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Author : Dr. Surjit Singh
# Source: "Lata Mangeshkar
Gandhar Svaryaatraa 1945-1989"
# Author: Vishwas
Nerurkar (editor)
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LATA - A Statistical Summary
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The following info
comes from the definitive reference book on the
songs sung by Lata
in Hindi movies:
"Lata Mangeshkar
Gandhar Svaryaatraa 1945-1989" Edited by Vishwas
Nerurkar and published
by
Mrs. Vasanti P. Nerurkar,
2/15, Kailash Parwat, Gilbert Hill,
Andheri (W)
Bombay 400 058
Telephone: 22-624-3587
A definitive and
complete book with lots of rare pictures. Entries
are in the format:
Song #, beginning of song, film, year, music, lyricist.
There are 5067 entries
covering the period 1945-1989. They must have
this info on computer
also, because they provide lots of statistical
data. Here are some
excerpts; for complete and very detailed info see
the book:
Total = 5067, solos
= 3341, male duets = 1434, female duets = 244
others = subtract
yourself!
Music Directors (in
descending order of number of songs by Lata)
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Laxmi-Pyare
666
Shankar-Jaikishan
453
R. D. Burman
327
Kalyanji Anandji
321 (out of which 24 with Kalyanji Virji Shah
alone)
C. Ramchandra
298
Chitragupt
240
Madan Mohan
210
S. D. Burman
182
Naushad
155
Roshan
146
Hemant
139
Anil Biswas
123
Rajesh Roshan
112
Vasant Desai
112
Salil Chaudhary
108
Husnlal-Bhagatram
107
Khayyam (Sharmaji)
71
O. P. Nayyar
000
Lyricists:
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Anand Bakshi
679
Rajendra Krishan
554
Majrooh
431
Shailendra
357 (1 with Kaifi Azma)
Hasrat
298 (2 with Ravindra Jain)
Bharat Vyas
206
Shakeel
204
Prem Dhawan
198 (1 with Sardar Jafri)
Sahir
160
Indivar
156
According to Mr.
Har Mandir Singh "Hamraaz", a similar book on Asha
Bhonsale by the
same people has been published; it was released on
April 1, 1995 in
Dinanath Mangeshkar Hall, Bombay, in a ceremony in
which Dev Anand,
Asha Parikh, etc. were present. The book covers the
period 1949 to 1994
and has info on the 7595 songs by Asha in Hindi
movies. The book
costs Rs. 375 and the airmail postage is typically
Rs. 250 for a book
of this size.
Most of the additional info comes from:
Listener's Bulletin,
a monthly, edited by Hamraaz Saahib and published
by the Secretary,
the Flying Listener's Club, Kanpur.
Surjit Singh, a movie fan period.
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Lata
Mangeshkar : A living legend...
