Ghulam Ali

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Ghulam Ali (born 5 December 1940) is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer. Ali was born in the village of Kaleke, Sialkot, Pakistan in 1940. He belonged to a musical family, his father was a classical singer and sarangi player who trained him to successfully use, interpret and improvise on vocal tone and modality. At the age of 15, Ghulam Ali became a disciple of the legendary classical singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who was a master of the Patiala Gharana to which Ghulam Ali also belongs. His training was provided mainly by Bade Ghulam Ali Khan's three brothers: Barqat Ali Khan, Mubarak Ali Khan, and Amanat Ali Khan, in Lahore. All these great teachers of classical music taught him the finer details of classical music and his solid foundation of classical music included him studying Thumri and learning to sing raagas. He started singing for Radio Lahore in 1960. Ghulam Ali's father named him "Ghulam Ali" after Bade Ghulam Ali. Along with singing ghazals, Ghulam Ali composes music for his ghazals too. His compositions are raaga-based and sometimes include a scientific mixture of raagas. A raaga is a scientific, precise, subtle and aesthetic melodic form with its own peculiar ascending and descending movement consisting of either a full seven note octave, or a series of six or five notes (or a combination of any of these) in a rising or falling structure called the Arohana and Avarohana. He is known for blending gharana-gaayaki into ghazal and this gives his singing the capabilit

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Dilkash Ghazlen

Best Of Ghulam Ali

Chupke Chupke Raat Din And Other Hits

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Mehrab

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Greatest Ghazal Hits

Ghazal - For The First Time Together - Vol - 1

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The Golden Collection - Ghulam Ali

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Enriching Ghazals - Ghulam Ali

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Tere Shahar Main

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Ghulam Ali Fantastic 5

Dil Mein Ek Leher - Ghulam Ali The Gazal Mastro

Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa

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