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	Filmi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They tend to sing for many films, have long careers and be adored by their fans.
		When Hollywood does use playback singers, the practice is buried in the end-of-film credits and ignored as much as possible by the publicists.
		She and her sister Asha Bhosle dominated female playback singing for decades.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Filmi_music (1123 words)

	Whalenet Information Archive 1998: LFA PLAYBACKS TO HAWAIIAN HUMPBACKS (fwd)
		The source level and timing of the playbacks were designed so that the exposure of whale subjects would not be much higher than the same whales might be expected to encounter near other sound sources in their environment such as large ships or vocalizing whales.
		While the playback source levels in Hawaii were louder than the propulsion noise of most ships in the study area, whales migrating to and from the breeding area might encounter shipping noise in the loudness range of the playbacks.
		The playbacks were designed to provide a controlled and limited exposure for the whale subjects, but other marine mammals or potentially vulnerable animals such as sea turtles might also be in the vicinity of the playback vessel.
	whale.wheelock.edu /archives/info98/0239.html (3779 words)

	The Big Playback, by Erik Davis
		Since the late 1940s, when the original generation of singing actors died out, playback singers have provided the pipes for the handful of de rigueur song sequences that glitz up nearly every commercial film pumped out of India's massive moviemaking machines (750 movies a year).
		And while girlish squeals of the female playback singers are an acquired taste, it's their melodic passion that ultimately puts this strange brew over the top.
		Playback singers and filmi composers sample the globe and pour the sugar thick, and their music teases out an essential pop urge: We want the world and we want it now.
	www.techgnosis.com /playback.html (1250 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| An acoustic postconflict display in the duetting tropical boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus): ...
		A pre-stimulus period of 15 min preceding the playback was observed to assess baseline activity and for comparison with post-stimulus singing behaviour.
		Preliminary playbacks had shown that duet type 5 was often sung after a period of silence in which the birds typically remained in the vicinity of the playback area.
		We regarded pairs that left the vicinity of the playback before it had ended as losers whereas pairs that remained close by throughout the playback were classified as winners of the encounter.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1472-6785/4/1 (3371 words)

	Encyclopedia: Filmi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Udit Narayan is a well established playback singer in the Hindi bollywood industry.
		See: Playback singer A playback singer is a singer whose song is pre-recorded for use in films.
		A playback singer is a singer whose song is pre-recorded for use in films.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Filmi (2859 words)

	maarya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Playback singing these days is not too tough.
		Playback singing is all about establishing your voice then when you suit everybody, you are in demand.
		Playback singing was my ambition not pop music even though the latter is more lucrative.
	www.maaryasonu.8m.com /index.html (637 words)

	TAMIL POP PAGE
		An accomplished Carnatic, Hindustani and Western vocalist and film playback singer, Anoorada's transition from the chaste classical realm to the light and breezy world of pop was prompted by her unsatiable desire to use her voice in various musical cultures and explore a palette of expressive and virtuosic singing styles.
		Renuka, a well-known Playback singer in Tamil and Malayalam films of the 1960's, Anoorada Sriram is also on the path to becoming a top-ranked Playback singer.
		Singing in films is definitely going to be a major portion of my music career.
	www.angelfire.com /ma/tamilpop/index.html (1771 words)

	IndiaStar: "Playback as Mass Fantasy: The Hindi Film Experience" article by Ajay Gelhawat
		Playback singers learned to adapt their voices to suit the many and varied screen characters for whom they had to sing.
		Additionally, playback singers had to be proficient in a variety of song types employed by the film music directors to suit the needs of the film, the film song situation and the screen characters.
		While singing in the forest the duo dance suggestively to the music, the actress's long wet hair whipping across her breasts as she bids the actor to "come into her arms." Yet as they approach each other, and are about to kiss, their heads move away at the last second.
	www.indiastar.com /Gehlawat.html (3037 words)

	Indian Melody : Lata Mangeshkar, Nightingale of India - An Article
		Over the last 56 years of her singing career, Lata thought of retiring several times, but it was the affection of her fans that never let her call it a day.
		Lata’s reign over the world of playback singing for female characters has been undisputed over the decades and she has lent her voice to heroines from Madhubala to Madhuri Dixit to Kajol.
		Yes, several female playback singers who could not, perhaps, match Lata’s range and talent, have alleged that during her long career at the top, Lata did not let other talented singers come up.
	www.indianmelody.com /lataarticle1.htm (444 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		It was a coincidence that, that morning, he had been singing the same songs I had chosen to sing in front of him.
		For example, if you are singing in the Raga Puryadhanashri which is an evening raga, the moment you start singing you feel sadness, a little pathos somewhere or if you sing Desh you start feeling its monsoon time.
		Many people sing well, but singing for the silver screen is very different, you need a voice, which will make a presence on the screen.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /CityHome.asp?xfile=data/citytimes/2005/March/citytimes_March60.xml§ion=citytimes&col= (1040 words)

	Indian Composers & Indian Playback Singers
		Asha Bhonsle the legendary playback singer of the country belongs to the Mangeshkar clan-the famous family of musicians.
		She is the numero uno among Indian singers and has been the reigning queen of playback singing for more than 50 years.
		His range was such that he could sing foot-tapping numbers to melancholic songs with equal ease.
	music.indobase.com /composers-playback-singers (461 words)

	Articles
		The musical memories of the singing star from the film Chandidas (Tarpet beate din rain') in 1934 to Parwana (Toot gaya sub sapne mere) in 1947 appear to have been cast in imperishable bronze as his songs continue to pervade the air even on the threshold of the 21st century.
		In all three films the heroine's songs were sung by a young lady who had also made her debut in playback singing in 1946 but till then had not made any significant headway in her career.
		She was to be launched as a singing star and it was to be India's first film in cinemascope but the film was shelved after just a few days shooting.
	gaurav-kumar.tripod.com /article.htm (6625 words)

	singer-roop-kumar-rathod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		That's Roop Kumar Rathod for you, who has carved his own special niche in the world of music, be it ghazals or playback singing.His is a voice that stands out amongst the rest, a voice that stirs your heart.
		Roopkumar Rathod was introduced as a playback singer by Laxmikant — Pyarelal in Angaar (1992), though his brother (Nadeem -) Shravan was already an established music director.
		In 1978, she lost her singing voice, and the condition remained for 6 years, defying medical treatment.
	www.hindilyrix.com /singers/singer-roop-kumar-rathod.html (566 words)

	PITCHING for change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Malathy, who started singing at 13, says that her entry into music was not planned.
		Her first break in playback singing, however, came a long 12 years later.
		Ask her about the danger of being branded a `high pitch singer' and she is quick to point out, "Not many sing in high pitch these days.
	www.lakshmansruthi.com /profiles/pitchingforchange.htm (443 words)

	The Origins of the Playback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Even after playback system came into force and pre-recording of songs before the shoot became technically possible artiste themselves sang their songs and not by off-screen voice -lending playback singers.
		She sings a song in a concert in a king's court.
		In the early years of playback singing the gramophone discs did not carry the name of the singer.
	www.sangeetham.com /playback.htm (1419 words)

	S P Balasubrahmanyam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He developed an interest in and learnt the notations instruments such as harmonium and flute on his own while listening to father.
		He feels that vocal gimmickry cannot up incorrect accent concedes that his accent diction in Hindi are not perfect but that accent is secondary to singing wherein proper emotions are primarily needed as per lyrics and situations.
		SPB as he is shortly known virtually playback singing for more than 15 years the Telugu and Tamil cinema.
	www.freeglossary.com /SPB (206 words)

	Lata Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The playback singer who made her debut in 1947 with Joglekar's Aap Ki Sewa Mein, continues to sing even today and dominates the billboards with her chartbusters in films like Maachis, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Dil Se.
		Lata further revealed that by singing less these days, she was actually taking a much-needed rest.
		She said her style of singing was no longer suited to the type of songs that are being written and composed for films.
	gaurav-kumar.tripod.com /larticle.htm (3991 words)

	Keralaonline.com - Straight Talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		She was called for the interview and asked to sing a song.
		And now she was standing next to him, in the same room, and singing a duet with him.
		Chitra has the distinction of being the first female singer in south Indian playback singing history to be honoured as the best singer in all the four south Indian language film industries.
	www.keralaonline.com /straighttalk/display.asp?cap=chithra.htm (638 words)

	Cybernoon.com
		Playback singing kept crossing my mind for a while...
		The Indians who heard me sing in South America kept telling me to sing for films but for a long time I did not act upon it.
		I plan to stick to this name, I'm singing for Subhashji's (Ghai) Kisna and he feels 'M' is a lucky alphabet for him.
	www.cybernoon.com /DisplayArticle.asp?section=xtras&subsection=womensextra&xfile=July2004_celebritystyle_standard119&child=celebritystyle (870 words)

	Telugu Cinema - Research - Analysis - A Muse on Telugu Music Today - Sreya Sunil
		The competition in playback singing these days is enormous compared to the bygone eras where there weren't many singers available and even if they were available, music directors did not wish to experiment so much like today.
		Life for the female playback singers is not as complex as their male counterparts.
		With Chitra singing not more than one or two songs in the recent albums and with one song reserved for heroes, on an average, female singers get to sing about three to four songs in an album.
	www.idlebrain.com /research/anal/museontelugumusic.html (1210 words)

	Telugu Cinema Etc - Idlebrain.com
		Later on, I did not get any offers from music directors and I did not try hard for playback singing, as I had to concentrate on my studies too.
		But I am a professional singer and I should sing songs however bad the lyrics are.
		We are supposed to sing the songs and we will sing them.
	www.idlebrain.com /celeb/interview/inter_usha.html (1993 words)

	Musical Nirvana - Runa Laila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This brought her the first break when in 1964, she was invited to sing as a playback singer for a film.
		After that success, she regularly started getting playback singing offers, and success came without much trouble for young Runa Laila.
		Influence of Mehdi Hassan on her ghazal singing is enormous.
	www.musicalnirvana.com /ghazal/runa_laila.html (234 words)

	MusicalNirvana - Jagjit and Chitra Singh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After complete a degree in English she moved to Bombay hoping to become a playback singer.
		But work was hard to come by and they had to just sing jingles for a living.
		Jagjit has continued to sing and released Sajda with Lata Mangeshkar, her first ghazal album.
	www.musicalnirvana.com /ghazal/jagjit_chitra_singh.html (247 words)

	Playback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Playback, an album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Playback (86 words)

	Melody Queen P. Susheela
		P. Susheela who has completed 50 years of playback singing announced her retirement from this field.
		She feels now it is time for her to spend the rest of her life serving God through her songs.
		Vairamuthu gave P Susheela the title of Raga rani and her peer Janaki congratulated her on completing 50 years of film playback singing.
	www.psusheela.org /links/muthamil.html (146 words)

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		The playback singers who reigned the Hindi film world for over 40 years had given initial songs during the decade 1941-50.
		Rajkumari, Shamshad Begum, Khurshid, Suraiya, Noorjehan and Geeta Roy (Dutt) were in the forefront of playback singing before Lata Mangeshkar entered the field, singing a thumri ‘Pa lagoo barjori...’ in the film Aapki Seva Mein (1947) on HMV N 26958.
		Another playback singer entered the film world in 1948 and that was Asha Bhosle.
	www.screenindia.com /print.php?content_id=7072&secnam=music (653 words)

	S P Balasubrahmanyam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He has sung more than 30,000 songs in more than 5 different Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada.
		He feels that vocal gimmickry cannot cover up incorrect accent, concedes that his accent and diction in Hindi are not perfect, but insists that accent is secondary to singing wherein the proper emotions are primarily needed as per the lyrics and situations.
		SPB, as he is shortly known, virtually monopolised playback singing for more than 15 years in the Telugu and Tamil cinema.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-S_P_Balasubrahmanyam.html (293 words)

	Media Advice: Troubleshooting Audio Playback Issues in Windows Media Player
		If the Player is registered to open CDA files, but you still can't play the CD, the CD may not have been created using CD-burning software (that is, the CDA files, but not the music files, were copied to the CD).
		Playback support for MIDI Sequence in Windows is actually provided by Microsoft DirectX and your sound card, not the Player.
		In the MIDI music playback area, make sure that the default device is not set to MPU-401 or External MIDI, unless you are trying to play an external synthesizer.
	www.microsoft.com /windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0067.aspx (1342 words)

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