(1941-2011)
A TRIBUTE
Ghazal king Jagjit Singh, the soul-stirring voice behind 'Hazaron khwaishe aisi', 'Ye kaghaz ki kashti and 'Jhuki jhuki si nazar',
has passed away but his ghazals will continue to enthrall the music
lovers world over for many years to come.
The 70-year-old singer alongwith his wife Chitra almost rediscovered the
ghazal genre for common Indian in 70s and 80s. Singh, a Padma Bhushan
recipient, was born in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, on February 8, 1941.
After
graduation, he shifted base to Mumbai, to explore career in the world
of music. In the next decade and half, he earned nationwide fame as
ghazal singer and music composer. He sang in several languages,
including Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali.
His
personal life, though, was marked by a tragedy: His only son, Vivek,
died in a car accident in 1990 when he was just 18.
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