

As he became very busy, at times, he used to sing even 17 songs in 12 hours at the recording theatre. S.P.B., though was very young, started singing for many different language films.
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His approach to singing is methodical he perseveres to understand the full meaning of the songs that he sings (many of which are very poetic) and the settings in which these songs are couched in order to make it most effective. These qualities allowed him express across various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought-after by many of India's film music composers. He holds the world record in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung the most number of song recordings by any singer (the record for a female singer is held by Lata Mangeshkar).Ī gifted singer, he is highly regarded for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style, technique and control. He has sung more than 40,000 songs since then in more than 5 different Indian languages, including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. * Gangai Amaran another brother of Ilaiyaraaja who was the Guitarist after Ilaiyaraaja moved over to Harmonium.īalasubrahmanyam made his debut in film music as a singer in Dec 15, 1966, with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a film scored by his mentor Kodandapani. * Baskar, Ilaiyaraaja's brother who was in charge of Percussion. * Ilaiyaraaja who joined the group as a Guitarist and then moved over to harmonium after Anirutta and became busy in his regular job. * Anirutta, who was working in Corporation and was the harmonium artist. Offers then poured in from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies.īefore he became a full-fledged cinema singer, SPB was the leader of a light music troupe that comprised of: Music director SP Kodandapani took him under his wing. Balu won the first prize, and that proved to be a turning point in his life. In 1964, a Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation, organized a music competition for amateur singers. Some friends recommended him to sing in Madras and provided him with referrals. There, he was identified as a good singer in annual college programmes. Meanwhile, he also pursued his hobby and won awards at many singing competitions. Later, he discontinued the course due to typhoid and then joined AMIE. His father wanted Balu to become an engineer this brought him to Ananthpur, where he enrolled for the Engineering course in JNTU. He developed an interest in music very early in his life, and had studied notations and learnt to play instruments such as harmonium and flute on his own while listening to his father. Charan.īalusubrahmanyam took to singing as a hobby during his childhood.

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and Balu in the media.īalasubrahmanyam was born into an orthodox Telugu Brahmin family in Konetammapeta near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a prolific Indian singer and actor.
