Music legend Lata Mangeshkar turns 82 Wednesday Sep-2011

Music legend Lata Mangeshkar turns 82 Wednesday Sep-2011: The Nightingale of India, One of the gems of the Hindi film industry, Lata Mangeshkar who has around 30000 songs to her credit, voiced many songs for the composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal turns 82 Wednesday today. Lata Mangeshkar - Wikipedia: Lata Mangeshkar (Marathi: लता मंगेशकर; born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of singer Asha Bhosle, and Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. She is the second vocalist to have ever been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. ...Read More at en.wikipedia.org

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