Aap Jaisa Koi, the immensely popular song from Feroz Khan's Qurbani traversed the realms of music to become a catchphrase.
The number was a statement on the trends that revolutionized the music of the Indian sub-continent.
The voice that rendered the phenomenon of a song in 1980 was a thirteen-year-old girl called Nazia Hassan.
Nazia, the pioneer of pop in the sub-continent died on Sunday, August 13 in London. She was 33. After battling for long with lung cancer, Nazia's health started deteriorating from May this year.
This Pakistani born, London-bred girl achieved at an early age what many take years to get.
After shooting to stardom with that one song in 1980, Nazia cut another album in 1981 titled Disco Deewane. Again a hugely popular album, Disco Deewane introduced her younger brother Zoheb.
Incidentally, the three albums of Nazia, Disco Deewane, Star (a film album) and Young Tarang, had music by Biddoo. Star, the film produced by Biddoo, had the leading stars of the 80s like Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Raj Kiran and Padmini Kolhapure. The film flopped but the music was well appreciated.
Recently, a number from the film Boom Boom was remixed and enjoyed a successful re-run.
Of late, Nazia had started treating music as a hobby and was more involved in her marriage and family business. The dreadful disease showed its first sign of presence in her in 1998. From then on, the singer remained unwell.
Though Nazia had practically stopped singing, her departure leaves a certain void in the world of music that will not be easy to fill.
Aap Jaisa Koi, the immensely popular song from Feroz Khan's Qurbani traversed the realms of music to become a catchphrase.