Join others and track this song
Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account
Do you know a YouTube video for this track? Add a video
Featured On
Play this track
About This Artist
Artist images
Gauhar Jan
211 listeners
Gauhar Jaan (Hindi: गौहर जान) (1873–1930) was a female Indian singer (of Thumri, a form of light classical song).. and dancer or a tawaif from Calcutta. She was one of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India . Contents * 1 Early life and background * 2 Career * 3 India's first-ever record * 4 Restoration & release * 5 Further reading * 6 Contemporaries * 7 References Early life and background Gauhar Jaan was born as Angelina Yeoward in 1873 in Patna, to William Robert Yeoward, an Armenian Jew working as an engineer in dry … read more
Gauhar Jaan (Hindi: गौहर जान) (1873–1930) was a female Indian singer (of Thumri, a form of light classical song).. and dancer or a tawaif from Calcutta. She was one of the first performers … read more
Gauhar Jaan (Hindi: गौहर जान) (1873–1930) was a female Indian singer (of Thumri, a form of light classical song).. and dancer or a tawaif from Calcutta. She was one of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India . C… read more
