Biography

Pammi Bai, Parmjit Singh Sidhu, belongs to a village Jakhpel in punjab’s district Sangrur. The district is also part of Malwa region, famous for heritage of folk culture. Pammi took interest in music and cultural activites while he was in college got inspiration from his father late S. Partap S Baghi. Pammi pursued Law study after his post-graduation in Punjabi Literature and Public Adminsitration.

PammiBai had been involved in cultural activites since then and slowly interest in singing gave birth to professionalism and a new voyage took off. In last 20 years of his carrer Pammi has seen all the changing waves of music industry but he himself did not leave the boat of punjabi folk singing as he had already set his mind on folk singing. During this period Pammi also toured many countries to perform along with his teammates and his world famous bhangra/giddha dancers.

The first recording of Pammi Bai was released in 1987 along with Narinder Biba as a duet album. He also did recordings with Surinder Kaur and was also featured in Jagjit Singh’s album “Ichhbal�. He had worked with music directors surinder Bachan, Charanjit Ahuja also. It was only when “Rangli Duniya� became a massive hit in the markit which brought Pammi Bai in the limelight as a Punjabi Folk Singer which gave him his own identity in the punjabi music industry.

Recently his “Putt Punjabi� also became hot seller and became the chart topper just after its release. One thing is now proven worldwide that still people love punjabi folk songs if they are really produced and sung in which they should be. It has also set an example for few other singers who turned their way from folk singing to other westernized flavours. Pammi had kept his devotion and dedication on art rather than worldly lures and the time came he got the juice and now he is known as “Bhangre Da Sher�.