What Indian singer has recorded Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Gujarati songs an was given a break by Datta Davjekar?
Datta Davjekar Dattatreya Shankar Davjekar (died (2007--) 19, 2007 ), better known as Datta Davjekar or Datta Daujeker (Marathi: दत्ता डावजेकर ), was a veteran music composer mainly associated with Marathi and Hindi movies. He is credited for giving a break to many singers who became extremely popular over a period of time, including the Mangeshkar siblings, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosale and Usha Mangeshkar as well as others such as Anuradha Paudwal.
Sunil Ganguly Sunil Ganguly (Bengali: সুনীল গাঙ্গুলি ; 1 January 1938 – 12 June 1999) was an Indian instrumentalist from the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) who played the Hawaiian electric guitar. He produced many 78 RPM, SP, EP, Super-7, LP discs, audio cassettes and CDs from HMV, Concord Records and Sagarika including classical-based songs like "Yaad piya ki aaye". He made records of Indian Hindi film songs, classical based songs, and Bengali songs, and popularised the Hawaiian guitar in India, with his unique style and his accurate renditions enabled by his background in classical music. His renditions often had subtle twists and turns that made it even more melodious than the original song. At his peak, there used to be two LPs released during the Pujas every year by HMV, one containing songs by Lata Mangeshkar, and the other having instrumentals by Sunil Ganguly. The film hits he recorded were instant hits with the youth. Sunil Ganguly did many public performances all over India, including Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, Guwahati etc, including programs in classical music. He did one-man whole night shows in Mumbai, played in reputed College fests like the IITs, RECs. Some of the best musicians of the era, like Sri Y S Mulki, Sri Dilip Roy, Sri Samir Khasnabis, Sri Swapan Sen, Sri Manohari Singh accompanied him on his recordings and performances. He was a regular performer at Doordarshan programs (TV) in Kolkata and Mumbai, AIR (All India Radio), Radio Ceylon (Sri Lanka). His radio programs (like Saaz aur Awaz on Radio Ceylon) were popular and were listened to by many all over India, and this program continues to this date. He inspired an entire young generation to play Indian music on the Hawaiian guitar. He had many number of successful students, who are continuing his style of playing songs and in turn are coaching students in India and abroad.