Lata Mangeshkar
Also known as Mangu, Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar, Latha Mangeshkar, Lataji
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".
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Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and music composer whose eight-decade career made her one of the most influential singers in the Indian subcontinent, earning her titles like "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium." She matters because of her enormous contribution to the Indian music industry, which established her as one of the greatest singers in the region's history.
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- 1929
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- 2022
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Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar ( Hindi pronunciation: [ləˈt̪aː məŋˈɡeːʃkəɾ] ; born Hema Dinanath Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) 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".
Mangeshkar recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Hindustani, Bengali and Marathi.
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