Bhupinder Singh (musician)


Bhupinder Singh is an Indian musician, chiefly a ghazal singer and also a Bollywood playback singer.

Early life

He was born in Amritsar, Punjab to Prof Natha Singhji, a trained vocalist and his early music teacher. His father was a strict teacher, and Bhupinder hated music and its instruments at one stage.

Music career

Early in his career, Bhupinder performed on All India Radio, Delhi. He was also attached to the Delhi Doordarshan Center, Delhi. He learnt guitar and violin. In 1962, music director Madan Mohan heard him at a dinner hosted by Satish Bhatia in his honour, and called him to Bombay. He gave him a chance to sing the song Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga with Mohammad Rafi in Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat. He was given a solo by Khaiyyam in film Aakhri Khat.
Thereafter Bhupinder started releasing private albums wherein his first LP had three self-composed songs and was released in 1968, a second LP of ghazals wherein he introduced the Spanish guitar, bass and drums to the ghazal style, released in 1978 and his third LP titled Woh Jo Shair Tha, for which the lyrics were written by Gulzar in 1980.
Entering wedlock with Bangladeshi singer Mitali, he moved away from playback singing in the mid-1980s and since then has been singing jointly for several albums and live concerts. Together they have produced many ghazal and geet cassettes. Their famous songs include "Dil Dhoondta hai", "Do diwane shahar mein", "Naam gum jayega", "Karoge yaad to", "Meethe bol bole", "Kabhi kisi ko mukammal", "Kisi nazar ko tera intezaar aaj bhi", and "Ek akela is Shehar Mein".

Personal life

In the mid-1980s, Bhupinder married the Bangladeshi singer Mitali Mukherjee and moved away from playback singing. Mithali Mukherjee was also a singer. Together, they perform at ghazal and live performances. They have a son named Nihal Singh who is also a musician.

Discography

AlbumYearDetails
Dream Sellers1980Includes various songs from Bollywood movies he had already sung before.
AarzooWith Mitali Mukherjee
Chandani RaatWith Mitali Mukherjee Singh
GulmoharWith Mitali Mukherjee Singh
Ghazal Ke PhoolWith Mitali Mukherjee Singh
Ek Arzoo2004With Mitali Mukherjee Singh.
Label: T-Series
Surmayi Raat2013With Gulzar
Yaad-E-MehboobWith Jagjit Singh, Chitra Singh and others.
Meri Aawaaz Hi Pehchan HaiTwo songs with Lata Mangeshkar.
Album Artists: Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupinder Singh, Babla Mehta, Shailendra Singh and Kishore Kumar.
Label: Saregama

Popular songs

As guitarist