Best Of Sajjad Ali VOL 2 87 Old HINDI Songs Golden Coll
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O. P. Nayyar gave Asha a break in C.I.D. (1956). She first achieved success in B. R. Chopra's Naya Daur (1957), composed by him. Her duets with Rafi like "Maang Ke Saath Tumhara", "Saathi Haath Badhana" and "Uden Jab Jab Zulfein Teri", penned by Sahir Ludhianvi, earned her recognition. It was the first time she sang all the songs for a film's leading actress. Chopra approached her for several of his later productions, including Gumrah (1963), Waqt (1965), Hamraaz (1967), Aadmi Aur Insaan (1966) and Dhund (1973). Nayyar's future collaboration with Bhosle also resulted in success. Gradually, she established her status and received the patronage of such composers as Sachin Dev Burman and Ravi. Bhosle and Nayyar had a professional and personal parting of ways in the 1970s.[19]
The team of O. P. Nayyar and Asha Bhosle is best remembered for their breezy and sometimes sirenish songs. Some good examples of their sensuous numbers are "Aaiye Meherbaan" picturised on Madhubala (Howrah Bridge, 1958) and "Yeh Hai Reshmi Zulfon Ka Andhera", (Mere Sanam, 1965). "Aao Huzoor Tumko" (Kismat) and "Jaaiye Aap Kahan" (Mere Sanam) were also popular. They also recorded songs for many hit movies like Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957), Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Kashmir Ki Kali (1964). O. P. Nayyar used the Asha Bhosle-Mohammad Rafi duo for his most popular duets such as "Ude Jab Jab Zulfein Teri" (Naya Daur), "Main Pyaar Ka Rahi Hoon" (Ek Musafir Ek Haseena), "Deewana Hua Baadal" and "Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein" (Kashmir Ki Kali).[19]
Another music director who recognized Asha's talent early was Khayyam. Their partnership dates back to his first movie Biwi (1948). Khayyam gave her some good assignments in the 1950s, including Dard and Phir Subah Hogi. However, their collaboration is chiefly remembered for the songs of Umrao Jaan.[27]
Composer Anu Malik and Asha have recorded many singles together, including songs for his first movie Sohni Mahiwal (1984). Their most popular songs include "Ye Lamhaa Filhaal" (Filhaal) and "Kitabein Bahut Si" (Baazigar) among others. The four lines sung by Asha in Malik's "Jab Dil Mile" (Yaadein) stood out among voices of Sukhwinder Singh, Udit Narayan and Sunidhi Chauhan. Their latest collaboration has been for the song, "Prem Mein Tohre" (Begum Jaan) which also received praise. Asha had also sung for Anu's father Sardar Malik in the 1950s and 1960s, most notably in Saranga (1960).
Asha had spotted Pakistani singer Adnan Sami's talent when he was about 10 years old. At that time, she was performing in London with R. D. Burman. It was she who had asked him to pursue his interests in music. When Adnan grew up and became a professional musician, Asha sang the title duet with him for his best-selling album Kabhi to nazar milao. The two came together again in the album Barse Badal. The album comprises eight songs, based on Indian Classical music. She contributed the song Yun Na Thi to the recording Womad Talking Book Volume Four: An Introduction to Asia 1 on Womad Records.
Also in 2005, The Black Eyed Peas sampled her songs "Ae Naujawan Sab Kuchh Yahan" (Apradh, 1972) and "Yeh Mera Dil Pyaar Ka Diwana" (Don, 1978) in their hit single "Don't Phunk with My Heart". In late 2006, Asha collaborated with Australian test cricket star, Brett Lee. The single, "You're the One for Me", debuted at number 4 on the charts and reached a peak position of number 2.
Asha started her playback singing in Marathi with the mythological film Gokulcha raja. Since then Asha Bhosle has sung thousands of Marathi film songs, Bhavgeet (non-film songs). Natya sangeet from Master Deenanath Mangeshkar's Marathi Sangeet natak has also been recorded in Asha Bhosle's voice. During the 1950s and 60s, Asha and her sister Lata were the main playback singers for Marathi films. She won the 1962 Maharashtra government best singer award for the Marathi film, Manini.[38] In 1963 music director Vasant Desai used her voice with Talat Mehmood in the film, Molkarin.[39]
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Thanks a million Sats! I guess I'll have to starve for a couple of months to get all these gems. It probably will be worth the cause :-)>5. Mukesh
>6. Hemant Kumar
>7. Manna Dey
>8. Suraiya
I'm surprised to see a GC dedicated to Suraiyya. IMHO, she wasn't all that great
except in a few films such as Mirza GHalib.
>10. Rafi and Asha Duets
>
>Rafi-Asha, what else do you need? Get this now! :)Will do sir, will do! :-) This really must be a great one! >11. Naushad
>
>Spans 30 years of Naushad's excellence in Hindi film music,
>with almost a song from each year starting from the 40s to the 70s.I had posted the details of this collection earlier. It IS a must buy!
Excellent collection.
>12. S.D.Burman
>
>Not seen this. Must be good.I think so too.
>13. Shankar Jaikisan
>
>A dissappointment. Doesn't do justice to SJ at all!
Somehow, I'm not surprised!
>A better collection could have been made.I really doubt it :-)
>16. Khayaam GhazalsDoes anyone have this one ? Any comments regarding this collection will be
highly appreciated. I hope to buy this some day.
>19. Quawaalis from Hindi films
>20. Bhajans from Hindi films
>21. Love songs from Hindi films
>
>These three are the ones that are based on a particular theme and not
>on any personality. The Quawaali collection is really a treat - from
>Roshan to R.D.Burman, all songs are great, (also has some from Madan
>Mohan, Naushad, Usha Khanna, LP etc). Since the quawaalis are a bit
>long, the number of songs are a bit less. The other two collections
>(bhajans and love songs) must also be good.
If the Love songs u r refering to is the same as "Songs of love from Hindi films", then it's great and worth buying.
>22. Hits of Dev Anand
>23. Hits of Amitabh Bachchan
>24. Yahoo! Rafi sings for Shammi Kapoor!
>25. Hits of Rajesh Khanna
>
>Hmmm..what names - Dev, Amitabh, Shammi, and Rajesh!! The
>Rafi solos for Shammi are really great! The Amitabh collection is
>also good - with songs from Abhimaan, Kabhi-Kabhi, Silsila being the
>pick of the lot. Haven't seen the Dev Anand collection, but looks
>like Sami doesnt like them. No idea about the Rajesh collection.Yup, the dAnand collection cud have be much better. Although I had been warned
about the selection, I just cudn't help feeling disappointed after listening to it. Cassette #2 has some very good songs.
>26. Talat Mahmood duets
>27. Duets of Geeta Dutt
>28. Duets of Lata
>29. Duets of Asha Bhosle
>30. Kishore Kumar duets
>
>The Kishore duets collection has songs of Kishore with
>Shamshad Begum, Geet Dutt, Lata, Asha and even one with Leena
>Chandavarkar! (spanning nearly 3 decades of Kishore). The Talat one
>has his duets with Suraiya, Geeta Dutt, Lata, Asha. Most of his
>popular songs find their way into this album. Haven't heard the other
>three.U'll love the Talat duets if u enjoy the golden oldies, ie. the pre-70's songs.
Some of the duets are ab. gems! I discovered some real good songs which I
hadn't heard before. One of those, which I liked immensely was the title
song from "Lagi nahi chhooTe Rama", music by Chitragupt. A truly melodious song indeed!
>Other than the "Golden Collection" series, HMV also has other 4
>cassette set albums under different names. Here are some of them..
>
>
>==-- Other 4 cassette set collections from HMV --==
>
>1. Lata - In Her Own Voice
>
>This collection has Lata talking about her Music directors,
>her co-singers and the songs. She introduces each song in this
>collection which has almost one song with everyone that she has worked
>with in her career. Also there are views from Naushad, Sajjad, Dilip
>Kumar, Jaya Bachchan, Manna Dey, Talat etc. on Lata in between the
>songs. Nice buy because of the comments and also the great songs.This ought to be a good buy if Lata hasn't sung those songs all over again (as she did in Shradhanjali)
>5. Singing Father's Singing Sons!
>
>This is a new release. Kind of interesting. This collection
>has non-film songs written by Hasrat Jaipuri and sung by four singers
>who are the sons of four famous singers - Amit Kumar (Kishore's son),
>Nitin Mukesh (Mukesh's), Shahid Rafi (Rafi's) and Khalid Mahmood
>(Talat's)! Haven't heard this though.
>(But a general warning: Don't buy this because of the names of
>the fathers of all the singers! :)
Thanks for the warning :-)
>HMV also releases 2 cassette-set albums under different names
>like - "All Time Greats", "Rare Gems", "Unforgettables" etc. These
>collections have atleast 15 songs in them. Here are some of them..
>
>
>==-- 2 cassette set albums from HMV --==
>(All Time Greats/Rare Gems/Unforgettables)
>5. Rafi sings for Shankar-Jaikisan
>
>This is supposed to be a good collection. (because of Rafi? :)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NATURALLY !! :-)
>6. Roshan
>
>Songs from movies which have music by Roshan.This one has some very good songs, but a lot of "fillers" (to use Amit's terminlogy) too.
>7. Mukesh - Rare Gems!Mukesh's gems are rare alright!! :-) Naah, I do like a lot of Mukesh's songs.
>8. Mukesh and Asha
>9. Mukesh - Unforgettables
>
>If you are a Mukesh fan, you need to have these in your collection!
>Esp. the Mukesh-Asha duets collection. Some of the rare songs are inI wasn't aware that Mukesh/Asha sang so many duets.
>these collection. (Incidentally I saw two songs from "Boond Jo Ban
>Gayi Mooti" credited to Satish Bhatia in one of these collections! :):-)>10. Lata and Kishore - live concert
>
>Well, if you want to listen songs that are sung live on stage
>shows, go for this. (Not recommended though!)I somehow don't enjoy these live shows .... I mean listening to the recorded
version. The background music is usually pathetic and singers often stray
from the actual tune.
There's also a 2-cassette collection of Kaifi Azmi in the All-time greats category... MadMohan's too.... both have some really nice songs.
>PS: BTW, I dont have anything to do with HMV, I am just happy with
>what they do. The quality and choice of songs are really nice in these
>collections, but the quality of the cassettes and the recording is not
>worth talking about.
I agree.... the recording of Gulzar's "Dil dhoondta hai" was terrible, esp. cassette #2.Sami Mohammed (A Naushad fan).......who thanks Sats once more.