I have several more Gujarati Gazals and old movie songs by Rafi, Talat Mahmood, Hemant Kumar, Meena Kapoor and Manna Dey. But they can make one asleep if we played them here.
The only exception was this one by Manna Dey:
Pankhioye Kal Shor Karyo
Also check out the following by Rafi, and compare it with the tune [...]

I wanted to start speaking about Rafi having had posted so much on Kishore in the last few months. Let us begin the following song list and take a stock of Rafi’s caliber. This is the first in a series of similar many yet to come on Rafi and others. Rafi was the original playback [...]

Of Course Not! And Be Assured, No Sensible Music Listener Will Entertain This Line Of Argument Ever!
I have often seen Rafi fans making this accusation in debates, it hardly bothers the Kishoreda fans though. However, let us examine today whether it was possible to technically enhance some songs more compared to others, just [...]

Kishore, Bappi and Lata. Courtesy CalcuttaWeb.
I went through several mp3 sites and came up with the following list, having mostly sentimental and romantic songs. Most of them are from the post-1980 phase with a very matured KK voice quite evident therein. You may go through the archives of all masters, including KK, Rafi and [...]

Asha Bhonsle - The Heavenly Female Voice!
Something common ran through the trio of Kishore Kumar, RD Burman and Asha Bhonsle. What was this common factor? Was it the ability to break norms, leave aside classical rules and sing without any hesitation? Was it their fondness for the alien music styles, mostly the western ones, to [...]

Image courtesy IndianExpress.com
A well-contested argument between Kishoreda and Rafi fans is always on cards whenever somebody speaks their heart out with respect to one of these two Indian greats - I have myself previously spoken on this subject. Recently, I discovered the following article by Sandipan Deb in The Indian Express, which declares Kishoreda as [...]

Image Courtesy EternalRafi.com
I’d post my second entry on Kishore Kumar on this site with the following message: Hindi Music lovers often compare Kishoreda and Mohammed Rafi and try to downgrade the one they may not like about. I have been an intense Kishoreda fan since my childhood, and have my own reasons to believe he [...]