RMIM Archive Article "122".

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# Subject: Lata - How many and with whom?
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# Posted by: surjit.singh@windmill.com (Surjit Singh)
# Source: "Lata Mangeshkar Gandhar Svaryaatraa 1945-1989" 
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# 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.
dussh@ttacs.ttu.edu
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