Monday, December 17, 2018

The amazing music romantic singing Indian music duets of Mofd Rafi Sahab and Lata Mangeshkar

I bought this music c.d. "Old is Gold" from an Indian male vendor who told me his wife was a tantrik worship leader at the local Indian worship center (a small temple I guess). I was really impressed by the music - I thought it was my private joy. So finally I googled "Old Is Gold" - the youtube recording was not in the same key? It didn't sound as good. I read the comments (most obviously did not know English well?) Finally someone named the singers...

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/lata-mangeshkar-remembers-mohammed-rafi-music-was-his-life-4997798/

Thankfully my taste in enjoying their amazing music was not just me!! They are superstars in India and known around the world (but of course don't even have a Wiki page on the interwebs!!).

8 hours of their music

This is what I love about youtube - the music channels get the MOST hits! People LOVE music.

11 million views and probably hardly any from the US (except the Indian immigrants)....

OK the MALE singer has a wiki page....
“For Rafi Saab, his singing was a form of worship. Even I am very serious about my work. But for Rafi Saab, the dedication was on another level. He had no vices at all. He didn’t smoke, drink or eat paan. He led an ascetic’s life.
 So after this amazingly LONG partnership of singing together - they finally had a falling out....

Lata viewed his stand as a stumbling block on the royalty issue and stated that it is because of the singer's name also that the records get sold. This difference of opinion subsequently led to differences between the two. During the recording of "Tasveer Teri Dil Mein" (Maya, 1961), Lata argued with Rafi over a certain passage of the song. Rafi felt belittled, as music director Salil Chowdhury sided with Lata. The situation worsened when Lata declared that she would no longer sing with Rafi. Rafi stated that he was only so keen to sing with Lata as she was with him.[33][34] The music director Jaikishan later negotiated a reconciliation between the two.[35] In an interview given to The Times of India on 25 September 2012, Lata claimed to have received a written apology from Rafi.[36] However, Shahid Rafi, Mohammad Rafi's son, rebuffs the claim, calling it an act to dishonour his father's reputation.[36]
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar

This Bollywood movie tunes have great orchestration - the timbre expression is better - and there is microtonal harmonics. Way better than just Western tuning. Sure it is "Western" tuning but not "straight" Western - kind of like Blues music - the tuning is embellished.

Just how many songs did they sing together?

During his last years, Rafi was involved in a controversy over Lata Mangeshkar's entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. In a letter dated 11 June 1977 to the Guinness Book of World Records, Rafi had challenged the claim that Lata Mangeshkar has recorded the highest number of songs ("not less than 25,000" according to Guinness). Rafi, according to his fans, would have sung more songs than Lata – he being the senior of the two. They estimated the number of songs sung by Rafi to be anything from 25,000 to 26,000. This prompted Rafi to write a letter, in protest, to Guinness.[44] After receiving a reply from Guinness, in a letter dated 20 November 1979, he wrote, "I am disappointed that my request for a reassessment vis-a-vis Ms Mangeshkar's reported world record has gone unheeded."[30] In an interview to BBC recorded in November 1977, Rafi claimed to have sung 25,000 to 26,000 songs till then.[26]
 
After Rafi's death, in its 1984 edition, the Guinness Book of World Records gave Lata Mangeshkar's name for the "Most Recordings" and stated, "Mohammad Rafi (d 1 August 1980) [sic] claimed to have recorded 28,000 songs in 11 Indian languages between 1944 and April 1980."[45] The Guinness Book entries for both Rafi and Lata were eventually deleted in 1991. In 2011, Lata's sister Asha Bhosle was given the title.[46]
Wow!!

 Let's see what the comments section has to offer....

Not much - looks like they were all from cell phones with English not as first language...

The all time No 1 singing pair of India. Their magic and romance can never ever be recreated in Bollywood. 
 There you go!!

Best singers in the world

Why I feel so good on first song 😳😳😳
If you want to learn Indian Bollywood singing - here's the channel that teaches you!



Lata and Mohammad Rafi songs are just unparalleled in their music and melodies. Simply bemisal and heart touching 👌👌👌👌👌

both are best competitors to each other & this has yielded best results for music lovers forever.

I can't judge or comments on ur songs because IT is fabulous

Rafi sahab voice is so Divine and soothing makes me reach different world..
Wonderful evergreen melodious sweet songs keep pleased and energetic throoughout the day! Modern songs have neither sweetness of music nor nor any sense,only tearing eardrums?

heart touching songs

Amazing!...... Wow!..... Fantastic!..... Awesome!.... Great!..... I love it.. yaar 
 
voice of heart

these songs are the treasure of Indian music great god gifted voice of lata di n rafi sir

unique immorta and ever green collection
"translation" of the top comment:
 "Rafi Saheb has no answer. You will always be seated in the heart of every human. You are my bowing down."
 
रफ़ी साहब का कोई जबाव ही नहीं है । आप सदैव ही हर मानव के हृदय में विराजमान रहेंगे l आपको मेरा नमन है ।
simply superb evergreen superhit songs

Lata Didi is The Dhruv Tara in the world It is univershal truth 
Dhruv Tara? means Pole Star - unmoveable truth...


where were you my friend, all the time ? all my favourite songs. what a collection !! mind blowing . all time hits ! thanks for uploading .


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