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April 14, 2015 Favoriting
Happy 96th birthday to Shamshad Begum!
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Artist Selection Album    (Label / Recording date)
Theme Music:
 James Brown  		Cold Sweat (pt. 1)   Favoriting b/w Cold Sweat (pt. 2)
(King 1967)

Shamshad Begum  Chichi Vich Pa Ke Challa   Favoriting
( 1940)
Shamshad Begum  Ek Kali Nazon Pali   Favoriting Khazanchi
(EMI 1941)
Shamshad Begum  Jam Dard Ka Afasana   Favoriting Dard
(EMI 1947)
Shamshad Begum & Lata Mangeshkar  Dar Na Mohabbat Karle   Favoriting Andaz
(EMI 1949)
Shamshad Begum & Uma Devi  Meri Pyari Patang   Favoriting Dillagi
(EMI 1949)

Talkover Music:
 Charanjit Singh  		Manjhi Re   Favoriting Instrumental Film Tunes
(Odeon 1971)

Shamshad Begum  Dhadke Mere Dil   Favoriting Babul
(EMI 1950)
Shamshad Begum  Ek Do Teen   Favoriting Awaara
(EMI 1951)
Shamshad Begum  Pagadi Pahenke Turredar   Favoriting Madhosh
(EMI 1951)
Shamshad Begum  Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar   Favoriting Aar Paar
(EMI 1954)
Shamshad Begum  Ab To Ji Hone Laga   Favoriting Mr. & Mrs. '55
(EMI 1955)

Talkover Music:
 Valayapatti  		Rupaka Thalam   Favoriting Thavil
(Vani )

Shamshad Begum, Asha Bhosle & Mohd. Rafi  Leke Pahla Phala Pyar   Favoriting C.I.D.
( 1956)
Shamshad Begum & Usha Mangeshkar  Chali Chali Kaisi Hawa Yeh   Favoriting Bluff Master
(HMV 1963)
Shamshad Begum & Asha Bhosle  Kajra Mohabbat Wala   Favoriting Kismat
(Akash 1968)
Shamshad Begum  Nache Ang Ve   Favoriting Heer Raanjha
(EMI 1970)

Closing Theme:
 Specks Williams  		We Gave the Drummer Some   Favoriting Specks Blues
(Jax 196?)

Listener comments!

Avatar 5:52pm glenn:

remember eddie feigner? www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:53pm Doug Schulkind:

Who could forget, glenn?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm Doug Schulkind:

Here — www.shamshadbegum.com — is a simply wonderful interview with Shamshad Begum from 2012. What a humble and amazing woman!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:57pm Gary:

Looking forward to this!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Thanks for sharing some tracks, Gary!
Avatar 5:58pm Aurélie E:

FINALLY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm Doug Schulkind:

Hello Aurélie!!!
Avatar 5:59pm ndbob:

evening Doug and everyone!
Avatar 5:59pm Aurélie E:

Hi there :)
Avatar 6:00pm ndbob:

Heya Aurelie - been a while
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:01pm listener james from westwood:

Good Drummer time, Doug and all!
Avatar 6:02pm Aurélie E:

hey ndbob! yeah I know sorry :)
Avatar 6:03pm Holly in NC:

Hi Doug & all! Sorry I'm late, have been binging on Percy Sledge, also RIP :-(
Avatar 6:04pm ndbob:

good to see you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm Doug Schulkind:

Hello ndbob and Holly in NC! :-)

Goodbye, Percy Sledge :-(
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm Doug Schulkind:

Welcome welcome, Listener James!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm Gary:

This is great -- she already sounds like her rowdy older self
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm Doug Schulkind:

Not from her first film, but one of her earliest, in 1941.
  6:10pm Maricôt:

Good evening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11pm Doug Schulkind:

Howdy, Maricôt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm Doug Schulkind:

The scene from Awaara that this song accompanies is stunning. Worth checking out YouTube.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm Gary:

The whole film Awaara is totally great -- one of my top films of all time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm Doug Schulkind:

I fave that comment, Gary.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm Doug Schulkind:

Here's another wonderful O.P. Nayyar composition...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm Gary:

OMFG I totally forgot about this song -- It's picturized on Shammi Kapoor in drag
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm Doug Schulkind:

The music for Bluff Mater was composed by the amazing team Kalyanji Anandjii. If you dig the O.P. Nayyar, stay tuned for this next selection from the 1968 flick Kismat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm Doug Schulkind:

MUST SEE, Gary. Must must.
Avatar 6:57pm ndbob:

excellent show Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Gary, would you say that the real quality that distinguishes Begum from her main "competition" is her range. Asha had the high register, Lata the low, and Shamshad had the whole damn thing. Would that be fair to say?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm Doug Schulkind:

Thanks, ndbob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm Gary:

I dunno -- I think of Shamshad as having the powerful voice out of the three. Asha kind of jazzy and squirrely, Lata aiming for the ether (ghost-voice) and Shamshad as maybe .... earthy?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm Gary:

Like in this track, for instance, she's just markedly LOUDER than Asha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm Doug Schulkind:

Yes, the power of Shamshad's voice is often the first quality swooned over.

You may never live down the "jazzy and squirrely" comment, however...(!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm Gary:

There are many, many things I will never live down, I'm afraid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm Doug Schulkind:

I would call Asha "wifty and shifty." Shamshad is crisp and clear with every note articulated. It obviously it takes power to maintain that through difficult passages.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm Doug Schulkind:

And one final track, from...1970!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm Doug Schulkind:

WFMU's DJ emeritus and provocateur-in-chief Kenny G once ran into Asha Bhosle in a restaurant in the East Village. He described the absurd encounter to those of us at the station at the time and our ancestors ancestors will continue to be embarrassed on behalf of all that is good and proper.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm Gary:

Whoa, that's amazing. My sole Asha brag is that I saw her perform at Carnegie Hall -- she was great
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:11pm listener james from westwood:

Stunning survey, Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm Doug Schulkind:

My sublimest pleasure, Listener James!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm Gary:

Thanks for the super-awesome Shamshad show!
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