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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Karnail Singh Gill<br>ਕਰਨੈਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|02|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gurusar Chak no. 259, [[Faisalabad District|Layallpur district]], [[British Punjab]]
| origin = [[Ludhiana]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|06|24|1942|02|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Jamalpur Awana, [[Ludhiana district]], [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]]
| genre = [[Folk music of Punjab|Folk]]
| occupation = Singer
| instrument = [[Pump organ|Harmonium]]
| years_active = 1964–2012
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'''Karnail Gill''' ({{langx|pa|ਕਰਨੈਲ ਗਿੱਲ}}) was a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] [[folk singer]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name=aj/><ref name=pne/><ref name=toi/><ref name=ht/> He is best known for his duets with Narinder Biba, Surinder Kaur, Jagmohan Kaur, Mohni Narula, Swaran Lata, Ranjit Kaur, Kumari Veena, Kuldip Kaur, Gulshan Komal, Priti Bala, Usha Kiran, Harneet Neetu, Sukhwant Sukhi, Suchet Bala, Sarbjit Cheema, Rakhi Hundal, Navdeep Kaur and many more.

Suffering from [[spinal cancer]], he died on 24 June 2012,<ref name=aj/> survived by his wife Sukhjinder Kaur, son Gurtej Singh and two daughters Kanwardeep Kaur and Kirandeep Kaur, and students Rakhi Hundal, Anoop Sidhu.<ref name=aj/><ref name=pne/> He was cremated at his village of Jamalpur in Ludhiana district.

== Early life and career ==
Gill was born on 13 February 1942<ref name=pne/> in a [[Sikh]] family, to father S. Mehar Singh Gill (Lambarhdar) and mother Gurdial Kaur,<ref name=aj/> in the Gurusar (Chak no. 259) village of Layallpur district (renamed [[Faisalabad District]]) in [[British Punjab]].<ref name=toi/><ref name=ht/> After [[Partition of India|partition of Punjab]], his village was gone in [[Punjab, Pakistan|West Punjab]] (Pakistani Punjab) and his family migrated to [[Indian Punjab]] and settled at Jamalpur Awana village that now falls under the [[Ludhiana district]]. Later, along with singer [[Didar Sandhu]], he worked in [[Punjab Public Relations]] as a singer 1962 to 1964 for one and half-year.<ref name=aj/><ref name=pne/> He married Sukhjinder Kaur in 1970; the couple had one son and two daughters.<ref name=aj/>

Karnail Singh learned folk music from noted [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] singer [[Ustad Harcharan Grewal]], Shaukin Jatt, Master Beer Chand and classical music from Ustad Jaswant Bhanwra<ref name=pne/><ref name=toi/> and recorded his first songs record by HMV Gaddi Charhdi Bhna Laye Gode, Cha Muklave Da and Melne Nach Lai Ni De de Shauk De Gerhe", in 1963 and released in 1964 written by [[Hardev Dilgir]] (also known as [[Dev Tharike Wala]]).<ref name=toi/>

==Songs and compositions==
* ''Lambrhan Da Munda Boli Hor Bolda''
* ''Satth Vich Laggi Ae Kachehri''
* ''Teean Wangu Langhe Ne Din Mittra''
*Panj Bhadon Nu Ayin Ve Lain Darauja
*Laddu Kha Ke Turdi Bani
*Reshmi Rumaal Vangu Rakh Mundiya
*Tera Galgal Varga Rang Jattiye
*Eh Keehne Qaid Kare
*Sutiya Tu Jaag Bandiya
*Satguru Hoye Diyal
*Jorhe Puttran De Kaum Lekhe La Ke Patshah
*Ambiyan Nu Tarsengi Chhadd Ke Desh Doaba
*Maal Ladd Liya Jammu Kashmir Da
*Jatti Faishna Patti
*Jadon Dee Hogi Sadhni
*Tere Jatti Na Pasand Ve Sharab Vargi
*Nadhiyan Kuwariyan De Shauk Poorda

== References ==
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<ref name="aj">{{cite news | url=http://www.ajitjalandhar.com/20120625/punjab.php | title=ਦੋਗਾਣਾ ਗਾਇਕੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਲੰਮੀਆਂ ਵਾਟਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਾਂਧੀ ਰਿਹਾ ਗਾਇਕ ਕਰਨੈਲ ਗਿੱਲ |work=News article | date=June 25, 2012 | accessdate=July 26, 2012 | location=Chandigarh | language=Punjabi | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130116084024/http://www.ajitjalandhar.com/20120625/punjab.php | archivedate=January 16, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="pne">{{cite news | url=http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/3903-Celebrated-Punjab-folk-singer-Karnail-Gill-passed-away-cremated-in-native-village.aspx | title=Celebrated Punjab folk singer Karnail Gill passed away, cremated in native village | date=June 25, 2012 |website=punjabnewsexpress.com | accessdate=July 26, 2012 | location=Ludhiana | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628020703/http://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/news/3903-Celebrated-Punjab-folk-singer-Karnail-Gill-passed-away-cremated-in-native-village.aspx | archivedate=June 28, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-26/ludhiana/32424011_1_folk-festival-gem-shamsher-sandhu | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104003637/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-26/ludhiana/32424011_1_folk-festival-gem-shamsher-sandhu | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 4, 2013 | title=Karnail Gill —A gem of folk singing world | date=June 26, 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=July 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ht">{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Punjabi-folk-singer-Karnail-Gill-passes-away/SP-Article1-878528.aspx | title=Punjabi folk singer Karnail Gill passes away |work=Death news | date=June 25, 2012 | accessdate=July 26, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629103520/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Punjabi-folk-singer-Karnail-Gill-passes-away/SP-Article1-878528.aspx | archivedate=June 29, 2012 }}</ref>

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