Bhai Mohan Singh Ji hails from Sindh region in Pakistan and started his formal training of Gurmat Sangeet with Bhai Chand Ji. It was narrated to me that Bhai Mohan Singh Ji used to take foot to the mountains nearby his home and perform his daily ‘riaz’ there in solitude. He enjoyed doing this because there were no interruptions to his practice and he was able to put his full concentration into his ‘riaz’. Following the partition of Punjab, he settled in India. He formed a jatha with his brother, Bhai Puran Singh Ji who accompanied him on tabla. He was one of the first few ‘jathas’ to travel abroad and some of the recordings of his below date back to the 1960s. Among his many achievements, he has won the president prize awarded by the Kirtan Council for Gurmat Sangeet Vidhya. Bhai Mohan Singh Ji passed away due to a heart attack sometime around 1988 or 89 while attending a Kirtan program in Nagpur. If anyone has more recordings of Bhai Mohan Singh Ji to share, please contact us.
The following recordings were contributed by Bhai Mohan Singh Ji’s son, Puneet Singh Khalsa.
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 01 Shaan
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 02 Eh Sagar Soee Tare (Bilawal)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 03 Mata Preet Kare Part 1
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 04 Har Aradh Na Jaana Re
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 05 Mata Preet Kare Part 2
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 06 Saiyo Ni Guru Nanak Aya (Kavta)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 07 Basant Chareya (Basant)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 08 Charan Kamal Sang Lagi (Ahir Bhairo)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 09 Basant Chareya (Basant) & Vichar
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 10 Tere Gun Gaavan (Bilawal)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 11 Saajna Sant Awoh Mere (Darbari Kanra)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 12 Re Man Ot Leho (Madhuvanti – Incomplete)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 13 Kar Bande Tu Bandagi (Sindhi Bhairvi)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 14 Jine Tohe Dhiayo Tine
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 15 Mil Mere Preetma Jio
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 16 Vichar & Jis Ke Sir Upar Tu Swami
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 17 Har Ke Naam Ki Vadiyai (Ahir Bhairo)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 18 Santoh Ram Naam Nistariye
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 19 Chit Aave Ta Rang Gulaal
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 20 Suphne Vich Tusi Mile (Kavta)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 21 Kar Man Shukar Shukar (Kavta)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 22 Satgur Tumko Hoye Dayala
The following two Shabads are from a 78 rpm His Master’s Voice (HMV – N92986) belonging to my late grandfather, Sardar Indar Singh.
Bhai Mohan Singh Bombay – 01 Aisi Preet Gobind Sion Lagi
Bhai Mohan Singh Bombay – 02 Prabh Ju To Kai Laaj
The following Shabads were on one side of a cassette contributed by a close family friend, Sardar Harcharan Singh.
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 01 – Mere Man Mere Man
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 02 – Shaan
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 03 – Pooran Hoye Kaaj (Madhuvanti)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 04 – Houn Kurbane Jaon (Incomplete)
The following recordings are from Bhai Mohan Singh Ji’s visit to UK in 1969. These recordings were contributed by Bhai Harbans Singh Suraj (UK).
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 01 Vichaar
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 02 Har-E-Namaste
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 03 Har-E-Namaste
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 04 Vichaar
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 05 Bhari Bhujan Ko
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 06 Vichaar
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 07 Rab Na Chhodan (Madhuvanti)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 08 Vichaar
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 09 Prabh Mero It Ut (Tilang)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 10 Antar Ram Rai
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 11 Vichaar & Prem Bhatola
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 12 Basant Chadeya (Basant)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 13 Vichaar & Vadh Sukh Renariye
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 14 Ghol Ghumayee Laalna
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 15 Dhan Dhan Pita
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 16 Vichaar & Abh Main Apni Katha
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 17 Se Sanjog Karo (Madhuvanti)
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 18 Raakh Sada Prabh
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 19 Jab Te Darsan Bhete
Bhai Mohan Singh (Bombay) – 20 Aisa Kirtan Kar Mann