His beats gave us joy and made us groove. Singer and composer Bappi Lahiri has died at the age of 69 in a Mumbai hospital. The singer and music composer’s cremation will take place on the arrival of his son, Bappa Lahiri from LA tomorrow mid-morning.
Alokesh Lahiri, popularly known as Bappi Lahiri, was an Indian singer, composer, politician and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions
Bappi Lahiri is known for delivering popular songs in several films of late 1970s-80s like Chalte Chalte, Disco Dancer & Sharaabi. He was an icon in music industry who had his own unique style with an unending enthusiasm.
No musical evening in ’80s and ’90s ended without ‘Chalte chalte yaad rakhna/ Kabhi alvida na kehna’, set to Bappi-da’s music. It feels he created it for this day.
The man made music ahead of his time, to make disco dancers dance to his tune for generations to come.
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