Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Aa jaao tadapte hain armaan
Posted on: September 19, 2009
The more songs I post, the more I realise how small is the collection of songs in this blog vis a vis the sheer volume of quality songs that are not yet covered. I am approaching 2000 songs in this blog, but I feel that I have only scratched the surface so far.
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“Malhaar” (1951) was one movie in which Roshan had come into his own and he created some wonderful songs that have gone on to become immortal. I have posted one of these songs (bade armaanon se rakkhaa hai kadam) in the past.
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Jaali lo dhimtaanaa
Posted on: September 18, 2009
While posting songs, I keep on stumbling upon unknown gems almost all the time. And there are countless such gems lying undiscovered.
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Dil de daala nazraana
Posted on: September 18, 2009
“Musaafirkhaana” (1955) is a forgotten movie, whose music too has been forgotten. But listening to these songs is enough to conclude that these songs are worth listening.
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Preetam aan milo
Posted on: September 18, 2009
C H Atma was a singer who was a devotee of K L Saigal and sang in K L Saigal style. There were many people who sang in Saigal style in 1940s during K L Saigal’s heydays. But C H Atma continued to sing in Saigal style in 1950s even when playback singing style had changed and Bollywood had moved on from 1940s.
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I have been posting songs of “Baiju Baawraa” (1952) these days. Every song that I post is a masterclass, and never fails to enthrall, even if I may have heard the song many times in the past.
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Zindagi khwaab hai
Posted on: September 17, 2009
I have posted some 30 songs in this blog that can be categorised as drunkard songs. But still there are many such drunkard songs that remain to be posted.
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Here is a nice car song from “Shrimaan Satyawaadi” (1960). Unlike most car songs, where there is either one or two persons, here there are three persons in the car.
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Ae kaash chalte mil ke
Posted on: September 17, 2009
Just the other day, I posted a song from “Manzil” (1960) where Hemant Kumar had sung a song for Dev Anand.
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Aaj gaawat man mero jhoom ke
Posted on: September 17, 2009
“Baiju Baawraa” (1952) was a musical blockbuster the likes of which has never been seen again. It set such high standards that emulating them was going to be next to impossible for the movies that came.
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