http://epaper.navhindtimes.in/NewsDetail.aspx?storyid=10904&date=2019-11-10&pageid=1 How many songs has Alfred Rose actually sung? by Fred Noronha.
Reference to article by Fred on Navhind epaper of 10th Nov. Alfred Rose Songs. Well it is really difficult to guess how many songs Alfred Rose has sung, or for that matter any Konkani tiatrist or Radio singer, as none of them have kept their work. However Alfred had kept most of his work, which is now in Central Library. Some of his songs maybe still with his wife Rita Rose. Now coming back to 5000 songs of Alfred Rose, I dont think Alfred Rose has composed and sung 5000 songs, at the most I can say 1500-2000 songs. This figure is based on my search for his songs, though Fred said is 519, I have documented around 650 songs as of 2019 - this is 40 audio albums have finally been found that is approx 350 songs, (minus the repeats in albums) then take another 50 songs he sang for others albums. Then it is said that he produced/sang in 70 Vinyl records, details of which are not available but I have so far found 26 records (record names with pictures and details), take 200 songs. In all as of now we have so far documented approx close to 650-700 songs. Add another 600 songs which he sang for tiatrs, for radio stations, etc etc these were not recorded, or still add another 500 of his English songs...so say roughly around 2000 songs even though It is said he has 6 decades of singing career. I don't know how they got the exact figure of 5000 songs? This is possible only if he sang and composed 80 songs each year n through out his career or they counted the number of times he sang the song. eg if he sang Celina, 100 times, and rest of the tiatr songs having 40-50 shows then its possible to come to 5000 songs. My search for Alfred Rose songs started after his death, many of the songs information I got thru the Facebook Page Alfred Rose Fan Group. I have also documented them in my page. I am still working on a revised version, which will have details of the song viz correct title name, album name, singers n composers name etc. Regarding Isidore Dantas and his new Book - Alfred Rose - The King of Melody. Dantas bab has done a lot of work on this book, but still needs to edit or make changes when he comes out with the English Version. He should stress more on the songs part, there are some mistakes in the title of songs, then there are not much details of vinyl records provided. Details of 26 records with pictures are available with me, which is mostly taken from online sites as discogs etc. There were around 10 booklets which Alfred produced with his most popular songs Lyrics, this is also not to seen in the Book. The Alfred Rose website is closed, and that part also need to be corrected. If one goes thru the Alfred Rose Fan Group page, you will find a lot more information with pictures etc. Besides that I have put a lot of information on my Blog which is updated from time to time. Below are the links to the pages. The Alfred Rose Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alfredrose/ Blog on Alfred Rose with song lyrics, Cassette pics, CD pics, Vinyl pics http://alfritz.blogspot.com/ The 602 song titles as on 24/6/2013 http://alfritz.blogspot.com/search/label/Alfred%20Rose%20Song%20Titles A search in Discogs - Alfred Rose#Concanim/#Konkani#Alfred Rose & Rita Rose https://www.discogs.com/search/?q=Alfred+Rose+&type=all Dev Borem Korum Edward Verdes
