The One Who Devoted His Life to Gooming Md. Rafi, but How did He Become Anonymous Himself?

Let us now consider some other external circumstances in which Rafi Sahaab found himself in the Seventies. It is common knowledge that during the last years, Rafi Sahaab was once again involved in a controversy vis-à-vis Lata Mangeshkar over the entry of her name in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist for 25,000 songs in various languages. Rafi Sahaab who had been recording songs since 1944-1945 stated that he sang at least two songs a day and sometimes even five and therefore Lata’s figure should be reassessed. Even as late as November 1979, Rafi Sahaab’s request for reassessment was never heeded. It was sometimes three years after Rafi Sahaab’s death that the Guinness Book of Word Records stated Lata Mangeshkar’s name for the “Most Recordings” but also stated: “Mohammad Rafi claimed to have recorded 28,000 songs in 11 Indian languages between 1944 and April 1980. As for Lata Mangeshkar, she stated: “I don’t know anything about it.” “I don’t know how my name appeared in the Guinness Book, or where they got their information from. Certainly, I didn’t supply it. I don’t keep a record of the number of songs I have sung.” Imagine this! So for Rafi Sahaab, the Guinness authorities used the word “Claimed” and for Lata Mangeshkar, they gave a clean chit of “most recorded.” In short, Rafi Sahaab was never given an opportunity to prove his own claim. Later on, sometime in 1999 the names of both Rafi Sahaab and Lata Mangeshkar were deleted from the Book. Since it was rumored that those letters were drafted at Naushad’s home, Lata Mangeshkar did not take kindly to it. This is evident even after thirty years, for I have observed that in the many interviews that she gave to the media, including TV channels, she has never included Naushad’s name even once among Five Music Directors of her choice. The fact remains that Naushad’s compositions have a very high standard and he has given Lata Mangeshkar many of his best compositions to sing.

Recently, in order to short-change his achievements some are claiming that Rafi Sahaab never sang the alleged number of songs at all. Rafi Sahaab’s own assessment was based simply on the work he put in, that is, how many recordings did he do per day for all those decades. Many fans of Rafi state that he has sung over 28,000 songs. Whatever the case may be, it would be well to remember that Emily Bronte wrote just one novel “The Wurthering Heights” and this just one has assured her name to the hall of fame of great novelists. As for Rafi Sahaab, we have thousands of his songs to prove his immortality.
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