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Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1924 - July 31, 1980) is one of the most popular Hindi/Urdu playback singers in Bollywood and probably the most successful ever. Rafi still remains popular in South Asia and in many other parts of the world such as the UK, Kenya, the West Indies, and wherever South Asian immigrants have settled. He continues to inspire many new Bollywood playback singers like Sonu Nigam, Mohammed Aziz, Shabbir Kumar and Anwar.

Rafi sang a great many duets with Lata Mangeshkar, but he has also sung a large number of songs with Geeta Dutt and Lata’s sister Asha Bhosle as well.

His songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawaalis to ghazals and bhajans, and from slow melancholic tunes to fast fun-filled songs. He had a strong command of Hindi and Urdu and such a vocal range that could accommodate this variety.

He sang for Rajendra Kumar and Jeetendra, the tragedy heroes Dilip Kumar and Bharat Bhushan, comedian Johnny Walker, and many more. His voice personified the rebellious image of the star Shammi Kapoor and also gave expression to smaller and 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.
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