Bally Sagoo

Baljit Singh "Bally" Sagoo (born 19 May 1964) is a British-Indian record producer and DJ.[2] Born in Delhi, India, Sagoo was raised in Birmingham, England. He entered the recording and entertainment industries in 1989. He remains a force in the music industry and is the figurehead of the UK/Belgium-based entertainment company, Fresh Dope Industries.[3][4]

Baljit Singh Sagoo
Bally Sagoo - music artist/producer
Born (1964-05-19) 19 May 1964
Delhi, India
Occupation
  • record producer
  • DJ
Years active1989–present
Label(s)
  • Oriental Star
  • Sony Music
  • Ishq Records
  • Fresh Dope Records
Spouse(s)Sita Pall (m. 2004)
Parent(s)
  • Saminder Sagoo[1] (father)

Early life

Sagoo grew up in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham. In the 1970s, his father Saminder Sagoo ran his own retail music outlet, after playing in The Musafirs in the late 1960s.

In his teens, Sagoo developed a taste for reggae, soul and disco. He spent his college years producing mix-tapes for friends and dee-jaying at local events. These home-made creations demonstrated his skill at fusing Western dance and hip hop with Indian music.[5]

Career

In 1989, Oriental Star Agencies, a local Indian record label, gave him the opportunity to remix a Punjabi track called "Hey Jamalo".[6] The single became a hit and Sagoo joined OSA as their full-time in-house producer. Through this relationship, he released his first album, Wham Bam which became a success and spawned a sequel, Wham Bam 2. Other material during this period included Star Crazy and Sagoo's 1991 collaboration with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Magic Touch.

1990s

In 1994, Sagoo signed with Sony Records to produce Bollywood Flashback. He became the first Indian artist to reach national mainstream radio when the album track "Chura Liya" (a re-working of Asha Bhosle's song) was played on BBC Radio 1. This was followed in 1996 by his first, all-original work Rising from the East, which included "Dil Cheez" and "Tum Bin Jiya". Subsequently, he featured on the album Dance Attack and composed another remix hit music video, Mera Laung Gawacha. Starring Deepti Bhatnagar and Jas Arora, the video was directed by Polygram Multimedia, and became a hit in the UK. Sagoo made it onto Top of the Pops. He toured India with Michael Jackson on the HIStory Tour, produced the Aby Baby album with Amitabh Bachchan and was invited to New Delhi to meet then Indian President, Shankar Dayal Sharma.

2000s

In 1999, Sagoo launched his own UK music label, Ishq Records. Its first output was his album, Dub of Asia. Ishq followed this with the release of other Sagoo titles including Anything But Silent, Hanji and the technical Sag Loops series. The label also managed and showcased other new talents and delivered tracks such as "Noorie" on Sagoo's 2000 release, Bollywood Flashback 2.

In 2003 at the UK Asian Awards, the Spice Girls presented him with the inaugural trophy for Outstanding Achievement.

That decade, Sagoo's music supported Gurinder Chadha's hit Bend It Like Beckham,[7] Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding (2001), the Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott drama The Mistress of Spices and It's a Wonderful Afterlife. Sagoo also starred in and composed the music for the 2006 Punjabi film, Sajna ve Sajna.[7] He appeared in television programs throughout the decade, including the UK Lottery show, the Asian reality show Bollywood Star and celebrity magazine formats such as Tinseltown TV.

2010s

In 2012 Sagoo opened a studio in Mumbai, and splits his time between the UK and India. He merged the business assets of Ishq Records into Fresh Dope Records,[8] the music division of Fresh Dope Industries. With a head office in Brussels and an operational satellite in Mumbai, the new business represents the culmination of Sagoo's efforts. It is engaged in feature film production, television, artist promotion and management, corporate participation, online and traditional publishing, live performances, lifestyle products, fashion trends and technology developments.

Sagoo released the album Cafe Punjab in 2015.

Discography

Albums
TitleYearDistribution
Wham Bam1990Oriental Star Agencies
Star Crazy1991Oriental Star Agencies
Essential Ragga1991Oriental Star Agencies
Magic Touch feat. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan1992Oriental Star Agencies
Wham Bam 21993Oriental Star Agencies
Bollywood Flashback1994Sony/Columbia Records
Choli Ke Peeche feat. Bela Salunkhe, Andana Proha and MC Chan1994Sony/Columbia Records
On the Mix (compilation)1995Oriental Star Agencies
Rising from the East1996Sony/Columbia Records
Aby Baby feat. Amitabh Bachchan1996Big B Records
Star Crazy 21997Oriental Star Agencies
Sagloops 1 to 41999Ishq Records
Dub of Asia1999Ishq Records
Bollywood Flashback 22000Ishq Records
Hera Pheri2000Movie soundtrack
Monsoon Wedding2001Movie soundtrack
Anything But Silent feat. Jared Bashir & Gunjan2001Ishq Records
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani2001Movie soundtrack
Gunjan feat Gunjan2001Ishq Records
Bend It Like Beckham2002Movie soundtrack
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - The Remixes2002Movie soundtrack
Hanji2003Ishq Records
Bindiya Chamkegi feat. Gunjan2004Bollywood Buzz, Nupur Audio
Aap Ki Nazaron Ne Samjha feat. Gunjan2002Ishq Records
Mistress of Spices2005Movie soundtrack
Sajna Ve Sajna2006Movie soundtrack
It's a Wonderful Afterlife2010Movie soundtrack
Future Shock2014Fresh Dope Records
Cafe Punjab2015Fresh Dope Records
TitleYearDistribution
Singles
"Hey Jamalo"1989Oriental Star Agencies
"Ragga Muffin Mix"1991Oriental Star Agencies
"Jewel" feat. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan1991Oriental Star Agencies
"Chura Liya"1994Sony/Columbia Records
"Botlan Sharab diya"2002daaro MIX
"Dil Cheez" feat. Shabnam Majeed1996Sony/Columbia Records
"Tum Bin Jiya" feat. Shabnam Majeed1996Sony/Columbia Records
"Noorie" feat. Gunjan2000Ishq Records
"Pesa nasha pyar.Bohemia"2006Ishq Records
"Thori Ji Kori" feat. Harry Mirza2013Fresh Dope Records

See also

References

  1. "Funeral for 60s Asian 'boy band' star". BBC. 16 December 2015.
  2. "Smack in the face". The Hindu. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. "It's a Wham Bam Future Shock Bally Sagoo is back". Chakdey.com. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. "Changing tunes". The Hindu. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. Khan, Qamar. "Sahoo movie full Bollywood movie Download HD". Downloadupcomingmovies.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. "Discogs". discogs. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  7. "Bally Sagoo". IMDb. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  8. "Bally Sagoo Music". Freshdoperecords.com. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
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