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Early history of Radio Ceylon, foreign service, interview with Amin Sayani

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Rafi 107

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Many songs have explicit human emotion in them, for example, crying. Song dekho dekho sakhiyan kaisee from Amrit Manthan is the first song involving crying that I have heard.

Amrit Manthan Songs

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 Narsingh Collection 680

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Here is a copyright case from 1995, Gramophone Company of India Ltd vs Super Cassettes.  Guess who won? BTW you can see the whole case on the internet.

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RMIM WestCoast 2017 07

 

 

 

  1. Musing 75: Censorship, Pushpanjali (1970)
  2. Musing 321: Kismet runs and runs, Rafi 58
  3. Musing 211: Miss Akhtari Jaan, Bharat 49 Lata Shyam Sunder
  4. Musing 47: Sitar in song, Tarzan and King Kong (1965)
  5. Musing 77: Madhu wrote, Narsingh 679
  6. Musing 33: Rakhi song, Jay's songs 4
  7. Musing 406: Manto in Eight Days, Rafi 111
  8. Musing 21: taal in songs, Durga Pooja
  9. Musing 2020. Miss Kamla from 1936
  10. Musing 91: Jal Tarang, Narsingh 694 Tunes
  11. Musing 37: Two overlapping melodies, Hum Diwane (1965)
  12. Musing 38: Narendra Shrimali 'Kamal', Mujrim Kaun Khooni Kaun (!965)
  13. Musing 308: First Recording Artist, Rafi 46
  14. Musing 184: Meena first song, Bharat 22 Lata Manna De
  15. Musing 242: Another early parody, Roberto 92