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The 68 most popular Hindi-Urdu songs of 1979

Two notes about the credits

i) Putting everyone in a difficult situation: Towards the end of CD 47 of GCM, Mr. Amin Sayani announced that the song Kuchh tum karo kuchh hum kareiñ from the film Hamaare Tumhare had been composed by ‘the great Shankar-Jaikishan’ and that the lyrics were by Vishweshwar Sharma. However, the jacket of CD/ Volume 47 credits the music and lyrics to Rahul Dev Burman and Yogesh respectively.

Such a major contradiction between what is said on the disc (and by the undisputed no.1 radio jockey in the history of Hindi-Urdu music at that) and what is printed on the jacket (by SaReGaMa, no less) threw Indpaedia’s volunteers in a tizzy. Mr. Harmandir Singh ‘Hamraaz,’ despite his faithfulness to original record labels, is, all said and done, a secondary source. Amin Sayani and the SaReGaMa employees who wrote the jacket notes were the Indian popular music establishment itself. Only the SaReGaMa website could overrule them.

SaReGaMa’s website agreed with the jacket notes. One arm of SaReGaMa reiterated what the other had written. Therefore, the dispute remained unresolved.

There was only one higher argument-settler left: the film’s credit titles. They ruled in favour of Rahul Dev Burman and Yogesh.

This unusual clash between the CD and its jacket, between the gigantic Amin Sayani and that repository of most of Indian popular music, SaReGaMa, compelled Indpaedia to draw up the Hierarchy listed on the page Hindi-Urdu hit songs: Methodology.

ii) Who were the singers of the song Golmaal hai bhai from the film Golmaal? Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar wrote: Rahul Dev Burman/ Sapan Chakraborty. However, a usually reliable website said: Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar. Consulting SaReGaMa was useless. They listed two versions of the song, both credited to Sapan Chakraborty. Therefore, the arbitration of Hindi Film Geet Kosh was sought, and it agreed with Sureela Safar.

A note about the number of songs

Since 1957, when there were 34 songs in its annual list, BGM has always played at least 32 songs in its end-of-year broadcasts. There have been freak years like 1977, when there were 42 finalists, but the general trend was 32 guaranteed songs, plus a few bonus songs squeezed in. In 1979, true to this pattern, BGM officially played the Top 35 songs of the year. In addition there were nine jhalak songs (‘flashes’ is BGM’s official English translation of jhalak, which literally means ‘glimpse’). Typically, these ‘flashes’ were brief excerpts from songs that had figured in the previous year’s annual hit parade as well. The 1979 list included a flash from the song Jaan ki qasam from the film Azaad (see Hindi Geet Mala 1979, as well as Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar, page 153). However, neither Indpaedia’s own records, nor any of the three annual lists consulted (GCM, Hindi Geet Mala, Sureela Safar) indicate that this song had played in the previous year’s main list, or even ‘Chhaon.’

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+==Two notes about the credits==
+i) '''Putting everyone in a difficult situation: ''' Towards the end of CD 47 of GCM, Mr. Amin Sayani announced that the song ''Kuchh tum karo kuchh hum kareiñ '' from the film '' ''' Hamaare Tumhare ''' '' had been composed by ‘the great Shankar-Jaikishan’ and that the lyrics were by Vishweshwar Sharma. However, the jacket of 	CD/ Volume 47 credits the music and lyrics to Rahul Dev Burman and Yogesh respectively.
+Such a major contradiction between what is said on the disc (and by the undisputed no.1 radio jockey in the history of Hindi-Urdu music at that) and what is printed on the jacket (by SaReGaMa, no less) threw Indpaedia’s volunteers in a tizzy. Mr. Harmandir Singh ‘Hamraaz,’ despite his faithfulness to original record labels, is, all said and done, a secondary source. Amin Sayani and the SaReGaMa employees who wrote the jacket notes were the Indian popular music ''establishment itself.'' Only the SaReGaMa website could overrule them.
+SaReGaMa’s website agreed with the jacket notes. One arm of SaReGaMa reiterated what the other had written. Therefore, the dispute remained unresolved.
+There was only one higher argument-settler left: the film’s credit titles. They ruled in favour of Rahul Dev Burman and Yogesh.
+This unusual clash between the CD and its jacket, between the gigantic Amin Sayani and that repository of most of Indian popular music, SaReGaMa, compelled Indpaedia to draw up the '''Hierarchy ''' listed on the page [[Hindi-Urdu hit songs: Methodology]].
+ii) Who were the singers of the song ''Golmaal hai bhai '' from the film ''' Golmaal'''? ''Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar '' wrote: Rahul Dev Burman/ Sapan Chakraborty. However, a usually reliable website said: Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar. Consulting SaReGaMa was useless. They listed two versions of the song, both credited to Sapan Chakraborty. Therefore, the arbitration of ''Hindi Film Geet Kosh'' was sought, and it agreed with ''Sureela Safar.''
+==A note about the number of songs==
+Since 1957, when there were 34 songs in its annual list, BGM has always played at least 32 songs in its end-of-year broadcasts. There have been freak years like 1977, when there were 42 finalists, but the general trend was 32 guaranteed songs, plus a few bonus songs squeezed in.
+In 1979, true to this pattern, BGM officially played the Top 35 songs of the year. In addition there were nine ''jhalak'' songs (‘flashes’ is BGM’s official English translation of jhalak, which literally means ‘glimpse’). Typically, these ‘flashes’ were brief excerpts from songs that had figured in the previous year’s annual hit parade as well.
+The 1979 list included a flash from the song ''Jaan ki qasam'' from the film ''' Azaad '''  (see [http://hindigeetmala.net/binaca_geetmala_1979.htm Hindi Geet Mala 1979], as well as ''Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar,'' page 153). However, neither Indpaedia’s own records, nor any of the three annual lists consulted (GCM, Hindi Geet Mala, Sureela Safar) indicate that this song had played in the previous year’s main list, or even ‘Chhaon.’
+==Binaca Geetmala’s Top 44 songs of 1979==
 =See also=
 ==For lists of popular songs==

Binaca Geet Mala 1979: annual list

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