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=The 105 most popular/ significant Hindi-Urdu songs of 1960=

=The 105 most popular/ significant Hindi-Urdu songs of 1960=

==Two notes on the credits==

==Two notes on the credits==

i) The Gulzar who wrote the lyrics of the song ''Rut albeli, mast samaañ '' for the film '''Shriman Satyavadi ''' was not our good old Sampooran Singh Kalra, as an otherwise reliable website suggests by simply giving the credit to ‘Gulzar.’  This writer, instead, was the lesser-known Gulzar Deenvi, as several internet searches revealed and ''Hindi Film Geet Kosh'' confirmed.

i) The Gulzar who wrote the lyrics of the song ''Rut albeli, mast samaañ '' for the film '''Shriman Satyavadi ''' was not our good old Sampooran Singh Kalra, as an otherwise reliable website suggests by simply giving the credit to ‘Gulzar.’  This writer, instead, was the lesser-known Gulzar Deenvi, as several internet searches revealed and ''Hindi Film Geet Kosh'' confirmed.

ii) Who sang the song ''Na to qaravañ ki talash hai'' for the film ''' Barsaat ki Raat'''? A usually reliable website said: Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, ''Mohammed Rafi, '' Sudha Malhotra. But ''Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar '' wrote: Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, ''S.D. Batish. '' The arbitration of SaReGaMa was pointless because its site credited the song to Asha Bhosle alone.  However, if you scoured the SaReGaMa site for the ''Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein'' CDs you learnt that the song had been sung by Asha Bhosle and Manna Dey. Small mercy. Therefore, Indpaedia consulted ''Hindi Film Geet Kosh,'' which agreed with ''Sureela Safar.'' Out of abundant caution Indpaedia also consulted the film’s credit titles, which confirmed that Sudha Malhotra and S.D. Batish were among the film’s singers.

ii) Who sang the song ''Na to qaravañ ki talash hai'' for the film ''' Barsaat ki Raat'''? A usually reliable website said: Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, ''Mohammed Rafi, '' Sudha Malhotra. But ''Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar '' wrote: Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, ''S.D. Batish. '' The arbitration of SaReGaMa was pointless because its site credited the song to Asha Bhosle alone.  However, if you scoured the SaReGaMa site for the ''Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein'' CDs you learnt that the song had been sung by Asha Bhosle and Manna Dey. Small mercy. Therefore, Indpaedia consulted ''Hindi Film Geet Kosh,'' which agreed with ''Sureela Safar.'' Out of abundant caution Indpaedia also consulted the film’s credit titles, which confirmed that Sudha Malhotra and S.D. Batish were among the film’s singers.

==History==

==History==

Yogesh Pawar recalled in [http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-classical-music-and-films-from-raags-to-chartbusters-1575727 DNA India]

Yogesh Pawar recalled in [http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-classical-music-and-films-from-raags-to-chartbusters-1575727 DNA India]

I had gone to Khan Saheb with K Asif since I felt there was no one else who could do justice as the voice of Emperor Akbar’s court singer Mia Tansen. With his Patiala-Kasur style, the Behram Khani elements of Dhrupad, the gyrations of Jaipur, and the embellishments of Gwalior, his flexible voice could effortlessly span three octaves and easily move in all tempi,” he had said. “I was convinced it won’t work after he first refused.”

I had gone to Khan Saheb with K Asif since I felt there was no one else who could do justice as the voice of Emperor Akbar’s court singer Mia Tansen. With his Patiala-Kasur style, the Behram Khani elements of Dhrupad, the gyrations of Jaipur, and the embellishments of Gwalior, his flexible voice could effortlessly span three octaves and easily move in all tempi,” he had said. “I was convinced it won’t work after he first refused.”

Both ‘Prem jogan ban-ke’ and ‘Shubh din aayo raj dulara’ are still regarded as high points in the history of Indian film music.

Both ‘Prem jogan ban-ke’ and ‘Shubh din aayo raj dulara’ are still regarded as high points in the history of Indian film music.

==The ‘next rung’==

==The ‘next rung’==

The ''Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein'' CDs list 39 songs that were ‘in the shade’ (chhaoñ songs) this year. Prof Bhargava has compiled a list of eighteen runners-up. The two lists have nine songs in common. Thus, between the two, there are 48 unique songs in the ‘next rung.’  

The ''Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein'' CDs list 39 songs that were ‘in the shade’ (chhaoñ songs) this year. Prof Bhargava has compiled a list of eighteen runners-up. The two lists have nine songs in common. Thus, between the two, there are 48 unique songs in the ‘next rung.’  

‘Sureela Safar’ has placed some songs released in one year in the next year’s Runners Up list. Perfectly understandable.  Songs don’t lose their popularity at the stroke of midnight on December 31.   

‘Sureela Safar’ has placed some songs released in one year in the next year’s Runners Up list. Perfectly understandable.  Songs don’t lose their popularity at the stroke of midnight on December 31.   

=Raags in songs=

=Raags in songs=

Few film songs that have a root in Indian classical music remain faithful to a raag throughout their length. Indpaedia volunteers have sometimes mentioned raags even when there is merely a hint of that raag in a song. (Raag is also spelt raga.)

Few film songs that have a root in Indian classical music remain faithful to a raag throughout their length. Indpaedia volunteers have sometimes mentioned raags even when there is merely a hint of that raag in a song. (Raag is also spelt raga.)

=Binaca Geetmala’s Top 32 songs of 1960 =

=Binaca Geetmala’s Top 32 songs of 1960 =