Mohammed Rafi

Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1924 - July 31, 1980) is one of the most famous Hindi playback singers of yesteryears. Rafi still remains popular in South Asia and in countries like UK, Kenya, West Indies etc. where South Asian immigrants have

Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1924 - July 31, 1980) is one of the most famous Hindi playback singers of yesteryears. Rafi still remains popular in South Asia and in countries like UK, Kenya, West Indies etc. where South Asian immigrants have settled. He continues to inspire many new Bollywood playback singers like Sonu Nigam.

Along with Lata Mangeshkar, he shares the record for having sung the greatest number of songs, approximately 26,000 during his film career spanning 40 years (from 1940 to 1980) But less than 5,000 songs can be verified. Rafi has also sung a large number of songs with Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhonsle.