The enthusiastic dance by Laxmi Chhaya and Herman Benjamin is not something today’s actors will be able to pull off with the same ease and grace. Shailendra’s lyrics have been skilfully sung by Rafi. The 60s were the years of rock and roll, and Shankar Jaikishan’s music was spot on. The song is called ‘Jaan Pehechan Ho’ and was shot for the 1965 suspense thriller Gumnaam starring Manoj Kumar and Nanda. Known for his soulful songs, we bet this one came as a surprise. Thankfully, he didn’t and we were treated to gems such as Chaudhvin ka chand ho, Kya hua tera wada and Dard-e-dil dard-e-jigar among many others.īut there’s one song that even the most die-hard Rafi fans might not have heard. Bollywood films would have been very different right from the 40s to the 70s had the man decided to do something else. That’s the trouble with a classicist.Mohammed Rafi was a genius, there are no two ways about it. A-list might have been Empire State of Mind, but Cale & Reed’s tribute to Warhol is just so below 14th st. Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Bristol Hippodrome.ħ) Trouble With Classicists - Lou Reed and John Cale Some things are just cool.Ħ) Coppélia/Tableau 2: No.11 Musique des automates - scène - Léo Delibes It was this or Jaan Pehechaan Ho by Mohammed Rafi. My school music teacher introduced us to early 20th Century British music, it stuck, as did the legends surrounding Warlock and perhaps informed a subsequent fascination with the inter-war years.ĥ) Laisse tomber les filles – France Gall

Happy memories of the W.Ĥ) Capricol Suite: 2. I saw Him & Her perform live in Austin, Tx. Something from the American Songbook has to be on any list. The Gentle Good was one of the many good things to come out of the former. When I lived overseas, I kept in touch with all things UK via two miracles of radio – the then incarnation of the Radcliffe & Maconie show on BBC Radio 2 and Test Match Special. So, an alternative top-nine of memories and impressions.īecause the 1970’s rock of my youth was briefly cool again in my household when Thor: Ragnarok seized our collective imaginations. Top nine songs of all time? An impossible task, made doubly so by my voluntary exclusion of any Eighties music (age clue). Today's #SundaySoundtrack comes from Paul James, Chief Commercial Officer at Birmingham Royal Ballet. PLAYLIST #SundaySoundtrack - Paul James 17 January 2021

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