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[myawan]

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

[myawan]

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.

[suhana_safar]

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.

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