Baljit Singh "Bally" Sagoo is a British-Indian record producer and DJ.
15 Facts About Bally Sagoo
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Bally Sagoo entered the recording and entertainment industries in 1989.
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Bally Sagoo grew up in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham.
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Bally Sagoo spent his college years producing mixtapes for friends and DJing at local events.
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The single became a hit and Bally Sagoo joined OSA as their full-time in-house producer.
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In 1994, Bally Sagoo signed with Sony Records to produce Bollywood Flashback.
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Bally Sagoo became the first Indian artist to reach national mainstream radio when the album track "Chura Liya" was played on BBC Radio 1.
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Bally Sagoo toured India with Michael Jackson on the HIStory World Tour, produced the Aby Baby album with Amitabh Bachchan and was invited to New Delhi to meet then Indian president, Shankar Dayal Sharma.
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In 1999, Bally Sagoo launched his own UK music label, Ishq Records.
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Ishq followed this with the release of other Bally Sagoo titles including Anything But Silent, Hanji and the technical Sag Loops series.
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That decade, Bally Sagoo's music supported Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham, Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, the Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott drama The Mistress of Spices and It's a Wonderful Afterlife.
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Bally Sagoo starred in and composed the music for the 2006 Punjabi film, Sajna ve Sajna.
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Bally Sagoo appeared in television programmes during the 2010s, including the UK Lottery show, the Asian reality show Bollywood Star and celebrity magazine formats such as Tinseltown TV.
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In 2012, Bally Sagoo opened a studio in Mumbai, and splits his time between the UK and India.
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Bally Sagoo merged the business assets of Ishq Records into Fresh Dope Records, the music division of Fresh Dope Industries.