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Nobody has done a proper study, but it is commonly believed that Kaharwaa taal is by far the commonest taal used in Hindi film songs. In the 30s it was different. Here is Alison Arnold in her doctoral thesis (1991).
She probably had access to only about 80 songs of the thirties. I have about 1,260 songs. This exercise should be done again. I am sure a paper based on it can be published in a reputable journal. If somebody volunteers, I will be happy to send all these songs.
Now you know!
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I am sure everybody has heard many songs from the early recording period by Gauhar Jan and others. They used to say at the end, My name is Gauhar Jan. In the following song the actors actually announce that this is a song from a film and the names of characters. This is the first time I heard this kind of thing
Now you know!
Listen to Mera Qasoor Kya Hai (!964)
- Musing 123: Actual script pages, Narsingh 725
- Musing 77: Madhu wrote, Narsingh 679
- Musing 365: Sholay 2, Ghazals 3
- Musing 532: Rafi 236. hari shivdasani in Shalimar
- Musing 406: Manto in Eight Days, Rafi 111
- Musing 366: Sholay 3, Rafi 80
- Musing 502: Rafi 206. Deepak Brothers
- Musing 9: Sheo Khetan
- Musing 33: Rakhi song, Jay's songs 4
- Musing 8: Song structure
- Musing 37: Two overlapping melodies, Hum Diwane (1965)
- Musing 19: India Abroad Letter. Jay's Songs
- Musing 45: tujhe bibbo kahooN, Sindbad Alibaba Alladin (!965)
- Musing 1087. M Y Mohan, Singer? J158
- Musing 70: Anarkali myth, Daghabaz (1970)
