I would like to tell u about the song which both have sung..but we remember only of kishore da.

1) Tum bin Jaoo kaha

when i came to know that rafi saab also has sung this song in the same film i was shoked because wheneve at restaurants, at canteens at anywhere i heard this song is of kishore da.

the reason for this is,

i agree kishore da was not classical background. Rafi saab is great in singing ability than kishore da.

according to me there are three things in song. 1) taal 2) sur 3) emotion.
according to me the singer is great if he can put the right emotion in the song because to bring emotions u have to be perfect in sur and taal.

and kishore da is master of all singers in putting right emotions in song. thats why is greatest male singer of the indian film industry.

the words are very small to explain the kind of emotions which kishore da has expressed in every song

There is NO NEED ot debate about who is good/better Rafi or KK…..actually do ANY of us REALIZE….arey apni auqaat hi kya ki in stalwarts ko accha ya bura keh sake ?

Both were SUPPPERB!! any one disagree ?

Their voice quality, their singing, the emotions they put into their songs…..is plain unsurpassable.

It is our bad luck that these are no more during our lifetime!!!
May God bless their soul!

Chhodo yaar bahas…bas enjoy their voice and songs….

u r quite rite abt mr.rafi …. infact kishoreda also accepted this fact
dat rafi sahab is better….. post aaradhna, several persons came to kishore
da and said him dat “Aapne to rafi sahab ki chutti kar di” but kishoreda
replied “tum sab ko music k bare mein kuch nahi pata, rafi sahab best hain aur main b unka fan hun”……

so as u see such a great artist who sung so many great songs(specially
with senior burman & junior burman)… who composed many great songs(aa chalke tujhe, koi lauta de mere bite hue din…etc etc)…. who made so many good films…. & who acted so brilliantly… such a great artist was
die hearted rafi fan.. may b more than you buddy…. so i juss wanna say d to all rafians dat dnt show so much resistence to kishoreda…. as he also loved mighty rafi a lot… both rafi sahab & kishoreda were great admirers of each other….. & both were equally great….
Rafi sahab>great singer…. kishoreda>great artist….

The songs I listed are not very classic. There composition is semi-classic, which can also be said about some of KK’s songs. I mean yes, KK has sung some very souful songs, but these Rafi’s numbers that I listed have a greater musical quality and are more effective at conveying the message they are designed to convey. Remember KK was also present at that time and MDs could have used him, but they chose Rafi instead. In fact, in the movie Guide, Kishore sang “gata rehey mera dil” but the more challenging numbers went to Rafi.

KK might be great artist, in fact he was, but if one takes singing ability only, Rafi was and is simply the best.