Mohd Rafi, His contribution to Punjabi music Options

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MOHD RAFI


Mohd Rafi's first song for a film was a punjabi song

Song - Soniye Hiriye, teri yaad ne bahut sataya
Film - Gul Baloch
Year - 1944


This is a very rare song.................if anyone has it please upload it


Rafi was born on 24th December 1924 in Kotla Sultan Singh, Amritsar, in a middle class Muslim family. His elder brother, Janab Hamid Sahab, was the first to take notice of the divine gift in Rafi's coice. He decided to concentrate all his efforts in providing all the support needed by his brother to make it big in the music world.

At the age of seven, Rafi learnt Hindustani Classical music under the renowned Ustaad Bade Gulam Ali Khan and Vahida Khan


Mohd Rafi started his career at the age of 20, with a punjabi song, Soniye Hiriye, teri yaad ne bahut sataya for the movie Gul Baloch, which was released on 28th February, 1944. The producer was Sham Sunderji, who was very much impressed by Rafi's style of singing and did not think twice on booking Rafi for all his future films.