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Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".
Kishore Kumar
Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)
Manna Dey
Indian playback singer, music director, musician and vocalist (1919–2013)
kirtan
thumb|Painting of Gaudiya Vaishnavism|Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindus performing kirtan in [[Bengal. Some traditions practice public kirtan.]] thumb|Sikhs|Sikh kirtan with [[Indian harmoniums and tabla drums (a common and popular pairing), in Kenya (1960s)]]
baul
alt=|thumb|A Baul from Lalon|Lalon Shah's shrine in Kushtia, Bangladesh thumb|upright|Ektara, a common musical instrument of Bauls
Sachin Dev Burman
Indian singer and composer (1906–1975)
Radio Mirchi
Indian Radio Station
Sanchita Bhattacharya
Indian playback singer
Rabindra Sangeet
songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore
Nazrul Geeti
songs composed by Nazrul Islam
gombhira
Gombhira, Gambhira or Gamvira () is a type of Bengali folk song and dance originating in the Bengal region, from what is known today as northwestern Bangladesh and north eastern West Bengal, India.
Shreekrishna Kirtana
Dhamail
Dhamail (), or Dhamal (), is a form of Bengali folk music and dance prevalent in the Mymensingh and Sylhet regions of northeastern Bengal, in present-day Bangladesh.
Bishnupur Gharana
Indian style of singing
Agamani-Vijaya
Agamani () () are genres of Bengali folk songs celebrating the return of the Goddess Parvati to the home of her parents on the eve of the Hindu autumn festival of Durga Puja. The Aagamani songs describe the return of Parvati to in her rural home, not as Goddess but as daughter, and are followed by Vijaya songs which describe the sorrow of separation three days later as Parvati returns to her husband Shiva.