Jagjit Singh
(Urdu: جگجیت سنگھ, Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: जगजीत सिंह);
Real Name: Jagmohan Singh;
(8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011)
Jagjit Singh was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur. Known as "The Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal singer Chitra Singh in 1970's and 80's as the first successful husband-wife duo act in the history of recorded Indian music.Arth (Meaning, 1982) and Saath Saath (Together, Along, 1982), is their largest selling album of all time. Sajda (An Offering, 1991), Jagjit Singh's double album with Lata Mangeshkar holds the same record in non-film category.
He was awarded India's third highest civilian honour, the PadmaBhushan in 2003 for his contribution to the fields of music and culture.
(Urdu: جگجیت سنگھ, Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: जगजीत सिंह);
Real Name: Jagmohan Singh;
(8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011)
Jagjit Singh was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur. Known as "The Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal singer Chitra Singh in 1970's and 80's as the first successful husband-wife duo act in the history of recorded Indian music.Arth (Meaning, 1982) and Saath Saath (Together, Along, 1982), is their largest selling album of all time. Sajda (An Offering, 1991), Jagjit Singh's double album with Lata Mangeshkar holds the same record in non-film category.
He was awarded India's third highest civilian honour, the PadmaBhushan in 2003 for his contribution to the fields of music and culture.
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