Bally Sagoo

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{{short description|British-Indian record producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Baljit Singh Sagoo
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|05|19}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| occupation = {{hlist |record producer|DJ}}
| years_active = 1989–present
| spouse = Sita Pall (m. 2004)
| father = Saminder Sagoo<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-35104988 |title=Funeral for 60s Asian 'boy band' star|date=16 December 2015|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
| label_name = {{hlist |Oriental Star|Sony Music|Ishq Records|Fresh Dope Records}}
}}

'''Baljit Singh "Bally" Sagoo''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਬਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੱਗੂ, born 19 May 1964) 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 remains a force in the [[music industry]] and 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}}</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.

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>

== 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''.

===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}}

===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 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''.

===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.

Sagoo released the album ''Cafe Punjab'' in 2015.

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
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
|-
| ''[[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
|-
| ''[[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 film)|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
|-
| ''Bindiya Chamkegi'' feat. Gunjan||2004 ||Bollywood Buzz, Nupur Audio
|-
| ''Aap Ki Nazaron Ne Samjha'' feat. Gunjan||2002 ||Ishq Records
|-
| ''[[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
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Title!!Year!!Distribution
|+Singles
|-
| "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
|-
| "Botlan Sharab diya" ||2002||daaro MIX
|-
| "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
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of British Sikhs]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ballysagoomusic.com Bally Sagoo website]

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[[Category:Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands]]

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