| Song: Tumhe Ho Na Ho Album: Gharonda Type: Bollywood Singers: Runa Laila Music Director: Jaidev Lyricist: Gulzar Rating: 5.0 I absolutely love this song. This is Runa Laila’s best song in my book. Gulzar’s lyrics tease – I spent a number of years trying to figure out if the girl really loves the boy. She does! |
| Song: Chingari Koi Bhadke Album: Amar Prem Type: Bollywood Singers: Kishore Kumar Music Director: R.D. Burman Lyricist: Anand Bakshi Rating: 5.0 This song would probably appear in any Kishore Kumar playlist. A solid song with simple but powerful lyrics. One of the early songs in which R.D. Burman uses a guiro – the “comb” sound that became famous in Sach Mere Yaar Hai (Sagar). |
| Song: Nikamma Kiya Is Dil Ne Album: Kya Dil Ne Kaha Type: Bollywood Singers: Shaan, Sanjivani Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya Lyricist: Sanjay Chhel Rating: 3.9 A pretty nice, upbeat song from Himesh Reshammiya’s golden years. Golden in part because he stayed away from the microphone. |
| Song: Beeti Na Bitayi Album: Parichay Type: Bollywood Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupinder Music Director: R.D. Burman Lyricist: Gulzar Rating: 5.0 This song moves me every single time I listen to it. Too many awesome things to list but here are some – lovely sitar, Bhupinder holding his own singing with Lata AND probably one of the best hand-offs in a duet when Lata’s hooo… is continued by Bhupinder in the antara. |
| Song: Pachapanam Thathe Album: Nottam Type: Mollywood Singers: Yesudas Music Director: M Jayachandran Lyricist: P Damodaran Rating: 5.0 Lovely, mellow song with great instrumentals, specially the flutes. Sujatha who has her own version of this song (equally lovely) sings a short aalaap. |
| Song: Aatinkara Album: Rasathanthram Type: Mollywood Singers: Manjari Music Director: Illayaraja Lyricist: Girish Puthenchery Rating: 4.8 Nice, upbeat song. Got to make myself a Manjari playlist. She kicks serious ass. |
| Song: Diamonds Album: Sacred Type: Pop-Rock-Latino Artist: Los Lonely Boys Rating: 3.7 A nice and sunny song. If you like Santana, you might like this song. |
| Song: Diwane Ka Naam To Pucho Album: An Evening In Paris Type: Bollywood Singers: Mohd Rafi Music Director: Shankar-Jaikishen Lyricist: Shailendra Rating: 4.8 Awesome song – great accordion and Mohd Rafi’s singing – specially the high notes at the end. |
| Song: Sweet Hitch-Hiker Album: CCR Chronicle Vol I Type: Country-Rock Artist: Credence Clearwater Revival Rating: 4.2 A good old-fashioned rock n roll song. |
| Song: Mujhse Mohabbat Ka Izhar Album: Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke Type: Bollywood Singers: Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu Music Director: Nadeem-Shravan Lyricist: Sameer Rating: 4.2 A nice, melodic song. Regulation Nadeem-Shravan. |