Reasonably Rare Lata Songs - Not Available Easily, solos and duets from the 50s and 60s Options

[sri]

Starting a new topic for reasonably rare Lata songs ( like I did for Rafi songs earlier ). I will be discussing songs here which I like and which I feel are not easily available. Other members - pl feel free to add ... but please ensure that the songs are good and the sound quality is also good, as far as possible.

Today's choice falls on a song composed by one of my favourite music directors _ Roshan - from a movie which has several great and well known songs ( Baar baar tohe kya samjhaen / ab kya misaal doon / kabhi to milegi kahin to milegi / aapne yaad dilaya to mujhe yaad aaya ) - the movie is AARTI, released in 1962

This particular song is not as well known as the others in the movie ... but is a very emotional, soulful tune - very well sung by Lata Mangeshkar .....and after so many years, continues to haunt my mind, whenever I think of it.

Here's "Bane ho ek khaak se, ameer kya gareeb kya". Top class music composition ... great words by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Enjoy !

Sri

[r&d]

Great song of Aarti. However I wish
you would not upload WMA. Some of us are
forced to re-encode it in order to listen to it.
This is little longer version than the one upload previously.
Is this Film version?

[sri]

Great song of Aarti.  However I wish
you would not upload WMA.  Some of us are
forced to re-encode it in order to listen to it.

r&d,

i have got myself some new software to encode in mp3 format - instead of wma - so in future you will see my uploads in mp3 format - for the convenience of all.

thanks for your feedback

Sri

[sri]

Here's another of my old favorites - from the film Vaasna 1968 - used to hear it regularly on the radio in the days it was released ... but after that, this song became quite rare.

A nice, lively and lilting number from Lata with lovely orchestration and interlude music ( so typical of Chitragupt ). Apparently, this movie was the first time that Chitragupt and Sahir Ludhianvi worked together. What magical music they created in this film !!

So, here's 'Jeenewale jhoom ke mastana ho ke jee'

enjoy !

Sri

[sri]

Today's song is a duet - Lata with Rafi

rafi starts the song with some lovely humming ... but thereafter, has only one line 'yes my darling' to sing each time she poses a question. Lata's voice is very sweet ... overall a cute song

Music of Madan Mohan

Here's "yeh to kaho kaun ho tum" from Akeli mat jaiyo 1963

Notice the verse - the start of the verse (jaane kahan se aaya) is rather similar in tune and rhythm to the verse of the more well known title song of Tere ghar ke saamne (verse : ghar ka banana koi) - strangely, both the films were released in the same year 1963... though some records show akeli mat jaiyo having been released in 1962 !

enjoy !

Sri

[visuja]

Here's "yeh to kaho kaun ho tum" from Akeli mat jaiyo 1963

Thanks sri-ji for all your s at your 'Rare' threads. your insights and snippets into the various songs are very intersting and informative.

Isnt there another Mukesh duet which starts with "Ye To Kaho Kaun Ho Tum" ??

[sri]

Isnt there another Mukesh duet which starts with "Ye To Kaho Kaun Ho Tum" ??

yes .. that's from the film Aashiq ( Shailendra/ SJ combo ) ... but intriguingly it's from the same period 1962 !!