Lata Mangeshkar
Lata
Mangeshkar, the nightingale of India, was born on 28th September 1929,
in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. The living legend of India started her
career way back in 1942 spanning till today. She is one of the best and
most reputed playback singers of India. Her voice has got such a fine
texture and versatile quality that nobody could match. From 1974 to
1991, she held the Guinness Book of World records for approximately
25,000 solo, duet, and chorus-backed songs recorded in her voice in 20
Indian languages between 1948 to 1974.
Childhood
Lata
Mangeshkar was born to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, a classical singer
and theater actor, and Shevanti Mangeshkar. Her love and exposure for
music started in her childhood days. At the age of five, she started
helping her father in his musical plays by being an actress in the
plays. It is funny but she stopped going to school because school
authorities did not allow her to teach music lessons to other students.
She studied musical art under Aman Ali Khan and Amanat Khan.
