Parkash Kaur

Parkash Kaur
Birth name Parkash Kaur
ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਕੌਰ
Born (1919-09-19)19 September 1919
Origin Lahore, British India
Died 2 November 1982(1982-11-02) (aged 63)
Genres Folk, Filmi
Occupation(s) Singer, Playback singing
Years active 1940–1982

Parkash Kaur (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਕੌਰ) was a Punjabi singer. She sang mainly Punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre. She sang some Pashtu folk songs too.[1]

Early life

Kaur was born in Lahore, back then part of British India, into a Punjabi-Sikh family. She is the elder sister of Surinder Kaur, famous Punjabi singer-songwriter.

Career

Kaur made her professional debut with a live performance on 'Peshawar Radio' in 1941, and then on 31 August 1943, she and her younger sister, Surinder Kaur cut their first duet, "maavan 'te dheean ral baithian", for the HMV label, emerging as superstars across the Indian subcontinent.[2]

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