Died On This Date (October 10, 2011) Jagjit Singh / Popular Indian Singer
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February 8, 1941 – October 10, 2011
Jagjit Singh was an immensely popular Indian singer and composer who was known as the “King of Ghazal” due to the role he played in the revitalization of this form of Persian rhyming. He and his wife and musical partner, Chitra Singh, initially gained fame during the ’70s and ‘8os, and have since been recognized as the first-ever successful husband-and-wife duo in Indian music history. They were also reportedly the first Indian act to ever use digital multi-track while their 1987 release, Beyond Time is widely considered the nation’s first digitally recorded album. Over the course of a career that spanned some 50 years, Singh’s music has appeared in numerous popular Indian films and on no fewer than 80 of his own albums. Singh has also been recognized for his many philanthropic ventures. Jagjit Singh passed away on October 10, 2011, as the result of a brain hemorrhage. He was 70.
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