Lal Chand Yamla Jatt (28 March 1910 – 20 December 1991) was a noted Indian

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in the Punjabi-language. His trademark was his soft strumming of the

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and his

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tying style known traditionally as "Turla". Many consider him to be the pinnacle of the

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and an artist who arguably laid the foundation of contemporary Punjabi music in India.Profile of Lal Chand Yamla Jatt
Retrieved 18 August 2016

Early life

He was born to Khera Ram and Harnam Kaur. His birthplace was Chak No. 384 in

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now

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and after partition of India in 1947, he relocated to the Jawahar Nagar area,

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in India. He was from Punjabi

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family. He started his musical career with his younger brother, Jas Ballagan. Together they were known as the tota brothers and toured all across Punjab. He was trained in vocal singing by Pandit Dyall and Chaudhry Majid and his writing skills were honed by Sundar Das Aasi. He was married to Ram Rakhi in 1930, with whom he had two daughters and five sons. His eldest son is Kartar Chand and younger one is Jasdev Chand.

Career

His most famous songs were "Das Main Ki Pyar Wichon Khattya" and "Satgur Nanak Teri Leela Nyaari Ae" and "Whisky Di Botal Wargi". He recorded some duet songs with Mohinderjit Kaur Sekhon, who was a recording artist with

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(AIR),

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. He also popularized singing of Dulla Bhatti, Shahni Kaulan and Puran Bhagat. His first recording was with

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in 1952 and till last he remained with HMV. He performed all over the world and many times performed with Alam Lohar. They were also good friends. He also popularized the

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, a traditional

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instrument. His music has been sampled by

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on his best-selling bhangra album ''Legalised''. Later 2018, a music producer from Pakistan with stage name 'Ghauri', recreated his famous "Das Main Ki Pyar Wichon Khattya" with modern touch that went viral over video-sharing social networking service

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ending up Bollywood actors and actresses making short video over the same track on tiktok platform. Thumbi 2

Ved Parkash took lessons from Lal Chand Yamla Jatt and considered him his music-guru. Ved Parkash still keeps a picture of Yamla Jatt in his wallet to this day.

Awards

He was awarded the Gold Medal By Indian Prime minister

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in 1956. He was awarded a lifetime contribution award in 1989 by National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music, Delhi, India.

Discography

* Khedan De Din Chaar * Jawani Meri Rangli * Das Main Ki Pyar Wichon Khatya * Mittran Di Maa Marri * Tara Pave Boliyan * Whiskey Di Botal Wargi * Saiyaan Da Kotha * Charkhi Rangli Teri * Satguru Nanak Teri Leela Neyaari *Mein Teri Tu MeraSong of Lal Chand Yamla Jatt
last.fm/music website. Retrieved 18 August 2016

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