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Bally Sagoo
Bally Sagoo
	Angela Ang with Platinum selling Asian artist Bally Sagoo
Born	Baljit Singh Sagoo; Delhi, India
Occupations	Record producer; DJ;
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Oriental Star; Sony Music; Ishq Records; Fresh Dope Records;
Parent	Saminder Singh Sagoo (father)

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Baljit Singh "Bally" Sagoo (Punjabi: ਬਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੱਗੂ,) 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 is the figurehead of the UK/Belgium-based entertainment company, Fresh Dope Industries.^[3]^[4]

Early life

Sagoo grew up in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham. His father Saminder Sagoo ran his own retail music outlet in the 1970s, 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 mixtapes for friends and DJing at local events. These home-made creations fused Western dance and hip hop with Indian music.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 1989, Oriental Star Agencies, a UK based record label, asked him to remix a Punjabi track called "Hey Jamalo".^[5] 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 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.Over 50,000 copies of Star Crazy were sold in UK and overseas market.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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 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 World Tour, produced the Aby Baby album with Amitabh Bachchan and was invited to New Delhi to meet then Indian president, Shankar Dayal Sharma.^{[citation needed]}

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 Bend It Like Beckham,^[6] 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.^[6] He appeared in television programmes during the 2010s, 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,^[7] the music division of Fresh Dope Industries. It has a head office in Brussels and an operational satellite in Mumbai. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums
Title	Year	Distribution
Wham Bam	1990	Oriental Star Agencies
Star Crazy	1991	Oriental Star Agencies
Essential Ragga	1991	Oriental Star Agencies
Magic Touch feat. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	1992	Oriental Star Agencies
Wham Bam 2	1993	Oriental Star Agencies
Bollywood Flashback	1994	Sony/Columbia Records
On the Mix (compilation)	1995	Oriental Star Agencies
Rising from the East	1996	Sony/Columbia Records
Aby Baby feat. Amitabh Bachchan	1996	Big B Records
Star Crazy 2	1997	Oriental Star Agencies
Sagloops 1 to 4	1999	Ishq Records
Dub of Asia	1999	Ishq Records
Bollywood Flashback 2	2000	Ishq Records
Hera Pheri	2000	Movie soundtrack
Monsoon Wedding	2001	Movie soundtrack
Anything But Silent feat. Jared Bashir & Gunjan	2001	Ishq Records
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani	2001	Movie soundtrack
Gunjan feat Gunjan	2001	Ishq Records
Bend It Like Beckham	2002	Movie soundtrack
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - The Remixes	2002	Movie soundtrack
Hanji	2003	Ishq Records
Botllan Sharab Diyan	2004	Nupur Audio
Bollywood Buzz	2004	Nupur Audio
Aap Ki Nazaron Ne Samjha feat. Gunjan	2002	Ishq Records
The Mistress of Spices	2005	Movie soundtrack
Sajna Ve Sajna	2006	Movie soundtrack
It's a Wonderful Afterlife	2010	Movie soundtrack
Future Shock	2014	Fresh Dope Records
Cafe Punjab	2015	Fresh Dope Records
Next Level	2021	Fresh Dope Records

Singles
Title	Year	Distribution
"Hey Jamalo"	1989	Oriental Star Agencies
"Ragga Muffin Mix"	1991	Oriental Star Agencies
"Jewel" feat. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	1991	Oriental Star Agencies
"Chura Liya"	1994	Sony/Columbia Records
"Choli Ke Peeche"	1995	Sony/Columbia Records
"Dil Cheez" feat. Shabnam Majeed	1996	Sony/Columbia Records
"Tum Bin Jiya" feat. Shabnam Majeed	1996	Sony/Columbia Records
"Noorie" feat. Gunjan	2000	Ishq Records
"Pesa nasha pyar.Bohemia"	2006	Ishq Records
"Thori Ji Kori" feat. Harry Mirza	2013	Fresh Dope Records
"Kinna Chauna" feat. Vicky Marley	2021	Fresh Dope Records

References

^ "Funeral for 60s Asian 'boy band' star". BBC. 16 December 2015.
^ "Smack in the face". The Hindu. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "It's a Wham Bam Future Shock Bally Sagoo is back". Chakdey.com. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Changing tunes". The Hindu. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Discogs". discogs. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Bally Sagoo". IMDb. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
^ "Bally Sagoo Music". Freshdoperecords.com. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

External links

Bally Sagoo website

[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. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

[4] "Changing tunes". The Hindu. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

[5] "Discogs". discogs. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

[autogenerated1-6] "Bally Sagoo". IMDb. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

[7] "Bally Sagoo Music". Freshdoperecords.com. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

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+'''Baljit Singh "Bally" Sagoo''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਬਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੱਗੂ,) is a [[British-Indian]] record producer and DJ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/smack-in-the-face/article4535950.ece|title=Smack in the face|date=22 March 2013|work=The Hindu|accessdate=25 June 2016}}</ref> Born in Delhi, India, Sagoo was raised in [[Birmingham]], England. He entered the recording and entertainment industries in 1989. He is the figurehead of the UK/Belgium-based entertainment company, Fresh Dope Industries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chakdey.com/bally-sagoo-future-shock/|title=It's a Wham Bam Future Shock Bally Sagoo is back|date=22 February 2013|website=Chakdey.com|accessdate=25 June 2016|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013023158/http://www.chakdey.com/bally-sagoo-future-shock/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/changing-tunes/article4655590.ece|title=Changing tunes|date=26 April 2013|work=The Hindu|accessdate=25 June 2016}}</ref>
 ==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.
+Sagoo grew up in the [[Balsall Heath]] area of Birmingham. His father Saminder Sagoo ran his own retail music outlet in the 1970s, after playing in the Musafirs in the late 1960s.
-In his teens, Sagoo developed a taste for [[reggae]], [[soul music|soul]] and [[disco]]. He spent his college years producing [[mix-tape]]s for friends and dee-jaying at local events. These home-made creations demonstrated his skill at fusing Western dance and [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] with Indian music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://downloadhdupcomingmovies.blogspot.com/2019/10/sahoo-movie-full-bollywood-movie.html|title=Sahoo movie full Bollywood movie Download HD|first=Qamar|last=Khan|website=Downloadupcomingmovies.blogspot.com|accessdate=20 July 2020}}</ref>
+In his teens, Sagoo developed a taste for [[reggae]], [[soul music|soul]] and [[disco]]. He spent his college years producing [[mixtape]]s for friends and [[DJing]] at local events. These home-made creations fused Western dance and [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] with Indian music.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
 == Career ==
-In 1989, [[Oriental Star Agencies]], a local Indian [[record label]], gave him the opportunity to remix a Punjabi track called "Hey Jamalo".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/search?q=bally+sagoo%2C+Hey+Jamalo&type=all |title=Discogs |publisher=discogs |accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> 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''.
+In 1989, [[Oriental Star Agencies]], a UK based [[record label]], asked him to remix a Punjabi track called "Hey Jamalo".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/search?q=bally+sagoo%2C+Hey+Jamalo&type=all |title=Discogs |publisher=discogs |accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> 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 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''.Over 50,000 copies of ''Star Crazy'' were sold in UK and overseas market.
 ===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 "[[Churaliya hai tumne jo dil ko|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]].{{cn|date=November 2020}}
+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 "[[Churaliya hai tumne jo dil ko|Chura Liya]]" (a re-working of [[Asha Bhosle]]'s song) was played on [[BBC Radio 1]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} 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 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 World Tour]], produced the ''Aby Baby'' album with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and was invited to New Delhi to meet then Indian president, [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
 ===2000s===
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 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]]'',<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1176491/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1|title=Bally Sagoo|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> [[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''.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> 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''.
+That decade, Sagoo's music supported [[Gurinder Chadha]]'s ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'',<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1176491/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1|title=Bally Sagoo|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> [[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''.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> He appeared in television programmes during the 2010s, 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freshdoperecords.com |title=Bally Sagoo Music |publisher=Freshdoperecords.com |date=28 January 2013 |accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> 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.
+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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freshdoperecords.com |title=Bally Sagoo Music |publisher=Freshdoperecords.com |date=28 January 2013 |accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> the music division of Fresh Dope Industries. It has a head office in [[Brussels]] and an operational satellite in Mumbai. 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.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
-Sagoo released the album ''Cafe Punjab'' in 2015.
 ==Discography==
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 | ''Bollywood Flashback''||1994 ||Sony/Columbia Records
-|-
-| ''[[Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai|Choli Ke Peeche]]'' feat. Bela Salunkhe, Andana Proha and MC Chan||1994 ||Sony/Columbia Records
 |-
 | ''On the Mix'' (compilation)||1995||Oriental Star Agencies
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 | ''Hanji''||2003 ||Ishq Records
 |-
-| ''Bindiya Chamkegi'' feat. Sneha Pant||2004 ||Bollywood Buzz, Times Music
+| ''Botllan Sharab Diyan'' ||2004 ||Nupur Audio
+|-
+| ''Bollywood Buzz''||2004 ||Nupur Audio
 |-
 | ''Aap Ki Nazaron Ne Samjha'' feat. Gunjan||2002 ||Ishq Records
 |-
-| ''[[Mistress of Spices]]''||2005 ||Movie soundtrack
+| ''[[The Mistress of Spices]]''||2005 ||Movie soundtrack
 |-
 | ''Sajna Ve Sajna''||2006 ||Movie soundtrack
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 | ''Future Shock''||2014 ||Fresh Dope Records
 |-
-| ''Cafe Punjab''|| 2015 ||duckU Records (India) / Fresh Dope Records (UK & US)
+| ''Cafe Punjab''|| 2015 ||Fresh Dope Records
+|-
+| ''Next Level''|| 2021 ||Fresh Dope Records
 |}
 {| class="wikitable"
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 | "Chura Liya"||1994 ||Sony/Columbia Records
 |-
+| "[[Choli Ke Peeche]]"||1995 ||Sony/Columbia Records
-| "Botlan Sharab diya" ||2002||daaro MIX
 |-
 | "Dil Cheez" feat. Shabnam Majeed||1996 ||Sony/Columbia Records
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 |-
 | "Thori Ji Kori" feat. Harry Mirza||2013 ||Fresh Dope Records
+|-
+| "Kinna Chauna" feat. Vicky Marley||2021 ||Fresh Dope Records
 |}
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 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:1964 births]]
 [[Category:Asian Underground musicians]]
 [[Category:Bhangra (music) musicians]]
 [[Category:British Sikhs]]
-[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:Indian emigrants to England]]
 [[Category:Desi musicians]]
 [[Category:British DJs]]
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 [[Category:Musicians from Delhi]]
 [[Category:Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands]]
+[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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