This article is written by Mr.A.S.Murty.

Each one of us must have heard close to a 100,000 songs in various languages, rendered by various artistes of all hues. Many great singers have entertained us with their thousands of songs over the last several decades and many more will continue to do so in the coming eras. We may not be familiar with singers of yore or the distant lands and how best they are comparable with the singers of the sub-continent. (more…)

This article is written by Mr. A.S.Murty

For Mohd. Rafi, ghazal singing must have come naturally. Having come from an Urdu background, he must have been influenced early in life with Urdu couplets and Ghazals, just like any other boy of his background. Hindi film music has produced many great Ghazal exponents and Mohd. Rafi is one of these greats. (more…)

This article is written by Mr. H.V.Guru Murthy.

The late Mohammed Rafiji has sung so many duets with Lata, Asha, Geeta Dutta, Suman Kalyanpur, Sharada, Shamshad Begum, Noorjehan, etc. But there are innumerable songs which Rafi has sung with other Male Playback Singers. These songs carry the versatility of these male playback singers. (more…)

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Legendary singer, Mohd Rafi will soon be immortalised in the city centre in Birmingham as an architect fan of his Tasawar Bashir, is building a shrine with the idea of making the late singer a saint. (more…)

This article is written by Mr. Surendra M. Menon, Mumbai.

The voice of Mohd. Rafi was so captivating that even a person who does not have taste for singing starts humming by the effect of this magical voice. The greatest asset of Mohd. Rafisaab’s voice was his diction, clarity, versatility and punch for words which created a different class which no other singers of yesteryear’s or contemporary could match him. (more…)

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Born in a middle class Muslim family with only a tender dream to sing, no one, not even Mohd Rafi himself would have thought about the glorious years to come and about the magic he would create for millions around him. At a young age, he moved to Lahore to train with Ghulam Ali Khan and learnt a lot from his teacher about Indian classical music. After satisfactorily learning, Mohd Rafi decided to make his career in play back singing. (more…)

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Funny title, some might say; but quite fitting. Elvis Presley is a name which is known even today because of the sheer charisma the man exuded and his animal magnetism that pulled everything within reach towards him. There is only one Elvis. No one else like him. (more…)

This article is written by Mr. Sudhir Kumar.

Mohammed Rafi saheb excelled in rendering every type of Hindi and regional film song. We always remember his crystal clear voice, versatility and range, clear diction, adaptability and special touches. I wish to highlight the fact that Rafi Saheb has also rendered the most heart rendering patriotic songs ever sung in hindi cinema. Maybe patriotism is a vanishing value these days, what with most people clamouring to move west and copy their culture blindly. (more…)

This article is written by Mr. H.V.Guru Murthy.

Mohammed Rafi Saab showed his versatility and genius whenever he was posed a challenge. While singing “Do Pehlu” songs, i.e. same song sung by two different Singers separately or two different versions, Rafiji almost always came out triumph. (more…)

This article is written by Mr. A.S.Murty

Mohd. Rafi has sung songs in very different moods. Some of these songs have so much emotion and depth in them that one is inclined to believe that they were actually written and composed for Mohd. Rafi himself. One would tend to forget the characters for whom the song may have been picturised. (more…)