Side A
Artist	Song
iqbal singh india	bombshell baby of bombay (vocal) (Ek Phool Char Kante) Bombshell Baby Of Bombay (1960)
kishore kumar india	ruk ja rokata hai yeh diwana (vocal) (Mr. X In Bombay) Kings & Quens Of Bombay (1964)
rd & sd burman india	jewel thief (Jewel Thief) Bollywood Funk (1965)
mohammed rafi india	jan pahechan ho (vocal) (Gumnaam) Bombshell Baby Of Bombay (1965)
asha bhosle india	meri aakhon mein (vocal) (Aayega Aanewala) Sitar Beat (1967)
asha bhosle & mahendra kapoor india	mera kya sanam (vocal) (Talash) Kings & Queens Of Bollywood (1968)
anand prayag india	pretty pretty priya (vocal) (Priya ) Bombshell Baby Of Bombay (1968)
asha bhosle india	anken meri malikhana (vocal) (Sawan Bhadon) Vintage Bollywood (1970)
asha bhosle india	dum maro dum (vocal) (Hare Rama Hare Krishna) Funky Bollywood (1971)
asha bhosle & usha uthup india	I love you (vocal) (Hare Rama Hare Krishna) Bollywood Funk (1971)
usher lyar india	listen to the pouring rain / be bop a lula / fever etc (vocal) (Bombay To Goa) Bollywood Kitsch (1972)
leta mangeshkar india	motiyon ki lari hoon main (vocal) (Loafer) Bollywood Rock & Roll (1972)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
kishore kumar india	we love Sunday (vocal) (Anjaan Rashen) Bollywood Kitsch (1974)
monahar roy india	gana to banana ha (vocal) (Anjaan Raahen) Bollywood Funk (1974)
kalyanji-anandji india	raffo chakkar (Raffo Chakkar) Bollywood Funk (1975)
mohammed rafi india	yeh dosti hum nahin (Sholay) Bollywood Songs Vol 2 (1975)
kalyanji-anandji india	cabaret dance music (Dharmatma) Funky Bollywood (1975)
kishore kumar & asha bhosle india	yaar dildar tujhe kaisa chahiye (vocal) (Chhailla Babu) Doob Doob O'Rama (1976)
sapan-jagmohan india	giraffe trapping music (Habari) The Bombay Connection (1978)
asha bhosle india	yeh mera di yaar ka diwana (vocal) (Don) Funky Bollywood (1978)
kayanji-anandji india	theme from don (Don) Sitar Beat (1978)
lata mangeshkar / asha bhosle / mahendra kapoor india	pyar zindaghi hai (vocal) (Muqaddar Ka Sikandar) Funky Bollywood (1978)
r.d. burman & chorus india	music (Salaam Memsaab) The Bombay Connection (1978)
kishore kumar india	o saahi re (vocal) (Muqaddar Ka Sikandar) I Love Bollywood (1978)
r.d.burman india	shalimar (Shalimar) Bollywood Funk (1978)

Comment:

Bollywood, the Hindi movie industry is the largest in the world. Most Bollywood films contain at least one dance & song number that are not performed by the actors but by playback singers. The most famous playback singer is Asha Bhosle (1933-) who has recorded over 12,000 songs for over 950 movies, singing in over 14 languages from Russian to English. Her sister Lata Mangeshkar (1929-) `the nightingale of India' is equally as famous and has literally sung 1000's of songs in over 20 different Indian languages. From the 50's-70's, most of the female vocals were monopolized by both sisters. Playback singers are regarded as highly as the actors they sing for and command their own devoted following. Bollywood should not be confused with Kollywood (the tamil film industry) or Lollywood, the Pakistani movie industry where Bollywood movies are banned yet flourish through pirate copies. Bollywood has borrowed from or rather plagarised every other film industry, most notably Lollywood & Hollywood. The rip-off quota in Bollywood soundtracks is shameful yet undeniably exciting as Chuck Berry riffs crash into Shaft riffs followed by surf guitars & sitars. This is not to denegrate the obvious talents of both composer & playback musicians but it does surprise me that Bollywood has not been crippled by a flurry of law suits. Bollywood compilations are thick on the ground & most of them are relatively cheap. Duplication is a problem and it is very difficult to remember what you have and don't have when titles are in a foreign language. Although my mix starts in 1960 and stops at 1978 this does not mean the music outside these dates are not worthy of your attention. The funk influence for instance seems to have continued well into the 80's.

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