Bhupinder Singh (musician)

Bhupinder Singh
Background information
Also known as Bhupi
Born (1940-02-06) 6 February 1940
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Genres Playback singing
Occupation(s) Ghazal singer and composer
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1964–present

Bhupinder Singh (born 6 February 1940) is an Indian musician, chiefly a ghazal singer and also a Bollywood playback singer.

Early life

He was born in Amritsar, Punjab to Prof Natha Singh ji (Punjabi Sikh), a trained vocalist and his early music teacher. His father was a strict teacher, and Bhupinder hated music and its instruments at one stage.[1]

Music career

Early in his career, Bhupinder performed on All India Radio, Delhi. He was also attached to the Delhi Doordarshan Center, Delhi. He learnt guitar and violin. In 1962, music director Madan Mohan heard him at a dinner hosted by Satish Bhatia in his honour( Satish Bhatia was Producer in AIR Delhi and Bhupendra was working under him as a guitarist), and called him to Bombay. He gave him a chance to sing the song Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga with Mohammad Rafi in Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat.[1]He was given a solo by Khaiyyam in film Aakhri Khat.

Thereafter Bhupinder started releasing private albums wherein his first LP had three self-composed songs and was released in 1968, second LP of ghazals wherein he introduced the Spanish guitar, bass and drums to the ghazal style, released in 1978 and his third LP titled Woh Jo Shair Tha, for which the lyrics were written by Gulzar in 1980.

Entering wedlock with a Bangladeshi singer Mitali, he moved away from playback singing in the mid-1980s and since then has been singing jointly for several albums and live concerts. The sensational duo of Bhupinder-Mitali became an aura. Together they have produced lots of ghazal and geet cassettes till date and their charisma has increased day by day. Some of the very famous numbers of the artists are – 'Dil Dhoondta hai', 'Do diwane shahar mein', 'Naam gum jayega', "Karoge yaad to", "Meethe bol bole", "Kabhi kisi ko mukammal", "Kisi nazar ko tera intezaar aaj bhi", Ek akela is Shehar Mein .

Personal life

Bhupinder and his wife Mitali Mukherjee Singh rehearses for their upcoming music album Aksar

In the mid-1980s, Bhupinder married a Bangladeshi singer Mitali Mukherjee and moved away from playback singing.[2] Mithali Mukherjee was also a big singer of that time. Together, they perform at ghazal and live performances.They have a boy named Nihal Singh who is also a musician in his own rights.

Discography

Album Year Details
Dream Sellers1980 Includes various songs from Bollywood movies he had already sung before.
Aarzoo With Mitali Mukherjee
Chandani Raat With Mitali Mukherjee Singh
Gulmohar With Mitali Mukherjee Singh
Ghazal Ke Phool With Mitali Mukherjee Singh
Ek Arzoo2004 With Mitali Mukherjee Singh.
Label: T-Series
Surmayi Raat[3]2013 With Gulzar
Yaad-E-Mehboob With Jagjit Singh, Chitra Singh and others.
Meri Aawaaz Hi Pehchan Hai 2 songs with Lata Mangeshkar.
Album Artists: Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupinder Singh, Babla Mehta, Shailendra Singh and Kishore Kumar.
Label: Saregama

As guitarist

As playback singer

References

  1. 1 2 "Down Memory Lane: Bhupinder Singh". Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  2. ↑ "Bhupinder – Hauntingly 'Hummable'". Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  3. ↑ "Surmayi Raat with Gulzar and Bhupinder Singh". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Andolan (1977) Bhupinder Singh, Jaidev, Ram Prasad Bismil". Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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