Manna Dey - The Legendary Singer

**raagadevan** · 26th October 2013, 07:21 AM

Manna Dey passed away on October 23, 2013 in Bangalore which was his home town for the last several years.

Needless to say, I am, and will always be, an admirer and fan of the great singer. Many of you may not agree with me, but I feel
that he was the greatest classical singer of modern Hindi cinema. On these pages, I am planning to post articles about him, his music,
and a selection of my favorite songs sung by him. I invite everyone to contribute to this thread.

Thank you.

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**raagadevan** · 26th October 2013, 07:24 AM

Manna Dey: Legendary Indian singer dies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24649143

**raagadevan** · 26th October 2013, 07:27 AM

In fact, all the artists involved in the making of this song
(Manna Dey, Salil Chowdhary, Rajesh Khanna and
Hrishikesh Mukherjee are all gone now...

**raagadevan** · 26th October 2013, 07:28 AM

Manna Dey - an unmatched musical genius

Irony was the constant refrain of Manna Dey’s life. A world happy to sway to jingles could not always appreciate the steeped-in-classicism kalaam of Manna Da. Not blessed with the rare yodelling skills of Kishore Kumar or the soaked-in-romance style of Mohammed Rafi, there were a few things Manna Dey could do which his contemporaries could not aspire to. He could whip up a Lagi chunari mein daag, or Aayo kahan se Ghanshyam with such ease that he made a mockery of all predictions of the songs being difficult or challenging. Music directors Shankar-Jaikishen, indeed Mohammed Rafi too, felt he was the best choice when it came to songs with classical leanings.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/fri...?homepage=true

**raagadevan** · 26th October 2013, 07:29 AM

This is Manna Dey's and Salil Da's first Malayalam song:

Note: The Hindi version of this song was sung by Hariharan, and the Bengali version
by K.J. Yesudas & Sabita Choudhary (both available on Youtube).

**raagadevan** · 26th October 2013, 07:32 AM

"Manna In Heaven" - A Slideshow

(Slide #15 shows Manna Dey with MSV and Balamuralikrishna)

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...how#im-image-0