Who Were The Most Popular Amongst Them All ???????

Hi,

I was listening to one of the collections of the most popular songs of 70's, when it striked to me that let's put up a list of the most popular music directors, singers and lyricists between 1950 to 2000! The idea is not to belittle the talents of these geniuses by placing them up in a ladder, but to explore which one of these contributed the most in terms of quantity, to entertain us. Before putting up the table of ranks, I must make it clear that the ranking has been done strictly on the basis of the most popular songs contributed by these talents.
So let's start rocking and find out the most popular amongst them all!

The 10 Most Popular Music Directors :
1. Laxmikant - Pyarelal
2. R. D. Burman
3. Shankar - Jaikishan
4. Kalyanji - Anandji
5. Bappi Lahiri
6. S. D. Burman
7. Rajesh Roshan
8. O. P. Nayyar
9. Nadeem - Shravan
10. Anand - Milind

The 10 Most Popular Singers :
1. Lata Mangeshkar
2. Mohd. Rafi
3. Kishore Kumar
4. Asha Bhonsle
5. Mukesh
6. Kumar Sanu
7. Manna Dey
8. Alka Yagnik
9. Mahendra Kapoor
10.Amit Kumar

The 10 Most Popular Lyricists:
1. Anand Bakshi
2. Majrooh Sultanpuri
3. Shailendra
4. Sameer
5. Hasrat Jaipuri
6. Sahir Ludhianvi
7. Rajinder Krishan
8. Shakeel Badayuni
9. Indivar
10.Gulzar











Take a look at the above rankings, and let me know what you feel !

गाता रहे मेरा दिल
तू ही मेरी मंजिल हाय
कहीं बीते ना ये रातें
कहीं बीते ना यह दिन!

Bye for now!
आपकी अपनी आवाज़
Vishal