I've crossed the 3000 mark for Rafi saab's songs, although it may not be a great number for some of the big collectors but for me this is really remarkable. And all this is indebted to this forum, MAS, old yahoo group and all of you members and specially the ADMINS who are the root cause of this.

I am attaching my collection, so if anybody does need any song he can request to me and I'll upload it.....It may take some time coz I've dialup at home but the song will be here. 'Der Hai, Andher Nahin'

And one thing more, this step is not the after effect of 'ratio rule', I always wanted to share this but was waiting for 3000 mark

Congrats - Yusuf !! And thanks for sharing the list.

We will certainly make requests after going through the list !!


Sri

congrtas m--may u soon touch da magical mark of 5000----pls u/l for all members---shehre mohabbat ujda---ek aur suhagan

Please requests should be made in this thread only not through PM, coz it'll be easy for me to keep track of who requested first.


Please request only that song which you don't have

or u ve-----------myawan-----sahab---aapse difference hone ke baad bhi i like u--just bcause---ur nonsense of humour is just like me----------shaatir ho aap bhi--------ye baat mere ko bangla desh main jab hum saath saath thhe jab se pata hai

Yeah there we met for the first time.....and then on and on!

very good bhai aap to kamal ke hai
aap aur surinder dhall one one hai.
surinder ji hv allso over 4000rafi songs
i nos dhall last 25 years iINDIA & CANADA BOTHPLACE
TOTAL22000 78RPM.LP.EP/CD VHS DVD CD 7" REEL TO REEL
& 1903 DISC PLYER.SOME TIME HE WORK IN HMV DUM DUM
INDIA. ANY HOW VERW GOOD BHGWAN AAO KO 5000 SE OVER LEE JAYE
THANKS
SURME

MyAwan Sahab,
Today you have opened your heart to everybody in this forum via..your collection list.
Is Se Badkar Aaj Eid Ka Tohfa Koi Aur Nahin Ho Sakta.
Good to know that you have patched up with Bobby Ji your old acquaintance.
And you do have a huge collection. Congrats and Eid Mubarak to Everybody.

Haneef

congrats! MyAwan Saab, way to go....
and thanks very much for sharing

Myawan Ji, If it is not a trouble can you please upload these two songs from the movie 24 Hours.

24 Ghante Bipin Babul 1958 Chhan Chhan Karti Daulat Bole ( 24 Ghante) 5:54
24 Ghante Bipin Babul 1958 Ek Dil Hamare Paas Hai 3:17

Thank You Very Much,
Haneef

Congrads on the 3000 mark that is very amazing.
If you could kindly upload these songs for the fans.
thank you.

Ek Phool Ek Bhool
Aap Chehre Se Chilman ( Ek Phool Ek Bhool)

Ladki Pasand Hai
Maan Bhi Jao Sanam ( Ladki Pasand Ki)

Anokhi Pehchaan
Aap Ka Shukriya Aap Ki Meherbani ( Anokhi Pehchaan)

Rocky Mera Naam
Dil Kabhi Tumne Diya Tha ( Rocky Mera Naam)

Magic Carpet

aap rafi ji songs ke mubrak bad .
happy eid to u.
dhall

Hi! Skip0303,
I had two from your list...Courtesy of Hf
Hopefully Myawan Ji, Doesn't mind.

Haneef

Hi! Skip0303,
I had two from your list...Courtesy of Hf
Hopefully Myawan Ji, Doesn't mind.

Haneef
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Hey, thanks alot haeef that's very nice of you to help out

Congratulations Yusuf Bhai on this milestone.

I hope you do find the time to listen to what you have collected !!!!!!

Didn't you also lose a lot of songs recently courtesy of a hard disk crash ?

Anil

Yusuf Bhai:

Thanks for all your wonderful contributions so far and the icing in the cake for opening the doors of your "khazana" to every member of HF, even to complete strangers. It shows how much you love Rafi and how much you love those who love RAFI.

Regards.

Binod.

Thanks Anil bhai! Well thats true that I may not have listened every song in my collection completely but the tune remains in my mind . Yes I once lost some songs in a hard disk crash thats why I keep recorded CD's whenever possible.
Binod bhai! I am nothing in comparison to others here who have shared such a great gems, its all because of people like you all.

So Haneef here is your request, file size may look smaller to you but the quality is the same and trust me I have worked on this to get the same quality and I upload after myself is satisfied. So it the best of both worlds, small size but good quality. Although in the new scenario it may be beneficial for me to upload big sized file but why when there is no quality improvement. And thanks for fulfilling skip's request

Yusub bhai


agar apka aur hamara collection mil jaye tho jo log jo kehte hein Rafisaab kewal 6000 gane gaye bhein, unhe sharminda hona padega.

not more than 5500-----

SS do you remember long time back we had a detailed discussion on this......and finally on what we were agreed was around 10,000.

But Bobby is quoting the number of songs which are available somehow, Is it possible that rest of them are just sooo rarely distributed? I think it is.

mywaan sahab---shayad aapko yaad ho 15-20 saal pehle lata ka naam bh record book main aa gaya thaa-ki 25000 songs hain phir hata liya gaya---rafi ki kisi bhi book main songs-5000 ke aas paas hi hain---just gimme 50 films name out side the rafi books---main ye maan loonga ki rafi sahab ne 50000 songs gaaye hain-----though rafi sahab agar --man re tu ke baad koi bhi songs nahin gaate tou bhi unki value vo h rehti jo aaj hai----------try to understand my point itne gane hain tou gaane nahin tou info tou honi chahiye na

May be......but I've got Mr. Salim ul Haq's book and I often find songs that are not listed in that book.
Discussing this topic is bit tough for me coz its like shooting bullets in the dark, no exact info

i ve some 150 odd songs outside da book----like 2nd and 3rd part of some-----some infos r wrong in all book---like a non filmi song---mahabharat ki jeet---------aisa koi song hai hi nahin-----right words r--mahamaran ki jeet--a christian song------rafi hi nahin koi bhi singer ho---books ke bahar 100 ke aas paas hi songs hote hain----

[quote name='bobby mudgel' date='Oct 25 2006, 11:20 AM' post='299113']
[quote name='myawan' post='299110' date='Oct 25 2006, 12:09 PM']
though rafi sahab agar --man re tu ke baad koi bhi songs nahin gaate tou bhi unki value vo h rehti jo aaj hai----------try to understand my point itne gane hain tou gaane nahin tou info tou honi chahiye na
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Mr Bobby

Yes you are right, it does not matter how many songs he has sung. For me and a vast majority he is the best. I would prefer no one attaches a figure to his invaluable songs, whether 6000, 10,000 or 5,500.

Man re is just one of his uncomparable gems. He made is mark well in 40's, a legend the time he faced the microphone.

Mr. Mayawan, please share more of your collection.

TN

I do recollect, Yusuf bhai. Most books do not show more than 5500 songs as Bobby bhai has rightly said but after doing a research over the years and meeting some amazing people and reading the history of recording companies, I would say 25,000 songs is not the right figure and Rafisaab never claimed that he had sung this many. He only said after Lata claimed she had sung 30,000 songs, "if Lata has sung 30,000 songs then since I came in the industry before her, I too may have sung about 25,000 songs. I belive a figure of 10 to 12000 songs is quite possible.

We cant see God but we belive in him don't we. Hence just because we do not have the info of more than 5,500 songs that does not mean there are no more.

Let me give you an example. I met a peson who had 150 songs of Rafisaab that were not mentioned in the book. There was another who had 50 that were not in the book or in the 150. Imagine if there are several people like them who have the songs that are not accounted for.

I believe if I combine your list with mine we will go way above the figure that the books mention.
Of course it does not matter how many Rafisaab has sung and I am in no way saying Bobby Bhai is wrong. I am happy for anyone to have any figure in their mind.

Cheers
SS

so-------pls u/l the list of songs u ve or info u ve--bout da songs out side the books--kum se kum songs dhundhne ka kaam tou shuru karen

Bobby bhai

I do not have those songs and nor do i have a list of those songs per say. If you can post me the song list you have, I will have a look at the ones I have and then single out the songs that you dont have. How about that bhai?

If you want to start, one place to look is at the records of the small recording companies that existed in the 40's. These companies had over 150 songs of Rafisaab, mainly non filmi. These companies were too small and closed down and HMV did not bother to salvage those records.


Another place to look is in Pakistan films of 40's and non filmi songs too. Dhall Saab can give more info. According to a old collector about 500 songs exist of this nature.

Another place to look is at the names and number of films made in bollywood and how many of them actually released the soundtrack. As per one information there are several films whose soundtrack was never released.

Regional songs are another area and many regional films audio was never released.

Here is a list of some of the small companies that operated and then closed down all with them disappeared the titles that they released.

.1The Mega Phone company
2. Hindustan Records and New theatres records
3. Senola Musical products
5. Talking picture record company
6. Shaenshai Records
7. Jien’o-phone records
8. Odeon
10. The Crystalate Gramophone Record company
11. The National Gramophone Record Manufacturing Co
12. Natraj music
13. Navras records
14. Polydor
And many more

As per an analyst, the total number of 78 rpm discs recorded and issued by HWV is estimated to be about 50,000 titles to which might be added some 30,000 recordings (not almums) by other smaller companies that had been operating in India over the past sixty odd years .

Do you know such was the the popularity of "Alam Ara's" songs led moviemakers to drastically increase the number of songs in their movies - for eaxmple the 1932 film "Indrasabha" had a staggering 71 songs. Hence one has to look very deep in the history of HFM to get to the core of the matter.


Regards
SS

ss bro---my prob is i ve 4700 songs of rafi----all r in audio csts---------jab bhi koi song milta hai book main mark kar deta hoon---that,s y i know exact figure how many i ve-------one of my friend is planning to write a book on rafi--and has some usefull infos-------there r some 15 odd non filmi and 300 punjabi songs out side the books---+some filmi and sound track wale---so total is near bout 500 songs

I agree with SS bhai, there are surely more than 5500+ songs, alot of them might not be listed and one doesn't necessarily have to have them all in order to prove this, its well known that many books, lists etc. don't take into account and leave out many songs.

Yusuf bhai, Thanks for opening your collection to us, appreciate it.

salaam yusuf,

bhaiya to be honest- im a die hard, kishoreda fan myself but...

i love rafi too.

just wanted to congratulate u not only for kindly sharing ur musical khazana but

cos u have a very big heart too!

wish u all the best yaar.

ur a genuine topman- ur absolutely amazing u really are.

bless ya!!!

p.s. eid mubarak to u & ur family.

take care.

BASH.

With due respect to you veteran collectors, I must say that your combined collections of 6000 songs still do not have these once very popular Rafi songs:

1. "Pyyar Deewane Bane Kyon, Jane Na" from Film: Pyaar Bana Afasana (MD:Iqbal Quereshi), Rafi-Asha

2. "Jaane Meri Ankhiyon Ne Dekha Hai Kyaa, Paani Se Nikla Hai Chaand Naya" from Pyaar Ki Jeet (MD:Sudhir Phadke), Rafi-Asha

These are regular 'listen's on Vividhbharati. Both are very nice songs and not those discarded rare songs!

So much for our collections!

Venkat

Venkat this is a tough one for me, might be someone else has.

Skip your request is in the que

yousaf bhai it d be kind of u if u can upload the following songs from ur collection

khuli wadiyon ka safar
my love
mein is masoom chehre ko
haan hum nein pyar kiya
yeh to mumkin hee nahin
tumhari chand si surat
haseen raat mein



with the dial up it d b time consuming but plz..............

Thank You For the Songs of 24 hours MyAwan Bhai,

Haneef

Thank you myawanji,

what you are doing is truly remarkable, and not only I, but many Rafi fans await these great numbers.
thank you once again.

Ek Phool Ek Bhool
Aap Chehre Se Chilman ( Ek Phool Ek Bhool)

Ladki Pasand Hai
Maan Bhi Jao Sanam ( Ladki Pasand Ki)

Anokhi Pehchaan
Aap Ka Shukriya Aap Ki Meherbani ( Anokhi Pehchaan)

Rocky Mera Naam
Dil Kabhi Tumne Diya Tha ( Rocky Mera Naam)

Magic Carpet

Here are ur requests skip, do you need the song of 'magic carpet' as well?:

yeah I still do, if that's ok?

Yusuf sahab - congrats on reaching this wonderful mark ! May your collection grow ever more to your heart's desire. Ameen.

SAJDAH

Myawan jii .. congratulation for your 3000+ mark of Rafi Saab's songs and Thank you for opening your contribution. Heartedly appreciate it

Ps:- How do you manage to store all your songs safely? By external hard drive or cds? Please advise. Once i had a problem when all my songs collection gone when my hardisk crashed. *heartache - sob sob*

Eid Mubarak to You and Your Family..

Regards.
~kes~

Thanks Sajda and Kes.....Kes I save them on CDs in form of MP3s.

One thing that I wanted to discuss with you people that from now on I'll be uploading songs in MP3Pro format, coz that is a lossless conversion from MP3 with the smaller size. What do you say?

Yosuf bhai, whaterever works best for you is much appreciated.

Also I noticed you were missing this Rafi Saab rare gem from you list

Film Name GUSTAKHI MAAF
Production Year 1969
Producer Anand Pictures
Director Raaj Kumar Bedi
Music Director Sapan Jagmohan
Star Cast Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja, Johny Whisky, Sujit Kumar, Ravikant,

song: A jane ja chali kaha....
enjoy

Wow, so thanks for the song skip

any time my friend . I will do my best to add to thtat great list of yours..


yup and those are my remaining requests.

Maan Bhi Jao Sanam (Ladki Pasand Hai), MD is Sonik Omi, Year is 1971

Dil Kabhi Tumne Diya Tha ( Rocky Mera Naam), MD is Sapan Jagmohan

Pyar Ki Baatain ( Magic Carpet), MD is Ram Prasad, Year is 1964

remaining songs of skip's request:

Maan Bhi Jao Sanam (Ladki Pasand Hai), MD is Sonik Omi, Year is 1971

Dil Kabhi Tumne Diya Tha ( Rocky Mera Naam), MD is Sapan Jagmohan

Pyar Ki Baatain ( Magic Carpet), MD is Ram Prasad, Year is 1964

Yusuf saab, sorry I stumbled on this thread so late. First of all belated wishes of Eid Mubarak to you and family members.

Let me congratulate you on this great acheivement.

Cheers
Parag

Here is another rare gem I found that wasn't present on the list.

Film Name TEEN CHOR
Production Year 1973
Producer Ravi Malik
Director Dada Mirasee
Music Director Sonik Omi
Star Cast Vinod Mehra, Zahira, Jeevan, Om Prakash, Manmohan, Chaman Puri, Jagdish Raaj, Ranjeet,

Song Name: Nadiya ke pani mein jawani dekho aag lagati hai ....





hope you enjoy that one,

Also small request for Nateeja: Hum Albele Saodagar, can anyone help with this one ?

myawan,

congrtulations. amazing collection.

thanks for the Teen Chor song

Here is your request myth:

1. Aisa To Kabhi Mumkin Hi Nahin ( Gunah Aor Qanoon, 1970, Sapan Jagmohan, 3:47)

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