Manna Dey
492 Albums

Native name	প্রবোধ চন্দ্র দে
Birth name	(1919-05-01)1 May 1919[1] Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	24 October 2013(2013-10-24) (aged 94) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Genres	Playback singing, Filmi, Qawwali, Ghazals, Classical, Rock and Roll
Occupation(s)	1942−2013
Website	www.mannadey.in

Prabodh Chandra Dey (1 May 1919 − 24 October 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an Indian playback singer. He debuted in the film Tamanna in 1942. After the song "Upar Gagan Bishal" composed by S D Burman he saw success and went on to record more than 4,000 songs till 2013. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005^[2] and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007.Dey sang in all the major regional Indian languages, though primarily in Hindi and Bengali. His peak period in Hindi playback singing was from 1953 to 1976.