 His ghazal are sung by many famous singers such as Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, K. L. Saigal, Mohd Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Hussain Brother, Nizami Brother,and Jagjit Singh many other famous singer.Even Lata Mangeshkar recorded her first song was written by him .He was also known as Shahenshah e ghazal and Abru e ghazal .