Songs of Yore Award for the Best ‘Other’ Female Playback Singer goes to? In the previous two series for 1953 and 1955, I had one Wrap Up for the best female playback singer, and unlike the question mark for male singers, the by-line for female singer had a straightforward: “And the Award goes to Lata, […]
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YearlyArchive
- AK on The Sculptors of Film Songs (14): Four Shades of the Dusk of the SeriesAnita, Thanks a lot. Hosting the series also gave me a great pleasure. Ashokji would acknowldge you separately.
- Anita on The Sculptors of Film Songs (14): Four Shades of the Dusk of the SeriesPiyush ji, Ashok ji and last but not the least, AK ji, I have keenly followed this series and have...
- AK on Asha Bhosle with reluctant Naushad and C Ramchandra: Part 1 (solos)PS, Welcome to SOY. Music is a very subjective thing. We may have our personal choices, but we do not...
- PS on Asha Bhosle with reluctant Naushad and C Ramchandra: Part 1 (solos)One must remember the great Suman Kalyanpur. Her voice quality remains same at high pitch like Lata. But this is...
- Subodh Agrawal on Best film songs based on classical ragasThanks Shree Datye. This song is new for me. It sounded somewhat like Bhimpalasi to me, but I was not...
- Ashok M Vaishnav on The Sculptors of Film Songs (14): Four Shades of the Dusk of the SeriesAshok Kumar Tyagi # 1 It is certainly a great pleasure to know that not only you liked the series...
- Gaddeswarup on Female bonding and their duetsAKJi, I do browse the blog off and on but I am not able to put in the effort due...
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