Happy Birthday Yesudas
Wednesday,
January
10,
2007
Playback
singer
K.J.Yesudas
or
'Daasettan'
as
he
is
affectionately
called
in
Malayalam
film
circles,
is
celebrating
his
birthday
today.
He
is
famous
not
only
for
thousands
of
melodious
film
songs,
but
also
for
his
rendering
of
Indian
classical
music.
He has sung more than 40,000 songs in his career. He has sung in many Indian languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarathi, Hindi, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, and Tulu.
He has also sung songs in Russian, Arabic, Latin, and English. He showcased his talent by singing 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on a single day in the year 2006 at AVM Studios.
He has received more number of national awards than any other singer. His devotional songs have the power to stir the souls of listeners. Happy birthday, Yesudas!