 Rushdi recorded his last song "Ban ke misra ghazal ka" in 1983 for film "Hero", which was picturised on Waheed Murad and the song was a hit.He recorded a large number of duets in many languages with Noor Jahan, Zubaida Khanum, Runa Laila, Mala, "Naheed Niazi", Irene Parveen, Naseem Begum, Mehnaz, "Rubina Badar" and Naheed Akhtar in his thirty-three-year singing career.Ahmed Rushdi is credited with the honorific nickname of "Magician of voice" because of his ability of singing in different genres including happy, comedy, tragedy, qawwali, lullaby, patriotic, pop, revolutionary and folk.