◇ image via WikipediaR.D. Burman
R.D. Burman is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi and Geeta Dutt. Those roots explain a lot about how R.D. Burman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kishore Kumar, Bappi Lahiri, Jatin-Lalit, Nadeem-Shravan and Asha Bhosle, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Anu Malik, Monty Sharma, S. D. Burman and Divya Kumar, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around R.D. Burman, reaching back through Kishore Kumar and forward to Anu Malik. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films, bringing a new level of music ensemble with his compositions. Burman did his major work with legendary singers Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. He also worked extensively with lyricists like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Anand Bakshi and Gulzar, with whom he created some of the most memorable numbers in his career. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman and his Bengali lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman.
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R.D. Burman connections
R.D. Burman grew out of Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi, shares an orbit with Kishore Kumar, Bappi Lahiri, Jatin-Lalit and Nadeem-Shravan, went on to shape Anu Malik, Monty Sharma, S. D. Burman and Divya Kumar. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Kishore Kumarartist
- Bappi Lahiriartist
- Jatin-Lalitartist
- Nadeem-Shravanartist
- Asha Bhosleartist
- Lata Mangeshkarartist
- Kunal Ganjawalaartist
- Mohammed Rafiartist
- Kalyanji-Anandjiartist
- Rahul Dev Burmanartist
- Amit Kumarartist
- Alka Yagnikartist
- Sadhana Sargamartist
- Usha Uthupartist
- Manna Deyartist
- S. D. Burmanartist
- Shreya Ghoshalartist
- A.R. Rahmanartist
- Shaanartist
- Tanishk Bagchiartist
- Ash Kingartist
- Himesh Reshammiyaartist
- Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosleartist
- Talat Mahmoodartist
- Geeta Duttartist
- Shankar-Ehsaan-Loyartist
- Sunidhi Chauhanartist
- Anuradha Paudwalartist
- Amitabh Bachchanartist
- Pritamartist
- Babul Supriyoartist
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