Jolly Mukherjee

Jolly Mukherjee
Born10 February 1956 (1956-02-10) (age 68)
Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Other namesKing of Strings
OccupationSinger
Years active1979-2013
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals

Jolly Mukherjee (born 10 February 1956) is an Indian singer who specializes in the music of Bollywood. He started his career as a backing singer for commercials, then moving on to writing music for airline on-flight introductions, where he sometimes wrote for British Airways.[citation needed] His roots include a mixture of Hindustani classical music and Western music. With the Madras Cinematic Orchestra, he recorded the album Fusebox, which included remixes from State of Bengal and Badmarsh & Shri. He provided the string arrangements for Icelandic singer Björk's song "Verandi".[1]

  1. ^ Gittins, Ian (10 December 2002). Björk: there's more to life than this : the stories behind every song. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-56025-416-4. Retrieved 3 July 2010.