from someone that Manna Dey also yodeled but was not
given any examples or the timeframe and I don’t have examples of my
own.

vrk

unread,
Dec 24, 2010, 1:26:48 AM12/24/10
to

strangely enough when rafi yodels he sounds so much like kishore,
makes me wonder if he 'outsourced' the yodelling :)

and you mention orchestra singers - i too have heard many mimicry
artistes (including kumar sanu :) ) do it well enough. but i dont know
any 'friend' singers (bathroom singers among immediate network) who
can even attempt it. so was wondering?

Mokammel Karim

unread,
Dec 25, 2010, 11:43:35 PM12/25/10
to

so, what's the answer? who did that, if it was not rafi?

vrk

unread,
Dec 26, 2010, 12:17:42 PM12/26/10
to

i am not contesting that it was rafi. jay had infact mentioned in a
post that rafi had never yodelled and his clarification is still
awaited.

ghosh....@rediffmail.com

unread,
Nov 15, 2013, 7:38:30 AM11/15/13
to
On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 8:49:37 AM UTC+5:30, vrk wrote:
> Hi,Which was the first Hindi film song to feature yodelling?RegardsRavi

Yodelling was done by Rafi saab before Kishore Kumar and the film was Raju Reporter music by Mohinder Singh.

RK

unread,
Nov 16, 2013, 10:27:05 PM11/16/13
to
Hi folks,
To my recollection, KK was the first to yodel in the 1950 movie MUQADDAR, song was”Ye Sama Hum tum Jawan”…
The second song was from a1953 movie MASHOOKA, song was “Ek Do Teen Chaar”

In the mid 50’s Jimmy Singh, did two songs (private recording)….
Song #1 “Maar Maar, Maar Maar Daala”…..
Song #2 “Ye Kaali Kaali, Ghatawo Mein”

Hope that Helps,

Raj Kumar

RK

unread,
Nov 16, 2013, 10:36:01 PM11/16/13
to
On Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:19:37 UTC-8, vrk wrote:

jsidd...@gmail.com

unread,
Jul 11, 2016, 4:30:00 AM7/11/16
to
It was no one else than the greatest singer of all time rafi sahaab did yideking for the movie agra road unse rit pit ho gai 1957

jsidd...@gmail.com

unread,
Jul 11, 2016, 4:34:55 AM7/11/16
to
It was the greatest singer of all time rafi sahaab who yodelled for the first time in hindi cinema for the movie agra road song unse rit pit ho gai.The movie wad released in 1957 and the song was recorded much earlier than that may be 1956 i guess.
Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted

jsidd...@gmail.com

unread,
Jul 11, 2016, 4:40:21 AM7/11/16
to

jsidd...@gmail.com

unread,
Jul 11, 2016, 4:40:51 AM7/11/16
to

jsidd...@gmail.com

unread,
Jul 11, 2016, 4:42:15 AM7/11/16
to
Sorry however according to me It was the greatest singer of all time rafi sahaab who yodelled for the first time in hindi cinema for the movie agra road song unse rit pit ho gai.The movie wad released in 1957 and the song was recorded much earlier than that may be 1956 i guess.

maheshks

unread,
Jul 11, 2016, 5:49:41 PM7/11/16
to
On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 8:49:37 AM UTC+5:30, vrk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which was the first Hindi film song to feature yodelling?
>
> Regards
>
> Ravi

Music Director Ravi in the song "door door se kya gata" from the movie
"Bahu" released in 1955. He starts at 1:0,. The song is posted at the link given below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ndsuRs9b4Y

mdnoo...@gmail.com

unread,
Jan 20, 2017, 1:34:29 AM1/20/17
to
On Tuesday, 21 December 2010 22:19:37 UTC-5, vrk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which was the first Hindi film song to feature yodelling?
>
> Regards
>
> Ravi

the first Hindi film song to feature yodelling was mohd rafi in the movie agra road 1957 then kishore kumar jhumroo in 1961
0 new messages