IMO, 1960 were the year when the hindi film music reached its zenith with
maximum number of memorable songs.

The partial list of films is as follows.

AANCHAL, ANGULIMAAL, ANURADHA, APNA GHAR, APNA HAATH JAGANNATH,
BAHAANA, BAROOD, BARSAAT KI RAAT, BASANT, BOMBAI KA BABU, CHAUDVIN KA
CHAND, CHHABILI, CHHALIYA, DELHI JUNCTION, DIL APNA AUR PREET PARAI,
DIL BHI TERA HUM BHI TERE, DUNIYA JHUKTI HAI, HUM HINDUSTANI, JAALI
NOTE, JAB PYAR KISISE HOTA HAI, KALA BAZAAR, KALPANA, KOHINOOR, LAL
QILLA, LOVE IN SIMLA, MANZIL, MUGHAL-E-AZAM, PARAKH, SARANGA,
SINGAPORE, TU NAHIN AUR SAHI, USNE KAHA THA

Again IMO, 1960 was closely followed 1959.

Partial List

ANARI, ARDHANGINI, BAAP BETE, BARKHA, BEDARD ZAMANA KYA JAANE, BLACK
CAT, CHAALIS DIN, CHACHA ZINDABAD, CHALTI KA NAAM GADI, CHHOTE BABU,
CHHOTI BAHEN, DHOOL KA PHOOL, DIDI, DIL DEKE DEKHO, DUNIYA NA MANE,
GOONJ UTHI SHEHNAI, GUEST HOUSE, HUM BHI INSAAN HAIN, INSAN JAAG UTHA,
JAGIR, KAAGAZ KE PHOOL, KALI TOPI LAL ROOMAL, KANHAIYA, LOVE MARRIAGE,
MAIN NASHE MEN HOON, MOHAR, MR QARTOON M A, NAVRANG, PYAR KI RAHEN,
RANI ROOPMATI, SATTA BAZAAR, SCHOOL MASTER, SHARARAT, SUJATA, UJALA,
ZARA BACHKE

Would appreciate the opinions of the members and are free to nominate their
choice of year - not restricted to 1959 and 1960.

Regards
Sukesh

Hi Sukesh, sorry for late reply on this.

Since I am a golden oldies fan, I would say (IMHO) any year between 1948 to 1958 can be considered as a candidate for the best musical year.

I dont have the stats for names of films for these years at the top of my head. Again IMHO, majority of the leading composers gave their best in these years..

Cheers
Parag

Can someone give me the lists for 1949 and 1971?

Pm maro ek