Omkar Prasad Nayyar might be the only musician that never used Lata and still reached the heights of popularity.
My choice
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Ye lo main hari piya (aar paar)
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Piya Piya Piya mora jiya pukaare (Baap re Baap)
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Aaankhon hi aankhon mein ishaara ho gaya (CID)
4)Leke pehla pehla pyar (CID)
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Divaana hua badal (Kashmir ki kali)
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Reshmi salwar kurta jaali ka (Naya daur)
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Jaayiye aap kahan jaayenge (Mere sanam)
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Dekho kasam se, kasam se, kahte hain tumse haan (Tumsa nahin dekha)
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Aao huzoor tumko sitaron mein le chaloo (Kismat)
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Pukarata chala hoon main (Mere Sanam)
Notable movies were ‘aar paar’ (his first hit), CID, Mere sanam, Naya daur, Kashmir ki kali’ ‘ek musaphir ek hasina’, ‘Pran jaye par Vachan na jaye’ (His last hit, after this Asha stopped singing for him and soon he stopped working for films. Difficult to decide it was coincidence.)