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Tribute To Jagjit Singh: The King of Ghazals

Shikha Saxena
3 min readJan 5, 2022

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Simple lyrics and pleasing melody touched Ghazal loving ❤ worldwide

“The Ghazal King” Jagjit Singh was a music composer, Gazal singer and musician of India (8th February,1941–10th October, 2011). He is credited with reviving melodious Urdu and Hindi Ghazal compositions with his simple, strong voice and easy tunes. His popularity reached at its peak and Jagjit Singh: The King of Ghazals earned his place in hearts of each member of Indian household! His melodious voice and style of singing gave makeover to Indian Classical Music art form. The Ghazal meanings, wordings and hence Urdu Poetry reached masses in simple melodious tunes for all to enjoy and remember.

Jagjit Singh’s soulful voice is missed by his audience worldwide and Ghazal fans keep remembering him through his numerous albums and meaningful, heart touching and beautifully sung Geet (songs) and Ghazal compositions.

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Shikha Saxena
Shikha Saxena

Written by Shikha Saxena

A Technical Writer, an artist and blogger by choice. Passionate about reading , writing and editing, NY.http://www.shikhasaxena.com and https://www.dnabox.co/

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