◇ image via WikipediaBappi Lahiri
Bappi Lahiri is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jatin-Lalit, Elvis Presley and Abhijeet. Those roots explain a lot about how Bappi Lahiri arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Asha Bhosle, Kalyanji-Anandji, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vijay Benedict, Amit Kumar, Monali Thakur, Ismail Darbar and Neeti Mohan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Bappi Lahiri, reaching back through Jatin-Lalit and forward to Vijay Benedict. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bappi Aparesh Lahiri, also known as Bappi Da, was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks. He delivered major box office successes primarily in Hindi, Telugu, and Bengali films. His music was well received into the 21st century.
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Bappi Lahiri connections
Bappi Lahiri grew out of Jatin-Lalit, Elvis Presley and Abhijeet, shares an orbit with Asha Bhosle, Kalyanji-Anandji, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar, went on to shape Vijay Benedict, Amit Kumar, Monali Thakur and Ismail Darbar. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- R.D. Burmanartist
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- Parvati Khanartist
- Himesh Reshammiyaartist
- Sukhwinder Singhartist
- Sunidhi Chauhanartist
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- Rahul Dev Burmanartist
- Shreya Ghoshalartist
- Anuradha Paudwalartist
- Mika Singhartist
- Sadhana Sargamartist
- Manna Deyartist
- Nadeem-Shravanartist
- Kailash Kherartist
- Neeraj Shridharartist
- Ash Kingartist
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