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I believe we have the earliest example of a cymbal hit with a rod in this dance music piece from Jailer (1938). Unfortunately the video never shows the orchestra.
Listen to 1938_jelara_dance.mp3
Now you know!
Listen to Narsingh 730
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All indications are that this song was sung by Khemchand Prakash himself. It appears that he was also the comic dancer on-screen. I do not know who the female is
Listen to 1938_Street-Singer_02_lo-khaa-lo-maiDam-khaanaa.mp3
Now you know!
RMIM meet 2017, 1
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Dr Helen Abazdi wrote an article about Indian films conquering Greece in the 50s and 60s. Later they even made films influenced by them and their singers emulated the Indians. She wroye a book the topic too. Here are some Greek posters from her article
Now you know!
Bharat 09 Lata Bahl
- Musing 436: Rafi 141. chiraiyaa
- Musing 130: Baby crying, mom puchkaring, Narsingh 732
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- Musing 478: Rafi 183. Behzad Luckhnavi
- Musing 550: Rafi 254. Part 1, KA Abbas in 1944 on Film Music
- Musing 113: Swadeshi Sulochana, Narsingh 715
- Musing 180: Male sings for female, Bharat 18 Lata Jaidev
- Musing 312: My Youtube channel, Rafi 50
- Musing 503: Rafi 207. raadhaa
- Musing 579: Bhaiyaji 1950 Panjabi. Baby Naaz
- Musing 54: Mingling of sexes, Thakur Jarnail Singh (1966)
- Musing 445: Rafi 150. vishaal
- Musing 370: kaThavaa, Rafi 82
- Musing 149: Unique FB Group, RMIM West 2017 02
