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About the same time Khan happened to come across 15-year-old Nazia Hassan at a party in London. Khan later requested Hassan have an audition with Biddu. Biddu later signed her up for the song he was composing for Qurbani. [16] It did not take a long time for Biddu to compose "Aap Jaisa Koi" for Qurbani. [16]
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.”
My influences were Elvis, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra.” Now he lives in London, spending four months a year in Bombay and Goa. Before leaving India in 1976, Biddu played in a band called the Trojans, India’s first English-singing band, who used to dress like the Beatles. Once in London he headed for Earls Court.
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Dec 1, 2010 · Biddu starts with his very early days and his attraction towards London, the several attempts made to elope Bangalore and India and how they failed, the transition of The Trojans to The Lone Trojan, the life in the then Calcutta and Bombay, the friends and the love for music, the farewell shows, the betrayals (not in love), the plan to reach ...
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After the group split, Biddu trained his sights on London, the home of rock-n-roll, Beatles and The Rolling Stones. His arduous journey in 1967 on a Haj ship to Mecca and then hitchhiking through...
Mar 19, 2018 · For about two years, Biddu sold hamburgers in London. The nights were spent writing and composing music. Having saved enough money he hired a studio and produced his first single, which came and went, unheralded.
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Biddu (born as Biddu Appaiah in 1944) hails from Coorg, Karnataka and is an Indo-British singer, song-writer, music composer and producer with an international recording career spanning over five decades. Bitten by the music bug when he was still a teenager, he tried running away from home to Japan.
