F9 INFOPEDIA's video: FACTS about Rafi Google Celebrates Singing Legend Muhammad Rafi s 93rd Birthday

Between 1942 and 1980, Rafi Sahab became the voice of almost every hero, supporting actor, character actor in Hindi cinema. On Padma Shri Mohammed Rafi's 93rd birthday, Google honours the legendary singer with a Doodle. Born on 24th December, 1924 in Kotla Sultan Singh, a village near present-day Majitha in Amritsar district of Punjab, Mohammed Rafi went on to win a million hearts globally. In the early 1930's, the seventh of eight children born to Hajji Ali Mohammad, little Pheeko would follow a fakir on his rounds, and imitate his chants as they went around his native village. As Pheeko grew up, he started work at a relative's barber shop in Lahore - a cultural and film hub in those days. Although he grew up in an orthodox household where music and singing were frowned upon, Pheeko would hum songs through the day while at work. His brother, noticing his talent, arranged for him to train under Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan despite tremendous opposition from their father. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "New York Fashion Week 2018 | Street Stylers are embracing the Autumn Weather" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPqd4EyOUcI -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-