On this day of 2013, Manna Dey breathed his last, making the end of an era. Born in Kolkata on May 1,1919, Prabodh Chandra Dey, known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed ...

New Delhi: Manna Dey's knack for singing classical songs may have been disadvantageous for his career in filmdom, but the singer honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award will be remembered for his ...

When we think of the male golden voices of the 50s, 60s and 70s, Manna Dey along with his contemporaries Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar and Talat Mahmood is one of the sextets who took ...

You can hear his melodies - Dey and night - and not tire of them. Such was the prowess of Dadasaheb Phalke awardee and Padma Bhushan Manna Dey, the singer who left us on October 24. In a career ...

Death is mankind’s destiny. Manna Dey had a long journey- 94 years. But it was a desolate departure; away from home, unheralded and a forsaken funeral. He shifted to Bangalore (now Bengaluru) two ...

It was a suitably grey and rainy morning in Bangalore. Manna Dey, legendary singer, a versatile genius who made generations of Indians laugh and cry with his magical voice, died in a city hospital at ...

Music conquers all, and levels all playing fields. Listen to late Manna Dey, and one is reminded of the Narada-Hanuman story, where Narada lose himself in the song of Hanuman. The moral of the story ...

After a prolonged illness, veteran playback singer Manna Dey breathed his last in the early hours of October 24. The 94-year-old maestro has left behind a rich legacy in the form of an extraordinary ...

The music genius sang more than 3,500 songs in his decades-long singing career New Delhi: Manna Dey’s knack for singing classical songs may have been disadvantageous for his career in filmdom, but the ...

Even if you are an artiste of supremely protean talent, life can throw unexpected challenges at you. For Manna Dey, whose birth centenary falls on May 1, that moment came when he was asked to do ...

Manna Dey was over-qualified to be a popular singer. Whenever there was a number that required intricate Hindustani classical raga interpretations they went to Manna. Or else all the popular songs ...