A rare photograph, courtesy of Talatmahmood.net. Kishoreda seated among several other playback stalwarts - namely Talat Mahmood, Mohd Rafi, Mukesh, Geeta Dutt, GM Durrani, Meena Kapoor, Kamal Barot and Mubarak Begum - at the beginning of their careers.

My latest Kishore Kumar songs collection: