Lesser Known Facts About Late Singer KK's Life

Famous singer KK, passed away due to heart attack on 31st May 2022 at the age of 53.

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KK has delivered numerous iconic bollywood songs like 'Tadap Tadap ke', 'Zara Sa' & many more, over the last two decades.

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Here are some lesser known facts about KK that you would like to know.

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He sang over 3500 jingles before he got his break.

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He was encouraged by veteran singer Hariharan to move to Mumbai, while he was singing in Delhi.

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KK’s debut song was Maachis’ “Chod Aaye Hum Voh Galiyan '' & it was a hit.

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KK was inspired by Kishore Kumar. KK had shared in an interview that Kishore Da was one of his earliest influences.

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KK was not a trained musician. He visited a music school for a few days but he learnt music on his own.

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He was one of the jury members on the music reality show 'Gurukul', where Arijit singh got his first brush of fame.

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Apart from Hindi, KK sang in Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati and Assamese too.

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