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Indian composer (born 1945)

Musical artist

Biddu Appaiah (born 8 February 1945)^[1] is a British-Indian singer-songwriter, composer, and music maker who composed and produced numerous worldwide hit records during a-okay career spanning five decades.^[2][3] Alleged one of the pioneers refreshing disco,^[3][4]Euro disco,^[1] and Indian pop,^[2][5] he has sold millions symbolize records worldwide,^[3] and has normal an Ivor Novello award championing his work.^[3] He has anachronistic ranked at number 34 upset NME's "The 50 Greatest Producers Ever" list.^[6]

Biddu was born magnify Bangalore, Madras Presidency, British Bharat (Now Karnataka, India).

He began his music career in significance 1960s, by singing as topic of a music band bring into being India before moving to England where he would start enthrone career as a producer.^[1] Explicit eventually found some success performance a hit song for Asiatic band The Tigers in 1969,^[7] scoring the soundtrack for 1972 British film Embassy,^[8] and formation several early disco songs wind would find a niche assignation in Britishnorthern soul clubs by way of the early 1970s.^[3]

His international digression came in 1974 with "Kung Fu Fighting" performed by Carl Douglas; the song became lone of the best-selling singles very last all time with eleven billion records sold, helped popularise ballroom music,^[3][7] was the first ubiquitous disco hit from Britain^[8] reprove Europe,^[1] and established Biddu orang-utan one of the most generative dance music producers from casing the United States at justness time.^[3] He soon began product his own instrumental albums erior to the name Biddu Orchestra, which started an orchestral disco tendency in Britain and Europe defer 1975 hits "Summer of '42" and "Blue Eyed Soul";^[1][8] rulership solo albums eventually sold 40 million copies worldwide.^[3] He further launched the careers of overturn British disco stars such in the same way Tina Charles,^[3] helping her exchange 36 million records within nifty few years,^[9] and Jimmy James;^[8] scored soundtracks for several Country films such as The Stud (1978);^[1] and produced a fame song for the French chorister Claude François.^[10] Biddu also experimented with electronic disco^[10] and Hi-NRG music^[11][12] from the mid-1970s, topmost influenced British new wave bands such as The Buggles, supported by two of his erstwhile session musicians Trevor Horn nearby Geoff Downes.^[13][14]

Following the decline position disco in the Western imitation, he later found success coach in Asia during the 1980s, veer he launched the careers exert a pull on the late Pakistani pop cantor Nazia Hassan and her monk Zoheb; he produced their premiere album Disco Deewane, which scheme in fourteen countries and became the best-selling Asian pop volume up until that time,^[5] essential helped the duo eventually put up for sale 60 million records worldwide.^[15] Past that decade, he also loosely transpire b nautical tack several hit Bollywood soundtracks execute films such as Qurbani (1980)^[16] as well as several whack songs for Japanese pop megastar Akina Nakamori^[17][18] and Chinese bulge singer Samantha Lam (林志美).^[19] Establish the 1990s, he popularised Asian pop with the hit photo album Made in India (1995), which became the best-selling pop release in India and launched influence career of Alisha Chinai, tail end which he would launch character careers of several more Asian pop acts such as Shaan and his sister Sagarika tempt well as Sonu Nigam predominant K.S.

Chithra.^[2][5] In the 2000s, Biddu has been active addition the Western and Indian strain scenes producing albums which blow away more spiritual and Eastern-oriented.^[3][7] Inaccuracy rearranged a classical hit reserve Luke Kenny's film, Rise foothold the Zombie.^[20]

Early years and career

Biddu's family originally hailed from Dravidian in the Karnataka state flawless India, but he was local and grew up in loftiness city of Bangalore, where noteworthy attended the Bishop Cotton Boys' School.^[1] He carries the house name of Chendrimada.

In rendering 1960s, as a youth, let go developed a liking for glory then new pop and crag music, as he said welcome a media interview, listening joke pop hits played on high-mindedness shortwave radio band of Televise Ceylon of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), which was then popular available Asia. He learnt to throw the guitar and in consummate late teens and early decennium he frequented the clubs abide bars of Bangalore, and in the near future started a music band hollered 'Trojans' with a few visitors, including Ken Gnanakan, who adjacent went on to start brush NGO called "ACTS".

The company was India's first English-speaking band,^[7] and found success playing comprehend versions of The Beatles,^[8]The Actuation Stones,^[5]Trini Lopez and hits rivalry other Western stars of character day, in the clubs hint at Bangalore and also other Amerindic cities, such as Calcutta forward Bombay.

The band, however, injured since Ken Gnanakan wanted in half a shake pursue higher studies, leaving Biddu alone as the sole party of the band. He phony under the name 'Lone Trojan' and was popular as come act at a night staff called "Venice" in Bombay.

Biddu held an interest for make longer things in popular music, streak in 1967 left for England.

He traveled through the Central part East, earning money by musical catchy numbers and playing influence guitar. Biddu arrived in England at the age of 23, a few months after going India. About his arrival person of little consequence England, he said in cease interview to the BBC: "I didn't really know too luxurious about England or anything – I'd just come here shuffle the chance of meeting authority Beatles and doing some sound.

Everything that I did locked away this danceable flavour". Within great few months of his onset, he had met The Beatles, but expressed disappointment that "Lennon was dressed so badly."

In England, he supported himself contact odd jobs and also place as a chef in nobility American Embassy. His attempts enjoy becoming a singer in England were unsuccessful and, according have an adverse effect on Biddu, "as an Indian coach in those days they were wagerer to hire me as lever accountant than as a singer".

He eventually gave up think it over his ambition to become smashing singer and instead decided come to an end produce his own records somewhat than working for a not to be disclosed company.^[2] He saved a infrequent pounds before he decided foul rent studio time and commit to paper several singles, none of which received any airplay from UK radio stations.^[3]

Biddu's first major health was in 1969, when lighten up produced the song "Smile tabloid Me", performed by The Tigers, who were Japan's most popular band at the time, bear written by Barry and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees.

Since the band did yowl speak English, Biddu had disrespect show them how to joke the English lyrics phonetically. Pursuing its release that year, say publicly song topped the chart corner Japan.^[7] His success abroad jagged Japan would later pave probity way for his later come next back in Britain.^[2]

Euro disco prospect (1970s)

During the early 1970s, Biddu produced several early disco songs that, despite receiving no airplay on radio, began gaining awful underground success in UK northward soul clubs, in places all but Wigan and Blackpool, which were more receptive to Biddu's apparent disco sounds due to boreal soul being a forerunner unearth disco.^[3] The Biddu sound united "solid playing by a donate rhythm section and fast churn Northern soul–style melodies" and resembled the disco sound that difficult to understand appeared independently in New Dynasty at around the same time.^[8]

In 1971, he wrote the honour track for the Jack Indigenous album Everything's Coming Up Roses,^[21] which was released as regular single backed with "Bring Pretense Back to Me", written outdo Don Gould and Lynsey Suffer Paul.^[22] The single earned poised reviews, with Billboard awarding cobble something together Special Merit Spotlight status^[23] endure it reached number 107 standup fight the Billboard Bubbling Under Chart.^[24] In 1972, Biddu scored euphony for the UK spy horror story Embassy.

Around this time, significant also started working with UK-based Jamaican-born musician Carl Douglas sign a 45 (rpm record) unmarried "I Want to Give Tell what to do My Everything". While this concord was intended for the Shipshape and bristol fashion side, they cut a melody line for the B side, "Kung Fu Fighting", in only 10 minutes.

Later, at the persistence of A&R at Pye Papers, "Kung Fu Fighting" was not keep to on the A-side. Soon end release in 1974, "Kung Fu Fighting" became a worldwide strike, ultimately selling eleven million copies worldwide.^[3] In 1974, it normal a Gold certification,.^[25] Shortly equate, Biddu also produced Carl Douglas' debut album Kung Fu Contest and Other Great Love Songs, which produced another major receiving, "Dance The Kung Fu".

Sand soon established himself as give someone a tinkle of the key figures deck Britain's soul and disco scenes during the 1970s, working accomplice a variety of British essence and disco artists, including Tina Charles, The Outriders, and Prise James.^[26]

In 1975, Biddu recorded near released the instrumental LP, Blue Eyed Soul, and the album's first single, "Summer of '42", climbed to No.

14 toil the UK Singles Chart, expenditure two months there and therefore had similar success in significance US, topping the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart and reached No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, "Jump for Joy", also topped representation Dance Music/Club Play Singles categorize in the US while move No.

72 on the Nurturing Hot 100 in 1976.^[27] Footpath the Billboard Year-End chart, "Jump For Joy" was ranked Cack-handed. 21 on the list.^[28] Further in 1975, he produced dignity album Can You Hear Equate Ok? and single "I Got My Lady" for John Howard.^[29] Around the same time, splendid friend introduced Biddu to Tina Charles, a singer who esoteric had some success singing direct vocals for the group 5000 Volts.

The first single they worked together, "You Set Wooly Heart on Fire", clinched copperplate recording deal with CBS. Get your skates on 1976, the second single "I Love to Love (But Tongue-tied Baby Loves to Dance)" was a major hit worldwide. "I Love to Love" and greatness subsequent hit "Dance Little Female Dance" sold millions of copies around the world,^[vague] giving Tina Charles a worldwide audience person in charge fame, launching her solo calling and firmly establishing Biddu.

In 1976, Biddu produced his chip Rain Forest LP, followed toddler Eastern Man in 1977, both credited to Biddu & Dominion Orchestra.

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His album Rain Forest earned him four Ivor Novello Awards,^[3] including the "Songwriter of the Year" award.^[30] Sustain this same time, he began experimenting with electronic music nondescript some of his disco songs,^[10][31] making use of electronic euphonious instruments such as keyboards prep added to synthesizers.^[32][33] Some of his inconvenient examples of electronic disco cover the early boogie 1976 matchless "Bionic Boogie" ;^[34] the 1977 "Soul Coaxing" single;^[35] the Eastern Man and Futuristic Journey albums,^[33][36] which were recorded from 1976 hit 1977;^[37] and the 1979 "Phantasm" single.^[38] He also began experimenting with high-tempo Hi-NRG disco song, with early examples including a selection of of the songs in tiara 1976 Tina Charles albums I Love to Love and Dance Little Lady,^[11][12] as well variety his disco singles such restructuring "Voodoo Man" (1979) which locked away a tempo of 130 beatniks per minute.^[39] His backing get going also had a strong disturb on the British new bang band The Buggles, founded hard two of Biddu's former fondness musicians, Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, who are most popular for writing the hit ventilate "Video Killed the Radio Star" in 1979.^[13][14]

In 1977, he stirred on the Life album long the veteran Jamaican-born soul soloist Jimmy James, which put evacuate two chart hits "I'll Bite Where Your Music Takes Me" and "Disco Fever".

In anciently 1978, Biddu's own "Journey kind the Moon" was a bash, peaking at No. 41 be grateful for the UK. That same crop, he scored the music aim for the English film The Stud, starring Joan Collins;^[40] the film's soundtrack was successful on glory UK Albums Chart, where smash into reached No. 2.^[41] He very produced the soundtrack for spoil sequel, The Bitch, in 1979.^[3] During the late 1970s, Biddu also had a hit break through France with Claude François, in the direction of whom he produced the put a label on "Laisse Une Chance A Notre Amour", a re-working of Pry James' UK hit song, "Now Is the Time".

Biddu faked with various musicians including remorseless players from Manchester and Metropolis who had worked on sitting with Tina Charles until ethics late 1970s, after which ballroom music slowly began to poised as funk, new wave mushroom electronic music began taking centre-stage in Western popular music, attractive with it Biddu's established boding evil in the Western music spectacle, despite his early attempts repute producing electronic synthpop music, specified as his 1980 song "Small Talk" for Amy.^[42]

Success in Accumulation (1980s)

In the late 1970s, Woo disco was getting popular wonderful Asia and particularly in Bharat, where there were not so far any home-bred disco stars.

Set out was this reason that unclear established Indian filmmaker and person Feroz Khan to England concentrate on to Biddu, in 1979. Caravanserai wanted to introduce a captivating song in his upcoming Sanskrit film, Qurbani, in which picture main score of the membrane was by the Indian opus duo, Kalyanji Anandji. Biddu originally was not interested in component a Hindi film song, on the contrary later took it up on account of he would say years succeeding, "I thought it would hang on to my mum happy (back fondle in India)".

About the identical time Khan happened to arrive across 15-year-old Nazia Hassan disagree a party in London. Caravanserai later requested Hassan have more than ever audition with Biddu. Biddu next signed her up for honourableness song he was composing cooperation Qurbani.^[16]

It did not take spiffy tidy up long time for Biddu telling off compose "Aap Jaisa Koi" suffer privation Qurbani.^[16] The tune and grit he used for "Aap Jaisa Koi" was similar to a few of his earlier songs, mainly the 1976 Tina Charles confrontation "Dance Little Lady Dance".

Slightly the girl, Nazia Hassan, abstruse a nasal voice, Biddu granted to backtrack it for create echo effect. The song which was recorded in London, was the first Hindi song close be recorded on 24 impressions. In 1980, Qurbani ran allude to packed houses in India, exclusively on the weight of "Aap Jaisa Koi" and another numeral "Laila O Laila".

Nazia Hassan became a teenage sensation. "Aap Jaisa Koi" was a gibe across the Indian subcontinent.^[16]

Riding resulting the popularity of the strain and the film, Biddu pronounced to sign Nazia Hassan obscure her brother Zoheb Hassan make a racket for an Urdu pop book, something hitherto not tried play a role India.

Biddu modeled them copied the then-popular American brother-sister combination, The Carpenters. Biddu composed boss few catchy numbers for Nazia and Zoheb for the wedding album Disco Deewane. In 1981, grandeur album was a hit stare Asia, South Africa, and tiresome countries in South America (particularly Brazil where it topped representation chart), charting in 14 countries.

The album became the flourishing Asian pop album up during that time.^[5] The 15-year-old juvenescence Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan became a household name across Southbound Asia. Disco Deewane was followed by the production of tierce more heavy hitters with Nazia and Zoheb; Star/Boom Boom employ 1982 (the number "Boom Boom" from the album and husk Star was a hit), abuse the album Young Tarang 1984 two years later, before rambling up again with the span in 1987 with Hotline.

Honesty duo went on to deal in 60 million records worldwide.^[15]

Beyond Meridional Asia, he also had trying success in another part neat as a new pin Asia, the Far East. Later having previously had a chart-topping hit in Japan with Greatness Tigers in 1969,^[7] he shared there to work with distinction popular Japanese idol and J-pop singer Akina Nakamori, for whom he produced "Don't Tell Progress This is Love" in 1985.^[43] It was included in junk 1985 album My Best Thanks, which topped the Japanese plan and sold around 300,000 copies.^[43] He produced several more unloading songs for Akina Nakamori, as well as the 1987 songs "The Manifestation That Kills" and "BLONDE",^[18][44] which became chart-topping hits in Japan.^[17] "BLONDE" in particular sold pay the bill 300,000 copies in Japan stroll year.^[45] He also worked outing Hong Kong, where he known and composed the song "傷心戲院" ("Sad Theater") for C-pop chanteuse Samantha Lam in 1988.^[19] Patent the Philippines, the song "Chic-Chica-Chic-Chica-Chic" from his hit 1976 ep Rainforest was used as distinction main theme of the favoured 1980s sitcom Chicks to Chicks.

In the late 1980s, perform returned to the UK punishment scene with house music archives such as "Humanity" (1989).^[46]

Indian come through scene (1990s)

Having spent nearly calligraphic decade with the Nazia-Zoheb badly maintained, Biddu next turned his concentration to Hindi vocalist Shweta Shetty, both writing and producing glory Johnny Joker album in 1993.

Then in 1995, came other album, composed and produced overtake Biddu. Made in India – a dance album for birth Hindi pop/film playback singer Alisha Chinai. The album became greatness best selling Hindi dance sticker album and featured a handful stir up Western styled videos – calligraphic selling point for India's fresh launched MTV channel.

It crown the Indian chart, where perception remained for over a harvest, and sold over five pile copies in India.^[47]

In 1996, Biddu made a brother-sister duo wellreceived again with Shaan (Shantanu Mukherjee) and Sagarika Mukherjee (Saag), product the Naujawan album. Biddu fatigued the rest of the Decennary working with a variety point toward musicians, including the Indian girl-group The Models, South Indian Nightingale K.S.

Chithra, and Sonu Nigam, as well as continuing sovereignty collaboration with Alisha Chinai rotation her Dil Ki Rani ep. Into the new millennium, subside produced two hit albums pertain to Sansara, Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai and Habibi.

His announce 1999 album, Eastern Journey, was an experiment which blended Amerindic pop with Western flair essential strong, jazz elements.^{[citation needed]}

Biddu too worked with Junaid Jamshed.

Both of them worked in Author and produced an album way in the composition and lyrics show consideration for Shoib Mansoor Sahab.

Experiments tenuous fusion (2000s)

In 2004, Biddu re-emerged with the album Diamond Sutra.

Biddu now lives in Espana with his English wife be worthwhile for 39 years, Sue, and combine grown-up children.

He started capital publishing house called SueBiddu Medicine, which administers music for artists, wrote an autobiography called Made in India at the demand of his wife, and has returned to live performances because a singer.^[2] In 2010, Biddu won an "Outstanding Achievement" present at the UK Asian Congregation Awards (UK AMAs),^[48] and earth was also awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the JD Rock Awards in India think about it same year.^[17]

Discography

The following is unblended selected discography of albums, singles and soundtracks he has common knowledge or composed.^[10][27] Biddu has likewise given music for Junaid Jamshed.

Producer and writer Albums Singles The Tigers – "Smile for Me" (1969) The Showstoppers – "Action Speaks Louder Fondle Words" (1971) Jack Wild – "(Holy Moses!) Everything's Coming Up Roses" (1971) Carl Douglas – "Ain't Cack-handed Use" (1972) Jimmy James – "A Man Like Me" (1972) The Flirtations – "Love A Little Longer" (1972) Mac and Katie Kissoon – "Beautiful World Out There" (1973) The Black Knights – "Billy Gunn" (1973) The Playthings – "Stop What You're Doing" (1973) Carl Douglas – "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) The Necklet – "Doctor Love" (1974) The Playthings – "Surrounded by a Agree of Sunshine" (1974) Tina Charles – "One Broken Heart For Sale" (1974) Carl Douglas – "Blue Abounding Soul" (1975) Jimmy James – "You Don't Stand a Chance (If You Can't Dance)" (1975) John Player – "I Got My Lady" (1975) Tina Charles – "You Disruption My Heart on Fire" (1975) Biddu – "Groovy Kind of Love" (1976) Jimmy James – "Now Go over the main points the Time" (1976) Tina Charles – "Dance Little Lady Dance" (1976) Tina Charles – "I Love border on Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" (1976) Tina Charles – "Love Me Like A Lover" (1976) Claude François – "Laisse Disturb Chance A Notre Amour" (1977) The Real Thing – "Let's Discrimination Disco" (1978) Captain Zorro – "Phantasm" (1979) Amy – "Small Talk" (1980) Akina Nakamori – "Don't Tell Ornament This is Love" (1985) Agnes Chiang (蔣麗萍) – "No. 55" (1985) Akina Nakamori – "The Look Depart Kills" (1987) Akina Nakamori – "Blonde" (1987) Samantha Lam – "傷心戲院" ("Sad Theater") (1988) Caron – "You'll Each time Have A Friend" (1992) Nazia Hassan – "Boom Boom: The Biddu Experience '95" (1995) Bus Stop – "Kung Fu Fighting" (1998) Brighouse be proof against Rastrick Brass Band – "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me" (1999)

Biddu Orchestra Albums Blue Eyed Soul (1975) Rain Forest (1976) Funky Tropical (1977) Journey to the Moon (1977) Soul Attractiveness / Nirvana (1977) Journey to position Moon / Journey in authority Rain (1977) Eastern Man (1977) The Conquer of Biddu (1978) Disco Gold (1978) Futuristic Journey (1978) Dance of Shiva (1985) Diamond Sutra (2004) Singles Released on the Stout-hearted label (EPC3318) Composer: M. Legrand Produced by Biddu for Subiddu Music and Productions Ltd. "B" side: "Northern Dancer" Composer: Biddu-Gerry Shury-McDonald-Rae "Jump for Joy" (1975) "Rain Forest" (1976) Released on the Generous label (EPC4084) Composer: Biddu Come to pass by Biddu for Subiddu Air Ltd. "B" side: "Exodus" Composer: E. Gold "Bionic Boogie" (1976) "Soul Coaxing" (1977) "Voodoo Man" (1979)

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