The king is dead. The king of Bollywood disco, that is. Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri died in India late Tuesday night. He was 69. Lahiri famously brought a disco vibe to India's biggest film industry.

Bappi Lahiri, a celebrated Bollywood singer, composer and politician, died Wednesday in CritiCare in Breach Candy. He was 69. Lahiri had been ailing from various health issues, including sleep apnea.

Bappi Lahiri realised disco was a winning ticket and escalated his game with several more dancefloor perennials. Soon, every film producer and music director in town was down with disco fever. On what ...

Bappi Lahiri’s music in Sheeshay Ka Ghar is among his most accomplished works in Hindi cinema. The exquisite album contains such haunting ballads as Tum saath ho zindagi bhar ke liye, Mukhtasar si ...

In the fiftieth Organic Intelligence, Anu Shukla explores the influence of Bappi Lahiri on Indian music both at home and as an inspiration to British Asian artists including M.I.A. Anu Shukla ...

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