Best Songs of Kishore Kumar - A list

Based on a list created by renowned film music historian Nalin Shah for 'Playback and Fast Forward' magazine (November, 1987) in memory of  Kishore Kumar who had passed away only a month ago. [retrieved via archive.org]

The songs are in order of year.

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What's wonderful about this list (filled with some rare, obscure and not oft heard tracks) is that one gets to hear the voice of Kishore Kumar as it evolved - coming out of an early 'KL Sehgal - Talat Mahmood' influence and matured into that signature Kishore Kumar sound that we all know ( and that FM stations often play in their retro mood.)

 Song list:

• 'Marne ki duaen kyon mangu' - Film: Ziddi  (1948)   Music: Khemchand Prakash  
• 'Yeh kaun aaya re,karke ye solah singar(with Lata)' - again from Ziddi
• 'Jhagmag Jhagmag karta nikla,chand poonam ka pyar' - Film: Rimjhm (1949)   Music:  Khemchand Prakash
• 'Mohabbat ka chhotasa ek ashiana' - Film:  Pyar (1950) Music: S D Burman 
• 'O bewafa ye to bata loota chaman kyon pyar ka' (with Geeta Roy)  again from Pyar   
• 'Woh meri taraf yun chale aa rahe hai' - Film: Kafila (1952)    Music: Husnalal-Bhagatram
• 'Husna bhi hai udas udas, ishq bhi gham se choor hai' Film: Fareb(1953) Music: Anil Biswas  
• 'Mere sukh dukh ka sansar'  from Fareb
  
• 'Aa mohabbat ki basti basayenge  hum' (with Lata) again from Fareb
• 'Tere jahan se chal diye' (with Asha)  - Film   Rukhsana (1955)    Music:  Sajjad  
• 'Meri neendom men tum' (with Shamshad)  - Film   Naya Andaj (1956)   Music:  O P Nayyar
• 'Dukhi man mere, sun mera kahena'   - Film:  Fantoosh (1956)   Music: S D Burden 
• 'Aaj rona pada to samjhe'     Film - Girl Friend (1960)  Music:  Hemant Kumar
• 'Kashti ka khmosh safar hai' (with Sudha Malhotra)  again from Girl Friend
• 'Mere mehboob Qayamat  hogi' from  Film:  Mr X In Bombay (1964) Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal 
• 'Koi lauta de mere beete huve din' - Film: Door Gagan ki Chhaon Men (1964)  Music: Kishore Kumar  
• 'Tum bin jaoon kahan' - Film: Pyar ka Mausam (1969)   Music:  R D Burman
• 'Panthi hoon mein'  - Film:  Door Ka Rahi (1971)  Music:  Kishore Kumar
• 'Beqarar dil tu gayeja' (with Sulakshana) - aain from Door Ka Rahi
• 'Jivan se bhari teri aankhen'  - Film: Safar (1970) Music: Kalyanji-Anandji  
• 'Zindgi ka safar ye kaisa safar'   again from film Safar
• 'Geet gata hoon main gun gunata hoon main' Film: Lal Patthar (1971) Music: Shanker -Jaikishan    
• 'Dil aaj shair hai, gham aaj naghma' - Film: Gambler (1971) Music: S D Burman
• 'Khilte hain gul yahan' - Film: Sharmili (1971) Music: S D Burman    
• 'Zindagi ek safar hai suhana'(with Lata) Film: Andaz Music: Shanker -Jaikishan
• 'Kuchh to log kahenge' Film: Amar Prem (1971) Music: R D Burman
• 'Chingari koi bhadke' from Amar Prem 
• 'Meet na milare man ka' from Abhiman(1973) Music: S D Burman  
• 'Pal pal dil ke pass tum raheti ho'  from Blackmail (1973) Music: Kalyanji-Anandji     1973
• 'Tere bina zindagi se koi shiqwa to nahin' (with Lata) from Aandhi (1974)    Music: R D Burman
• 'Is mod pe jate hain'(with Lata) again from Aandhi
• 'Mera jivan kora kaghaz kora hi rah gaya' from Kora Kaghaz (1974)     Music: Kalyanji-Anandji   
• 'Badi sooni sooni hai zindgi'  from Mili (1975) Music: S D Burman
• 'Mere naina sawan bhadon,phir bhi mera man pyasa'(with Lata) - Film Mehbooba (1976) Music: R D Burma
• 'Hamari thodisi bewafai' (with Lata) from Thodi Si Bewafai (1976)  Music: Khayyam
  

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Missing tracks:
'Mohabbat ka chhotasa ek ashiana' and 'O bewafa ye to bata loota chaman kyon pyar ka' from Pyar (1950)