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{{short description|British-Indian record producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2016}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bally Sagoo
| image =
| caption = Sagoo in 2013
| birth_date = 19 May 1964
| birth_name = Baljit Singh Sagoo
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| occupation = {{hlist|Record producer|DJ}}
| years_active = 1989–present
| spouse =
| children = 3
| parents =
| website = {{Url|www.ballysagoomusic.com}}
| label_name = {{hlist |Oriental Star|Sony Music|Ishq Records|Fresh Dope Records}}
}}

'''Baljit Singh "Bally" Sagoo''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਬਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੱਗੂ,) is a [[British-Indian]] record producer and DJ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/smack-in-the-face/article4535950.ece|title=Smack in the face|date=22 March 2013|work=The Hindu|accessdate=25 June 2016}}</ref> Born in Delhi, India, Sagoo was raised in [[Birmingham]], England. He entered the recording and entertainment industries in 1989. He is the figurehead of the UK/Belgium-based entertainment company, Fresh Dope Industries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chakdey.com/bally-sagoo-future-shock/|title=It's a Wham Bam Future Shock Bally Sagoo is back|date=22 February 2013|website=Chakdey.com|accessdate=25 June 2016|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013023158/http://www.chakdey.com/bally-sagoo-future-shock/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/changing-tunes/article4655590.ece|title=Changing tunes|date=26 April 2013|work=The Hindu|accessdate=25 June 2016}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 1989, [[Oriental Star Agencies]], a UK based [[record label]], asked him to remix a Punjabi track called "Hey Jamalo".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/search?q=bally+sagoo%2C+Hey+Jamalo&type=all |title=Discogs |publisher=discogs |accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> The single became a hit and Sagoo joined OSA as their full-time in-house producer. Through this relationship, he released his first album, ''Wham Bam'' which spawned a sequel, ''Wham Bam 2''. Other material during this period included ''Star Crazy'' and Sagoo's 1991 collaboration with [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] on ''Magic Touch''.Over 50,000 copies of ''Star Crazy'' were sold in UK and overseas market.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}

===1990s===
In 1994, Sagoo signed with [[Sony Records]] to produce ''Bollywood Flashback''. He became the first Indian artist to reach national mainstream radio when the album track "[[Churaliya hai tumne jo dil ko|Chura Liya]]" (a re-working of [[Asha Bhosle]]'s song) was played on [[BBC Radio 1]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} This was followed in 1996 by his first, all-original work ''Rising from the East'', which included "Dil Cheez" and "Tum Bin Jiya". Subsequently, he featured on the album ''Dance Attack'' and composed another remix music video, ''Mera Laung Gawacha''. Starring [[Deepti Bhatnagar]] and [[Jas Arora]], the video was directed by Polygram Multimedia, and became a hit in the UK. Sagoo made it onto ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. He 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]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

===2000s===
In 1999, Sagoo launched his own UK music label, Ishq Records. Its first output was his album, ''Dub of Asia''. Ishq followed this with the release of other Sagoo titles including ''Anything But Silent'', ''Hanji'' and the technical ''Sag Loops'' series. The label also managed and showcased other new talents and delivered tracks such as "Noorie" on Sagoo's 2000 release, ''Bollywood Flashback 2''.

In 2003 at the UK Asian Awards, the [[Spice Girls]] presented him with the inaugural trophy for Outstanding Achievement.

That decade, Sagoo's music supported [[Gurinder Chadha]]'s ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'',<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1176491/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1|title=Bally Sagoo|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> [[Mira Nair]]'s ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'' (2001), the [[Aishwarya Rai]] and [[Dylan McDermott]] drama ''[[The Mistress of Spices]]'' and ''It's a Wonderful Afterlife''. Sagoo also starred in and composed the music for the 2006 Punjabi film, ''Sajna ve Sajna''.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> He 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''.

===2010s===
In 2012, Sagoo opened a studio in [[Mumbai]], and splits his time between the UK and India. He merged the business assets of Ishq Records into Fresh Dope Records,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freshdoperecords.com |title=Bally Sagoo Music |publisher=Freshdoperecords.com |date=28 January 2013 |accessdate=5 April 2013}}</ref> the music division of Fresh Dope Industries. It has a head office in [[Brussels]] and an operational satellite in Mumbai. It is engaged in feature film production, television, artist promotion and management, corporate participation, online and traditional publishing, live performances, lifestyle products, fashion trends and technology developments.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Personal life==
His father, musician Saminder Sagoo, died in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saminder Sagoo death: Funeral of ex-Musafirs musician |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-35104988 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=BBC News |date=16 December 2015}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Language
|-
|1999
|''[[Kartoos]]''
| rowspan="4" |Hindi
|-
|2000
|''[[Hera Pheri (2000 film)|Hera Pheri]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''
|-
|''[[Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani]]''
|-
|2002
|''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]''
|English
|-
|2005
|''[[The Mistress of Spices]]''
| rowspan="3" |Hindi
|-
|2006
|''[[Sajna Ve Sajna]]''
|-
|2007
|''Cape Karma''
|-
|2010
|''[[It's a Wonderful Afterlife]]''
|English
|-
|2024
|''[[The Buckingham Murders]]''
|Hindi
|}

=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title!!Distribution
|-
|1990
|''Wham Bam''|| rowspan="5" |Oriental Star Agencies
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
| ''Star Crazy''
|-
| ''Essential Ragga''
|-
|1992
| ''Magic Touch'' feat. [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]]
|-
|1993
| ''Wham Bam 2''
|-
|1994
| ''Bollywood Flashback''||Sony/Columbia Records
|-
|1995
| ''On the Mix'' (compilation)||Oriental Star Agencies
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
| ''[[Rising from the East]]''||Sony/Columbia Records
|-
| ''Aby Baby'' feat. [[Amitabh Bachchan]]||Big B Records
|-
|1997
| ''Star Crazy 2''||Oriental Star Agencies
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| ''Sagloops 1 to 4''|| rowspan="5" |Ishq Records
|-
| ''Dub of Asia''
|-
|2000
| ''Bollywood Flashback 2''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
| ''Anything But Silent'' feat. Jared Bashir & Gunjan
|-
| ''Gunjan feat Gunjan''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
| ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]] - The Remixes''||1998 Movie soundtrack remix
|-
|''Aap Ki Nazaron Ne Samjha'' feat. Gunjan
| rowspan="2" |Ishq Records
|-
|2003
| ''Hanji''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
| ''Botllan Sharab Diyan'' || rowspan="2" |Nupur Audio
|-
| ''Bollywood Buzz''
|-
|2014
| ''Future Shock''|| rowspan="3" |Fresh Dope Records
|-
| 2015
| ''Cafe Punjab''
|-
| 2021
| ''Next Level''
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title!!Distribution
|-
|1989
| "Hey Jamalo"|| rowspan="3" |Oriental Star Agencies
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
| "Ragga Muffin Mix"
|-
| "Jewel" feat. [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]]
|-
|1994
| "Chura Liya"|| rowspan="4" |Sony/Columbia Records
|-
|1995
| "[[Choli Ke Peeche]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
| "Dil Cheez" feat. Shabnam Majeed
|-
| "Tum Bin Jiya" feat. Shabnam Majeed
|-
|2000
| "Noorie" feat. Gunjan|| rowspan="2" |Ishq Records
|-
|2006
| "Pesa nasha pyar.Bohemia"
|-
|2013
| "Thori Ji Kori" feat. Harry Mirza|| rowspan="2" |Fresh Dope Records
|-
|2021
| "Kinna Chauna" feat. Vicky Marley
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of British Sikhs]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://www.ballysagoomusic.com}}
* [https://www.easterneye.biz/bally-sagoo-power-fusion-music/ Bally Sagoo on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Michael Jackson and the timeless power of fusion music], 2025 interview in ''[[Eastern Eye]]''

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