Shamshad Begum, who passed away
on 23 April 2013, aged 94, was an Indian
singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film
industry. Notable for her distinctive voice and range, she sang over 6,000 songs
in Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil and Punjabi languages, among
which 1287 were Hindi film songs. She worked with renowned composers of the
time, such as Naushad Ali and O.P. Nayyar, for whom she was one of their
favourites. Her songs from the 1940s to the early 1970s remain popular and
continue to be remixed.
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