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S. Janaki
Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is widely referred to as Janaki Amma and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in History of Indian music. She has recorded over 48000 songs in films, albums, TV and Radio which includes solos, duets, chorus and title tracks in 20 languages including Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit, Odia, Tulu, Urdu, Punjabi, Badaga, Bengali, Konkani and also in foreign languages such as English, Japanese, German and Sinhala; the highest number of songs in her career were in Kannada followed by Malayalam.
Indian singer (born 1938)
S.Janaki's contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning six decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Expression Queen of Indian music".[2].She began her singing career with the Tamil film Vidhiyin Vilayattu (1957) and recorded in six languages in the same year.[3] Her career has span
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Dr. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born January 10, 1940), is a noted South Indian musician and a leading playback singer for songs in many Indian languages. His film songs, mostly in Malayalam, continue to please millions throughout the world. He was born in Fort Kochi, Kerala to Augustine Joseph and Elizabeth Joseph. His father, who was his first guru (teacher), was a well known Malayalam classical musician and stage actor of his time.
Yesudas is a Malayali singer, and exponent of Carnatic Music. He joined the Music Academy in Thirupunithura and won a gold medal for music at a local competition in Fort Kochi at age 7. He later trained under the legendary Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar in Classical Music, and this training, abruptly cut short by the guru's demise in 1974, still stood him in good stead.
His first song as a playback singer (non-Hindi movie) was for the movie Kalpadukal (1961). His first Hindi song was for the movie Anand Mahal, with music given by Salil Chowdhury who shared a long standing relation with the singer. Fondly remembered songs of the duo include song
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S. Janaki
S. Janaki is one of the most important playback singers of South India. She has sung in more than 13 languages. To know more about her, read this article.
Music of India : Composers & Playback Singers : S. Janaki
Born On: April23, 1938
Born In: Repalle village, Andhra Pradesh
Career: Playback singer
Nationality: Indian
Popularly known as the 'Melody Queen of South India' because of her voice modulation capabilities, S. Janaki is a devotee of Lord Krishna and Shirdi Sai Baba. Due to her versatility in the knowledge of languages, she has sung numerous songs in several Indian languages and a few foreign languages. Along with being a versatile singer, she is also a wonderful lyricist and music composer in Tamil and Telugu movies. She has sung more than 20,000 songs by now in different languages and won 4 National Awards for Best Female Playback Singer and 31 awards from different states, which is, itself, a huge achievement. She has worked with almost all the music directors of her time. She, along with S.P. Balasubramanyam and Ilaiyaraaja, is one of the
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