There may not be a moment when somebody, somewhere, is not listening to a song sung by Lata Mangeshkar. It has been so for the last six decades or so.
That golden voice turns 90 today. No singer has captured the imagination of an entire nation like she has.
Music fans may be divided when it comes to choosing their favourite male singers – some might swear by Mohammed Rafi, others by Kishore Kumar, and some others by K.J. Yesudas – but the majority of them may pick Lata the female voice they most want to listen to. Not without reason.
Her voice is heavenly. Her range wide. Her expressions always so right. And she is incapable of singing out of tune.
Little wonder, the leading heroines of the day insisted in their contracts that the songs picturised on them will be rendered by Lata. She was nearly always the first choice for the composer even otherwise.
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