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Most people know about this. It is being re-posted mainly for the newcomers..
On Aug 2, 2001, I made this post on the Classic RMIM group.
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Hi RMIMers:
As many of you know, I am much interested in the history of Hindi Film Music. I would like to do as much as I can to learn more about it and preserve this priceless heritage.
One of my most favorite singers, Rafi has seemingly sung 25,000 songs. However, all the researchers so far seem to have missed more than 80% of these.
For example, I have two books on Rafi (both bearing unmistakeable imprint of Geet Kosh) and they give the number of his songs as approximately 4,525. Both of these books list the first lines of the songs, movie name, year of the certificate, music director, lyricist and co-singer (if any). For very few songs they do not have complete information. It is possible that all the books missed 1% of his songs. So, an estimate of the total might be 4,570.
As a person who is a music lover, a Rafi fan and eager to help research, I have decided to put my money where my mouth is. Some of you may say that I have put my foot in my mouth. Be that as it may, I declare the following:
If you have in your possession songs that are not listed in any of the compilations, please come forward. Send me a recording of such a Rafi song and documentary proof that Rafi indeed sang the song in question. If you meet the above two conditions (namely, produce a recording of a song not in any Rafi book compilation and documentary proof that Rafi sang it), I promise to pay you as follows:
For new song numbers 1-10 $1 each
For new song numbers 11-20 $2 each
For new song numbers 21-30 $5 each
For new song numbers 31-40 $10 each
For new song numbers 41-50 $20 each
Of course, the song and the documentary proof become my sole property. Also, I will pay for a song only once, to the first claimant!
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
PS: I urge all fans of lata, asha, mahendra kapoor, sonu niigam etc. to put their money where their mouth is!
SS.
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Musing 1088. More M Y Mohan. J 159
Musing 1087. M Y Mohan, Singer? J158
Musing 1085. Baby Shakuntala. J 156
Musing 1083. Ragas in Songs. J 154
Musing 1082. Salida, Mozart and Me. J 153
Musing 1081. The Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.
Musing 1079. Alladin Ka Chiragh or Charagh. J 151
Musing 1077. Jagdish Sethi. J 149
Musing 1076. Madhubala in Nata (1955). J 148
Musing 1075: More JFH Van der Auwera. J 147
Musing 1074: JFH Van der Auwera. J 146
Musing 1072: Lata 25,000 to 60,000. J 144
Musing 1071: SSL Certificate. J 143
Musing 1070. Censor Certificate Book (HINDI)
Musing 1069. Lara Lappa and Me.
Musing 1067. Khurshid Anwar. J 141
Musing 1066. HFGK in RMIM. J 140
Musing 1065. Shashichand F. Kapoor
Musing 1064. A Year in Hindi Films. J 139
Musing 1063. S N Tripathy. J 138
Musing 1062. Shashi Kapoor. J 137
Musing 1061. Film Song Books in Rekhta. J 136
Musing 1059. Nishee in MIlan (1958). J 134
Musing 1058. More Yashodhara Katju. J 133
Musing 1057. Keval Singh Ragi (1923-1974)
Musing 1056. Yashodhara Katju. J 132
Musing 1055. Filmography of Pandit Bharat Vyas
Musing 1053. Hindi Talkie Filmography (1951-60)
Musing 1052. Evolution of Filmography. J 130
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Musing 1049. Ratan Gaurang. J 127
Musing 1048. Sitara (not Devi). J 126
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Musing 1046. Harmonium Ban on AIR. J 124
Musing 1045. C Ramchandra book
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Musing 1040. Achala Sachdev. J 120
Musing 1039. Bir Sakhuja. J 119
Musing 1038. Leela Mishra. J 118
Musing 1037. Bhagwan Sinha. J 117
Musing 1031. Sulochana Kadam singing. J 112
Musing 1030. Sulochana Kadam. J 111
Musing 1029; Waris (1954) 'Badhai Hai'. J 110
Musing 1028. Roshan Kumari. J 109
Musing 1027. Filmography Update.
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Musing 1025: S D Burman in 1948. J 107
Musing 1024. Silent Cinema. J 106
Musing 1023. S B Nayampally. J 105
Musing 1022: "Bollywood" in 1969. J 104
Musing 1021. G M Durrani. J 103.
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Musing 1017. "Bollywood" in 1977. J 99
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Articles Article Count: 2471
Articles on Hindi Films
Books Article Count: 197
Magazines Article Count: 35
Posted Songs Article Count: 2485
Rec Music Indian Misc Article Count: 2
Saigal Pankaj Dey Article Count: 1
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