    kattassery joseph yesudas (; born 10 january 1940) is an indian singer. yesudas sings indian classical, devotional, and popular music. he has recorded more than 70,000 songs in many languages including malayalam, tamil, hindi, kannada, telugu, bengali, gujarati, oriya, marathi, punjabi, sanskrit, tulu, malay, russian, arabic, latin and english during a career spanning five decades. he has performed in most indian languages except assamese, konkani and kashmiri.{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/02/08/stories/09080706.htm|title=life devoted to music|date=1 february 2001|
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