Shamshad Begum – Golden Hits – 3AEX 5285 – (Condition 90-95%) – Angel First Pressing – LP Record
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| Shamshad Begum – Golden Hits – 3AEX 5285 – (Condition 90-95%) – Angel First Pressing – LP Record | |
| Shamshad Begum (Śamśād Bēgam; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013)12 was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. She had a distinctive voice and was a versatile artist, singing over 6,000 songs in Hindi and the Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil and Punjabi languages and of them 1287 songs were Hindi film songs.3 She worked with maestros including Naushad Ali, S. D. Burman, C. Ramchandra and O. P. Nayyar. Her songs from the 1940s to the early 1970s remain popular and continue to be remixed. Begum’s talent was first spotted by her principal when she was in primary school in 1924. Impressed by the quality of her voice, she was made head singer of classroom prayer. At 10, she started singing folk-based songs at religious functions and family marriages. She received no formal musical training. Her singing ambitions, which she held from 1929, met with opposition from her family. In 1931, when she was twelve(16), her uncle, who enjoyed qawwalis and ghazals, secretly took her to Jenophone (or Xenophone) Music Company for an audition with Lahore-based musician and composer, Ghulam Haider. Begum said in an interview, “I sang Bahadur Shah Zafar’s (the poet-ruler) ghazal Mera yaar mujhe mile agar.” An impressed Haider gave her a contract for twelve songs, with facilities provided to top singers. It was Begum’s paternal uncle Ameer Khan8 who convinced her father, Miya Hussain Baksh, to allow her to sing. When she won a contract with a recording company, her father agreed to let her sing on the condition that she would record in a burka and not allow herself to be photographed.9 She earned 15 rupees per song and was awarded 500 on the completion of the contract on Xenophone. Xenophone was a renowned music recording company, patronised by the rich, and her popularity grew in elite circles in the early 1930s. It was from Hussain Bakshwale Sahab and later Ghulam Haider who improved her singing skills. Though she had won the Xenophone audition without taking any formal music training but after that both Ghulam Haider and later Hussain Bakshwale Sahab improved her singing skills between 1937 and 1939. Her popular breakthrough came when she began singing on All India Radio (AIR) in Peshawar and Lahore from 1937. Producer Dilsukh Pancholi wanted her to act as well in a film he was producing. Begum readily agreed, gave a screen test and was selected. Her father became angry when he found out and warned her that she would not be allowed to sing if she continued to harbour a desire to act. Begum promised her father that she would never appear before the camera. She continued to sing songs on radio. She never posed for photographs, and few people saw her picture between 1933 and the 1970s. Begum sang for AIR through her musical group ‘The Crown Imperial Theatrical Company of Performing Arts’, set up in Delhi. | |
| Record Details | |
| Title | Shamshad Begum – Golden Hits – 3AEX 5285 |
| Singer | Shamshad Begum |
| Music | O.P. Nayyar, Shankar Jaikishan, Sachin Dev Burman & Naushad |
| Lyrics | Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shailendra, Rajinder Krishan, Shakeel Badayuni & J. Nakshab |
| Genre | Film Hits |
| Releasing Year | 1970 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Angel First Pressing |
| Made In | India |
| Manufacture | The Gramophone Company Of India Limited |
| Serial No. | 3AEX 5285 |
| Side One | |
| · Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar (Aar Paar) | Shamshad Begum |
| · Ek Do Teen (Aawara) | Shamshad Begum |
| · Saiyan Dil Men Aana Re (Bahar) | Shamshad Begum |
| · Chandni Aai Ban Ke Pyar (Dulari) | Shamshad Begum |
| · Badi Mushkil Se Dilki (Nagma) | Shamshad Begum |
| Side Two | |
| · Aai Sawan Ritu (Mela) | Shamshad Begum & Mukesh |
| · Roop Ki Dushman (Jadoon) | Shamshad Begum |
| · Poochh Mera Kya Naam Re (C.I.D) | Shamshad Begum |
| · Mohan Ki Muraliya (Mela) | Shamshad Begum |
| · O Aag Lagi (Aan) | Shamshad Begum |
| · Chaman Men Rah Ke Veerana (Deedar) | shamshad Begum |
| Specification | |
| Size | 12 Inches |
| Speed | 33 RPM |
| Record Condition | 90-95% |
| Cover Condition | Excellent |
| Weight | 0.35 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 33 × 33 × 2.54 in |
| Singer | Shamshad Begum |
| Music | Naushad, O. P. Nayyar, Sachin Dev Burman, Shankar Jaikishan |
| Lyrics | J. Nakshab, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Rajendra Krishan, Shailendra, Shakeel Badayuni |
| Album Releasing year | 1970 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Angel First Pressing |
| Genre | Film Hits |
| Size | 12 Inches |
| Speed | 33 RPM |
| Records condition | Near Mint Used – 90-95% |
| Cover condition | Original Cover |
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