Panchams songs in his own voice

                                    Pancham's  Duets  , His  Songs  with other  Singers In  the  last blog, we heard  and  read  some  wonderful Solos of  Pancham singing for  his own compositions. In this  episode, we will look at  some of  his  wonderful  duets, Invariably all  his female  duets  , has  to be  with Asha, his  favorite  and  Companion. But  surprisingly there are  some very nice  and  popular  duets  with some  Male  Singers, so let  us begin the  Countdown: 1)Film, APNA DESH : Song is, Duniya Mein Logon Ko .. This  is  probably  his  first  hit  with Asha as a cosinger. This is  an out and Out Asha  song, with some  extraordinary  singing and...

                                            MAGIC  OF PANCHAM AS  A  SINGER RD Burman, more popular  as  Pancham , a  name supposed to have   given to him  when he was a  kid, by none  other  than Dada Moni, Ashok Kumar , has  given us  some memorable songs  in his  working span  of about three decades. While  his  fame and  talent as a  composer is beyond  any body's  doubt, I  will dwell  on  a slightly different  aspect of  him, Singing . Pancham was always a  reluctant singer. He  knew he  did  not have a great voice, but like  his  Father, he  had some uniqueness in his   voice  , so used it very  selectively , and  funny and  surprising  thing was, his  fans and ...