Surinder Kaur (25 November 1929 – 14 June 2006) was an Indian singer. While she mainly sang Punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularizing the genre, she also recorded songs as a playback singer for Hindi films between 1948 and 1952. For her contributions to Punjabi music, she earned the sobriquet Nightingale of Punjab, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1984, and the Padma Shri in 2006. In a career spanning nearly six decades, her music included Punjabi Sufi Kafis of Bulleh Shah and verses by contemporary poets like Nand Lal Noorpuri, Amrita Pritam, Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi. Surinder Kaur was born to a Punjabi Sikh family in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab in British India. She was the sister of Parkash Kaur, a noted Punjabi singer. Surinder Kaur made her professional debut with a live performance on Lahore Radio in August 1943, and the following year on 31 August 1943, she and her elder sister, Parkash Kaur cut their first duet for the HMV label on shellac records. Following the Partition of India in 1947, Surinder Kaur and her parents relocated to Ghaziabad, Delhi. Later she started a career as a playback singer in Hindi film industry in Bombay, introduced by music director, Ghulam Haider. Under him she sang three songs in the 1948 film Shaheed, including "Badnam Na Ho Jaye Mohabbat Ka Fasaana", "Aanaa Hai To Aajaao" and "Taqdeer Ki Aandhi". A Doordarshan documentary titled, Punjab Di Koyal (Nightingale of Punjab), on the life and works of Surinder Kaur was released in 2006. It later won the Doordarshan National Award.
2009
Saregama
Cass, Comp
2007
Saregama
CD, Comp
2006
Saregama
Cass, Comp
2006
Saregama
Cass, Comp
2005
Saregama
CD, Comp
2004
Saregama, RPG
CD, Comp
2003
His Master's Voice, RPG, Saregama
Cass, Comp
2003
RPG, Saregama
CD, Comp
2003
RPG, Saregama
CD, Comp
2002
RPG, His Master's Voice, RPG Music
CD, Comp, RE
2002
Saregama, His Master's Voice
Cass, Comp
2001
His Master's Voice, RPG Enterprises
Cass, Comp
1999
RPG Music, RPG
CD, Comp
1999
RPG, RPG Music
CD, Comp
1999
RPG, His Master's Voice
Cass, Comp
1998
His Master's Voice, RPG Enterprises
Cass, Comp
1998
1996
Amrit Vani
Cass, Album
1996
Amrit Vani
Cass
1996
His Master's Voice, RPG Enterprises
Cass, Comp
1996
1995
Roma Music Bank
Cass
1995
His Master's Voice, RPG Enterprises
Cass, Comp
1995
1994
1991
Sargam (4)
Cass, Comp
1987
1982
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1982
EMI
Cass, Comp
1982
1981
His Master's Voice
7", Sup
1980
His Master's Voice
7"
1980
His Master's Voice
7", Sup
1980
His Master's Voice
LP
1979
His Master's Voice
LP, Album
1979
1978
His Master's Voice
7", Sup
1978
Odeon
7", EP
1978
His Master's Voice
7", Sup
1978
1977
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1977
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1976
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1976
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1975
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1975
Angel Records
7", EP
1975
1974
His Master's Voice
7"
1974
His Master's Voice
7", Sup
1974
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1974
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1973
His Master's Voice
7", Single
1973
Odeon
7", EP
1972
Odeon
7", EP
1972
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1971
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1971
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1971
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1970
His Master's Voice
7", EP
1970
1969
His Master's Voice
LP, Album
1968
1968
1968
1968
1968
1967
Angel Records
7", EP
1962
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
1959
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
1952
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
1952
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
1952
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
1952
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
1950
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
Amrit Vani
Cass, Album
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
Crown (28)
7", EP, Mono
Orient
7", EP
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10", M/Print
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
Orient
7", EP
Amrit Vani
Cass, Album
Paras (2)
Cass, Comp
2001
1998
1979
Tropical Melody
LP
1971
His Master's Voice
7", EP
T-Series
Cass
2013
Not Now Music
2xCD, Comp
2013
Not Now Music
2xCD, Comp
2011
Saregama
9xCD, Comp
2011
Saregama, RP - Sanjiv Goenka Group
2xCD, Comp
2007
Nascente
3xCD, Comp
2007
Nascente
2xCD, Comp
2007
2006
Saregama
CD, Comp
2006
Moviebox, Saregama, Saregama
3xCD, Comp
2005
Saregama, RPG Enterprises
2xCD, Comp
2005
Saregama, RPG
CD, Comp
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