Sundar Popo
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Sundar Popo HBM |
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| Birth name | Sundarlal Popo Bahora |
| Also known as | King of Chutney, Father of Chutney |
| Born |
November 4, 1943 Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Died | May 2, 2000 (aged 56) Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Genres | Chutney |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Musician, Composer, Lyricist, Security guard |
| Instruments | Vocals, Harmonium, Dholak, Tabla, Dhantal, Manjira, Khartal, Bulbul Tarang |
| Years active | 1969–2000 |
| Labels | Windsor Records / JMC Records |
| Associated acts | Drupatee Ramgoonai, Anand Yankaran (brother of Rakesh Yankaran), Babla and Kanchan, Anup Jalota, Kishore Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan |
| Spouse(s): Keyso Sundarlal Popo Bahora | |
| Family: Ramlal Bahora and Popo's children: Hemant, Harripersad, Jaiknath, and Sundari Sundarlal Popo Bahora and granddaughter Chandra Sundar Bahora | |
Sundar Popo HBM, born Sundarlal Popo Bahora (4 November 1943 - 2 May 2000) was a Trinidadian musician. He is credited as being the father of Chutney music, beginning with his 1969 hit "Nana and Nani".
Sundar Popo was born at Monkey Town near Barrackpore, Penal-Debe. He grew up in a musical family. Both his parents were musicians; his mother was a singer and his father was an accomplished tassa drummer. At the age of 15, he began singing bhajans at mandirs and weddings in his hometown for 15 to 30 cents a show. Popo worked as a watchman at a Barrackpore factory, and trained under Ustad James Ramsawak. In 1969, at a mattikoor in Princes Town, he met Moean Mohammed, a radio host and promoter. After listening to "Nani and Nana", a song with lyrics in both Trinidadian Hindustani and Trinidadian English, describing the affairs of an Indian maternal grandmother (Nani) and maternal grandfather (Nana), Mohammed got maestro Harry Mahabir to record the song at Television House, accompanied by the British West Indies Airways (BWIA) National Indian Orchestra. The song revolutionized Indian music in Trinidad and Tobago. After the success of "Nani and Nana", Popo devoted more of his time to his singing career. He followed "Nani and Nana" with an album combining Trinidadian songs with traditional Indian folk music. In total, he recorded more than fifteen albums. He is best known for his song "Scorpion Gyul", which spoke about love, death, and happiness. His other hits include "Oh My Lover", "Don't Fall in Love", and "Saas More Lage" (also known as "I Wish I Was A Virgin"). His songs were covered several times by the Indian duo from Mumbai, India, Babla & Kanchan, who had a major success with a version of his "Pholourie Bina Chutney", bringing him to a wider international audience, and leading to tours of India, Europe, the United States, Canada, Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Suriname, and other parts of the Caribbean.
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