Surinder Kaur
"The Nightingale of Punjab," Surinder Kaur was her generation's premier interpreter of Indian folk music. Born November 25, 1929, in Lahore, the capital of the then-undivided state of Punjab, Kaur was one of eight children. At the age of 12, she and older sister Parkash together studied classical music under Muslim master Inayat Husain and Hindu master Pandit Mani Parshad, ultimately conquering the complexities of the complete Indian musical scale with a command virtually unmatched by their rivals. Kaur made her professional debut on Radio Lahore in August 1943, and the following year she and Parkash cut their first duet, "Maavan Te Teeyan Ral Baithiyaan," for the HMV label, emerging as superstars across the Indian subcontinent.
Following Punjab's 1947 partition, Kaur and her parents relocated to Delhi, later settling in Bombay. There she began working as a film industry playback singer, and for the 1949 film Shaheed recorded one of her most memorable hits, "Badnam Na Ho Jaye Mohabbat Ka Fasaana." Upon returning to Delhi in 1942, Kaur married Joginder Singh Sodhi, a university literature professor who guided her career in the decades to follow. "He was the one who made me a star," she later recalled. "He chose all the lyrics I sang and we both collaborated on compositions." Together Kaur and Sodhi wrote such classics as "Chan Kithe Guari Aai Raat," "Lathe Di Chadar," "Shonkan Mele Di," and "Gori Diyan Jhanjran Sarke-Sarke Jandiye Mutiare" -- they also served as the public face of the Indian People's Theatre Association, an arm of the Indian Communist party, spreading messages of peace and love to the most remote villages of East Punjab.
In all Kaur recorded more than 2,000 songs, among them duets with Asa Singh Mastana, Harcharan Grewel, Rangilla Jatt, and Didar Sandhu. Although her life and collaboration with Sodhi was cut short upon the educator's death in 1975, she continued the family's creative tradition via duets with their daughter Dolly Guleria and granddaughter Sunaina, culminating in the 1995 LP The Three Generations. In 2006 a prolonged illness prompted Kaur to seek treatment in the U.S. -- she died in a New Jersey hospital on June 15 at the age of 77.
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Akhiyan Ch Tu Vasda, Vol. 2
Asa Singh Mastana, Surjit Khan, Surinder Kaur
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 1 déc. 2010
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Luti Heer Ve Gaman Ne
Surinder Kaur, Asa Singh Mastana
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 17 juil. 2002
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Virsa, Vol. 2
Harcharan Garewal, Surinder Kaur, Jasbir Kaur
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 1 déc. 1988
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Punjabi Folk Songs
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 31 déc. 1968
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Tribute to Surinder Kaur, Vol. 2
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 1 janv. 2011
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Folk Music of Punjab, Vol. 1
Surinder Kaur, Asa Singh Mastana, Hazara Singh Ramta
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 15 sept. 1995
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Suie Ve Suie
Asa Singh Mastana, Surinder Kaur, Prakash Kaur
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 14 oct. 1995
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Mainu Heere Heere Akhe (LoFi Flip)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 8 juil. 2023
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Do Pal Beh Ja Kol Ve (Electronic Mix)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 12 juin 2023
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Luti Heer Ve Gaman (Chill Flip)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 15 juin 2023
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Motor Mitran Di (Trap Beat)
Surinder Kaur, Harcharan Garewal
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 16 juil. 2023
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Bhabho Kehndi E Singha (Chill Flip)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 6 juil. 2023
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Madhaniya (Chillwave Mix)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 22 juin 2023
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Madhaniya (Electronic Mix)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 13 juin 2023
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Deor De Vyah Vich (Chill Trap)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 16 juin 2023
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Kala Dooria (Lofi Beat)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 18 janv. 2024
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Ek Meri Akh Kashni - The Versions
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 18 avr. 2023
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Duet Songs from Punjab, Vol. 3
Asa Singh Mastana, Surinder Kaur
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 28 mars 1985
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Chan Kithe Guzari (Synth-Pop Mix)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 18 mai 2023
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Chan Kithan Gurjaari Raat Ve
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Music Pearls le 23 mars 2022
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Tribute to Surinder Kaur, Vol. 1
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Saregama le 1 janv. 2011
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