Mohammed Rafi
2795 Albums

Native name	ਮੁਹੰਮਦ ਰਫੀ मोहम्मद रफ़ी محمد رفیع
Birth name	(1924-12-24)24 December 1924 Kotla Sultan Singh, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India)
Died	31 July 1980(1980-07-31) (aged 55) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Indian classical, Ghazal, Playback singing, Qawwali, Thumri, Bhajan, Western music, Nazrul Geeti
Occupation(s)	1944–1980

Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and one of the most popular singers of the Hindi film industry. Rafi was notable for his voice and versatility; his songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona of the actor, lip-synching the song on screen in the movie.^[1] Between 1950 and 1970, Rafi was the most sought after singer in the Hindi film industry.^[1] He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.^[2]Rafi is primarily noted for his songs in Hindi, over which he had a strong command. He sang around 7,405 songs in many languages.^[3] He sang in other Indian languages including Konkani, Bhojpuri, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Magahi, Maithili and Urdu. Apart from Indian languages, he also sang songs in English, [[ Bengali language, Farsi, Arabic, Sinhalese, Creole and Dutch.^[4][5]