Indian no.1 singer
(December 24, 1924-31 July 1980) called the world Rafi or Rafi Sahab [1], was one of the best playback singers of Hindi cinema. For the abundance of the melodrama and range of his voice, he distinguished himself among his contemporary singers. They were also called Shahenshah-e-Tarannum. [2] The voice of Mohammed Rafi inspired many singers in his forthcoming days. Among them, the name of Sonu Nigam, Muhammad Aziz and Udit Narayan is notable - though many of them now have their own identity. They sang a total of 26,000 songs from the beginning of the 1940s to the 1980s. [2] In addition to the mainstream Hindi songs, songs included in Ghazals, bhajans, patriotic songs, Qawali and other languages are included. Those actors who were filmed on their songs include singer actor Kishore Kumar, among others including Guru Dutt, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Bharat Bhushan, Johnny Walker, Joy Mukherjee, Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jitendra and Rishi Kapoor. Is also included in the name. [3] On December 24, 2017, on the 93rd birthday of Mohammad Rafi ji, Google honored him with a doodle in his memory and dedicated his songs to his memories. This doodle was created by Mumbai painter Sajid Shaikh evergreen old singer mohd rafi