Rafi was an Indian jewel. In the history of Indian music he will be remembered always. Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1924 - July 31, 1980) was one of the greatest Indian playback singers in Hindi film industry. Rafi still remains popular in the India and in many other parts of the world with people of Indian origin. His voice is referred to as "the voice of god". He continues to inspire new Hindi playback singers like Sonu Nigam, Mohammed Aziz, Shabbir Kumar and Anwar.
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Rafi was an Indian jewel. In the history of Indian music he will be remembered always. Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1924 - July 31, 1980) was one of the greatest Indian playback singers in Hindi film industry. Rafi still remains popular in the India and in many other parts of the world with people of Indian origin. His voice is referred to as "the voice of god". He continues to inspire new Hindi playback singers like Sonu Nigam, Mohammed Aziz, Shabbir Kumar and Anwar. Rafi sang many well known duets with Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt and Lata's sister Asha Bhosle. His songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans, and from slow melancholic tunes to fast fun-filled songs. He has sung for Rajendra Kumar and Jeetendra, the tragic heroes Dilip Kumar and Bharat Bhushan, comedian Johnny Walker, and many more. His voice personified the rebellious image of Shammi Kapoor and also gave expression to emerging, younger heroes like Biswajit and Joy Mukherjee. Rafi has also sung for singer-actor Kishore Kumar in a few movies like Raagini, Baaghi Shehzaada, and Shararat.
