QUOTE(HumTum @ Aug 22 2008, 09:04 AM)
Oh good I got that one right.
That's really sad that she has not been credited more than once. But Hildebrand, is there any valid reason for the omission?
I also don't know the reason for this (politics in industry could be one).
She has sung very few lines in the songs and this too maybe responsible.
Of course not giving credit was not uncommon in those days for various reasons.
In some cases the vinyls used to be named differently often by names of heroines (I am told Mahal had credit as Kamini - name of madhubala's character instead of Lata). I have also heard that some private bhajans of Shamshad Begum were given credit as some hindu named singer for some sale reason.
In some cases cover versions may have found way in and remained uncredited.
Geeta ji is also uncredited I believe for some songs e.g. in Lajwanti.
Some of them maybe really human errors also. But to sum it up they (cases of not being credited) were not uncommon for other singers also particularly when they were trying to establish themselves. (Its still happening today when some upcoming singers sing few ines in chorus etc but don't get credit. Has been true for KK among others).