Prabodh Chandra Dey (born 1 May 1919; better known by his nickname Manna Dey (Bengali: মান্না দে), is a playback singer in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh he was a part of Indian film playback music industry. He is rated as the best[according to whom?] classical singer among all singers of Hindi film music, though he sang various types of songs from pop to folk. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of his career. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007.
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- Official homepage at mannadey.in
- Wikipedia article on Manna Dey
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0223350
- Last.fm page on Manna Dey
- MusicBrainz entry on Manna Dey
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