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- Biddu Appaiah (born 8 February 1945) is a British-Indian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer who composed and produced many worldwide hit records during a career spanning five decades. Considered one of the pioneers of disco, Euro disco, and Indian pop, he has sold millions of records worldwide, and has received an Ivor Novello award for his work.
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Biddu Appaiah (born 8 February 1945) [1] is a British-Indian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer who composed and produced many worldwide hit records during a career spanning five decades. [2][3] Considered one of the pioneers of disco, [3][4] Euro disco, [1] and Indian pop, [2][5] he has sold millions of records worldwide, [3] and ...
Feb 11, 2010 · When Bangalore boy Biddu finally reached London in 1967 ”“ via Basra, Beirut and Paris – it was the first step towards realising his childhood dream of “making it as a musician in the West.” And make it he did. With over 38 million records sold, Biddu is easily the most successful Indian music producers on the international scene.
Aug 14, 2014 · Biddu ventured into Bollywood with the sensational composition ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’ for ‘Qurbani’ and popularised Indie-pop in India with another best-selling album, ‘Disco Deewane’.
- Pallavi Bansal
Mar 19, 2018 · He performed in Beirut for six months and saved enough money to travel to France where he lived for a year before he moved to London in 1969. His struggle did not end there. For about two years, Biddu sold hamburgers in London.
Mar 13, 2015 · Biddu, an Indian-born, England-based music producer had a career spanning five decades. His most recognisable production was Kung Fu Fighting (1974) and he enjoyed a career chock-full of hit...
Biddu (as a “slightly rebellious teenager” he changed his name to one word) is hard to place, culturally. His accent wavers between Bangalore and Bolton Gardens. “Bangalore was a British cantonment, so English is my only language,” he says.
In the 80s, Biddu pioneered a new genre of Hindi music called Indipop, producing ‘Made in India’ with the velvety-voiced singer Alisha Chinai as well as with Shweta Shetty, Shaan, Sagarika and...
