Person Open DS/UK/16249 Kaur; Surinder (1929-2006); Indian Punjabi singer-songwriter Kaur Surinder 1929-2006 Indian Punjabi singer-songwriter Female (cisgender)

Asian Surinder Kaur (1929-2006) was a Punjabi singer-songwriter. She sang mainly Punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre and later was known as the ‘Nightingale of Punjab’. She also sang songs in some Hindi movies as playback singer, between 1948 and 1952. In an illustrious spanning nearly six decades, her repertoire included Punjabi Sufi Kafis of Bulleh Shah and verses by contemporary poets like Nand Lal Noorpuri, Amrita Pritam, Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi giving memorable songs like, maavan ’te dheean, jutti kasuri paireen na poori, madhaniyan, ehna akhiyan ’ch pavan kiven kalra and ghaman di raat lammi hai jan mere geet lamme ne. In time her wedding songs, most notably lathe di chadar, suhe ve cheere waleya and kaala doria, became an indelible part of Punjabi culture. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 5/9/2014 RAHeharper 11/24/2022 712b49b9-b417-4c4d-af74-f0ac37b774dc