Bidu by Eduardo Damasceno6/12/2023 His international breakthrough came in 1974 with " Kung Fu Fighting" performed by Carl Douglas the song became one of the best-selling singles of all time with eleven million records sold, helped popularise disco music, was the first worldwide disco hit from Britain and Europe, and established Biddu as one of the most prolific dance music producers from outside the United States at the time. He eventually found some success producing a hit song for Japanese band The Tigers in 1969, scoring the soundtrack for 1972 British film Embassy, and producing several early disco songs that would find a niche audience in British northern soul clubs during the early 1970s. He began his music career in the 1960s, singing as part of a music band in India before moving to England where he would start his career as a producer. īiddu was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He has been ranked at number 34 on NME 's "The 50 Greatest Producers Ever" list. Considered one of the pioneers of disco, Euro disco, and Indian pop, he has sold millions of records worldwide, and has received an Ivor Novello award for his work. Biddu Appaiah (born 8 February 1944) is a British-Indian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer who composed and produced many worldwide hit records during a career spanning five decades.
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