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Jagjit Singh (1941–2011) was an Indian composer, singer, entrepreneur, and songwriter. Born in Sri Ganganagar, he was educated at Kurukshetra University and began his work period in 1960. He was a male practitioner of Sikhism who resided in Mumbai and Rajasthan. His musical output included folk music and devotional songs, often categorized under ghazal and Hindi genres. He performed using the tanpura, piano, and voice, and recorded for labels including His Master's Voice, Polydor, Saregama, and EMI.
Singh received the Padma Bhushan award and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He was married to Chitra Singh. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Mumbai, with natural causes listed as the manner of death.
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Sri Ganganagar, Rajputana, British India
Jagjit Singh, born Jagmohan Singh (8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011), was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, songwriter and musician. Known as the "Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh in the 1970s and 1980s. Their combination album comprising music from the films, Arth and Saath Saath is the HMV's largest selling combination…
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- Kaagaz Ki Kashti — Himself2016
- Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai — Himself2002
- Satnam Shri Waheguru
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Jagjit Singh (February 8, 1941 – October 10, 2011) was a prominent Indian ghazal and film playback singer. He gained critical and popular acclaim together with his wife, Chitra Singh, as the first ever successful husband-wife duo in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of modern ghazal music and regarded as the most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music. He sang in Punjabi (his mother tongue), Hindi, Urdu, Bengali,
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Singh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Sri Ganganagar
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Spouse
- Chitra Singh
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- Kurukshetra University
- Religion
- Sikhism
- Award
- Padma Bhushan
- Genre
- devotional song
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Tips Industries
- Image
- Jagjit Singh (Ghazal Maestro).jpg
- Residence
- Rajasthan
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- Jagjit Singh
- date of birth
- 1941-02-08
- date of death
- 2011-10-10
- nominated for
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Jagjit Singh
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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