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Songs of Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar was a naturally talented singer,
who had hardly any formal training in singing.
He was a successful actor too.
He is an inspiration to many of our artists. We have created a tribute
page for him, form the contribution made by our members.
Some of his most popular Bengali songs are here. Stay on this
page to listen.
Kishore Kumar did not have a formal training in music He did make a
name for himself as an actor, but more than anything else he wanted to
become a playback singer, that was his goal in life. Kishore would ask
his producers if he could sing on the movies soundtrack.
Kishore didn't have a style of his own and tried to copy the likes of
KL Saigal. Music Composer Sachindev Burman, one day came to
visit his friend Ashok Kumar ( Kishore's elder brother). On entering
the front door he heard, he was sure he heard the voice of his friend
K.L.Saigal. He asked Ashok "is K.L.Saigal here too?" Ashok replied
that it's not him but his younger brother singing in the bathroom.
S.D.Burman wanted to meet Kishore as he did. After a lengthy chat S.D.Burman advised him not to copy K.L.Saigal but develop his own style, with this in mind Kishore soon developed his own style, the style of yodelling which, he had learnt from Anoop Kumar's record collection, so yodelling became Kishore's trademark. ( Anoop Kumar, his another brother had brought those records from Austria)
Keywords : Bengal, Bengali Songs, Bangla Gaan, Rabindra Sangeet,
Rabindra Sangeet, Culture of Bengal, Kolkata, promotion of
Bengali Artist.
