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I am glad to report the publication of a book by my dear friend, veteran RMIMer Abhay Jain.
Tandem Songs in Hindi Films (Years 1931-2024)
From the description:
This book is for Hindi film music enthusiasts of every generation.
It is a based on listening to thousands of songs by author covering a period of over 90 years.
Tandem songs are songs generally with the same title (initial one or two lines also referred to as a Mukhda) or even the full song from the same movie but sung by different singers.
Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par (Lata Mangeshkar)
Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par (Mohammad Rafi)
Male solo and female solo from Junglee (1961)
Most Tandem songs are solo songs sung by two different singers. But there are also Tandem songs sung by different set of one or more singers. There are few cases where, one of the Tandem songs is sung by a solo singer and the other one by two or more singers, one singer may be common in both songs or it may be an entirely different set of singers for both Tandem songs.
This book lists 1,242 Tandem songs, with 2,553 total songs from 1136 films, starting from year 1935 and spanning over nine decades up to year 2024.
Contents include:- Year-wise song details including film name, mukhda, singers, composer and lyricist.
- List of singers including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
- List of lyricists including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
- List of composers including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
- Year-wise list of Tandem songs including chart.
- Decade-wise list of Tandem songs including chart,
Hindi film music enthusiasts will find this book informative and an authentic reference material.
Paperback, 9 in by 7 in, Landscape. 211 pages.
First few pages may ne read here