A household name across South Asia for her mellifluous tones, Lata Mangeshkar was the singing voice for many of India’s biggest movie stars, recording many thousands of songs from the 1940s to the present.
On a cold Sunday morning, India awoke to the heartbreaking news that the "Nightingale of India" and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away. On December 29, 1929, in the home of musician Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, a daughter .