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KJ Yesudas - The Singer with a Godly Voice

KJ Yesudas - The Singer with a Godly Voice
Imagine that you are listening to a song sung by a person with a Godly Voice. You would start to imagine the fact that you are listening to God who is speaking to you. There is only one person who has that Godly Voice and that has to be none other than Dr. KJ Yesudas.

Kattesery Joseph Yesudas was born on January 10th 1940 to a musically inclined Christian family. His father Augustin Joseph was a musician and stage artist. He started learning music from a family friend and also from Chembai a legendary singer.

Yesudas started his career in 1961 with a song called jathi matham by singing 4 lines written by Narayana Guru. Since then he started singing many songs in a versatile manner.

Dasettan sang in many languages and genres ranging from sentimental, devotional and romantic songs. He sang not just Christian songs but also was credited with singing hindu devotional songs and mapilla paatukal. This showed that he was a spiritual and secular singer.

He sang many songs composed by music maestros ranging from Devarajan Master, Arjunan Master, Jerry Amaldev, Ouseppachan, Gopi Sundar and MG Radhakrishnan in Mollywood.

In Kollywood, he also sang under Ilayaraja, Deva, AR Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja and D Imman as well as Anirudh Ravichander.

He also popularised a lullaby called Harivarasanam for Swami Ayyapan. He had such a musical bonding with another contemporary SPB.

Dasettan became the voice for many heroes and also occasionally acted in movies. He played Tansen in Anarkali a malayalam movie in 1966.

He became a cultural icon in Kerala but still remains as a student who learns more about music. Dasetta, we love you. 

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