text: Tributes Hassan is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in the sub-continent and is said to have revolutionized the way ghazals were sung. In 1977, Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar was so moved by his dulcet vocals during a New Delhi concert that she reportedly said, "Aisa lagta hai ke unke gale mein bhagwan boltein hain" (it seems as though like God is singing through his voice). On 18 July 2018, the day of his 91st birthday, Google featured Hassan on its homepage doodle. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani paid tribute to Hassan, calling him "an icon who mesmerized music lovers" for decades. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that Hassan "brought the sub-continental Sufi sensibilities to life through his songs," and that "the influence of his passion for Urdu poetry and initial grooming in Dhrupad tradition earned for him a special place in the world of music."
  Musicians in his group and his students
  Some of the musicians who are associated with him :
  Ustad Pir Bakhsh, Tabla player
  Ustad Mohammed Hussain
  Ustad Tari Khan, Tabla player
  Some of his students are:
  Pervaiz Mehdi
  Talat Aziz
  Rajkumar Rizvi
  Ghulam Abbas
  Salamat Ali
  Afzal, Munni Subhani
  Rehan Ahmed Khan
  Shamshad Husain Chanda
  Shahnaz Begum (Bangladesh)
  Yasmin Mushtari (Bangladesh)
  Irshad Ali Mehdi
  Hariharan
  Tari Khan
  Amir Yaseen
  Family
  Mehdi Hassan had 14 children. As many as 8 of his sons are active in the field of music. They are: