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Paul Hume, music editor for Washington Post In November and December 1974, Shankar co-headlined a North American tour with George Harrison. The demanding schedule weakened his health, and he suffered a heart attack in Chicago, causing him to miss a portion of the tour. [d] Harrison, Shankar and members of the touring band visited the White House on invitation of John Gardner Ford, son of US ...
Lata Mangeshkar (Hindi pronunciation: [ləˈtaː məŋˈɡeːʃkər] ⓘ; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) [8] was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. [9][10][11][12] Her voice was one of the ...
Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; pronunciation ⓘ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. [11] He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of modern Indian music.
Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician.He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody ...
Bismillah Khan. Ustad Bismillah Khan (born Qamaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. He played it with such expressive virtuosity that he became a leading Hindustani classical music artist.
Years active. 1955–2022. Website. santoor.com. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music. [2][3][4] As a music composer, he collaborated with Indian flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia under the collaborative name ...
Musical artist. Ustad Rashid Khan (1 July 1968 – 9 January 2024) was an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani tradition. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana and was the great-grandson of gharana founder Inayat Hussain Khan. [1][2][3] He was awarded the Padma Shri, as well as the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2006.
The government of India announced a two-day public mourning in his honour. [30] In 2010, Rafi's tomb along with many film industry artists such as Madhubala, was demolished to make space for new burials. Fans of Mohammed Rafi, who visit his tomb twice a year to mark his birth and death anniversaries, use the coconut tree that is nearest his ...