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Mehdi Hassan Khan_The King of Ghazal singing



   Mehdi Hasan Khan  was born on 18 July 1927  in a musical family.He was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Pakistan Film Industry(Lollywood).


   He is considered as one of the supreme and most significant person in the history of classical music especially ghazal singing.

Attributes

He is famously known as the "King of Ghazal" or the "Shahanshah-e-Ghazal".


    Mehdi Hassan is attributed with conveying ghazal singing to a global audience. He is unique for his melodic patterns. He kept alive the raga based ghazal genre alive in modern times.


Influence

 He influenced many singers of his time and modern time from various genres.Some are:

Jagjit Singh
Jagjit Singh

Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam

Hariharan
Hariharan

A.R. Rehman

 He said, 
“I have grown up with the ghazals of Mehdi Hassan.”

A.R. Rehman
Tributes
   He earned numerous awards and tributes in his career and remained a leading singer of Pakistani film industry.


  •   In 1977, Lata Mangeshkar “The Nightingale of Bollywood” was so very much touched by his melodious vocals during a New Delhi concert that it has been reported she said,

 “Aisa lagta hai ke unke gale mein bhagwan boltein hain,”
                                            Translation
                (It feels like God is singing through his neck).

Lata Mangeshkar
  • On 18 July 2018, the day of his 91st birthday, Google featured Mehdi Hassan on its homepage doodle.
    Google Doodle

    Mehdi Hassan is regarded as one of the best singers in the sub-continent.
  • Madam Noor Jahan respected him and regard him as a legendary and the greatest singer.
Madam Noor Jahan

Visit to India

   In 2005, he was taken to India for ayurvedic treatment where he was greeted by A.B. Vajpayee, Dilip Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and many other of his Indian fans.


 Death
He died on June 13,2012 in Agha Khan Hospital(Karachi)
  • He was truly a legend.He can never be replaced.
  • Thank you for the music.


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