Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Ramkumar Chatterjee : four songs

Ramkumar Chatterjee is regarded as the repository of Bangla Puratoni Gaan (old Bengali songs). It was he who popularized the genre of Bengali Baithaki songs. Hailing from a strong musical background as his grandfather, himself a classical singer, wanted young Ramkumar to learn tabla as it would help him to develop an ear for musical notation. However, the prized moment came later when he got an opportunity to accompany Kazi Nazrul Islam during a public meeting held by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Hedua in north Calcutta. Sharatchandra Pandit popularly known as 'Dadathakur' appointed him as a singer at the radio station after a short voice test, which he cleared, and started singing. He was given five rupees per song.



Ramkumar Chatterjee - Chait Beet Jayere :  Download








Ramkumar Chatterjee - Raja Tore Paniya :  Download








Ramkumar Chatterjee - Phool Gendwa Na Maro :  Download








Ramkumar Chatterjee - Jigar Ke Tukre :  Download








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5 comments:

cinemediapromo said...

My apologies for doing this as a comment, but I couldn't find a contact address on the site. I am a publicist and have an upcoming CD release Sufis at the Cinema. It thought it would be appropriate for this blog and wanted to find out if you accept submissions for possible review.

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My email address is given under the feedback link at the bottom of the blog. It is :

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noleggio luci roma said...

I am a biggest friend of Rajkumar Chatterjee. Great musician in india. Belong to a musical family. Nice. Thanks for sharing this post so much.
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noleggio luci roma said...

I am a biggest friend of the Rajkumar Chatterjee. Greatest musician. I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Thanks for shaing this post so much.
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mr xgn said...

Hi! Would you know where I can get a good quality copy of 'Phool Gendwa Na Maro', other Ramkumar as well, but 'Phool Gendwa Na Maro' especially. Very nice song.

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