
These qualities allowed him expression across various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought after by many of India's film music composers. He holds the Guinness record for having sung the most number of song recordings by any single male singer (the corresponding 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 36,000 songs since in more than 5 different Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. * Gangai Amaran another brother of Ilayaraja who was the Guitarist after Ilayaraja moved over to Harmoniumīalasubramanyam made his debut in film music as a singer in 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a film scored by his mentor Kodandapani. * Baskar, Ilayaraja's brother who was incharge of Percussion * Ilayaraja who joined the group as Guitarist and then moved over to harmonium after Anirutta became busy in his regular job * Anirutta, who was working in Corporation and was the harmonium artist
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Then offers poured in from Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies.īefore he became a full fledged cinema singer, Baalu 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 a turning point in his life. In 1964, a Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation, organised a music competition for amateur singers.


Meanwhile, he also pursued his hobby and won awards at many singing competitions. His father wished that Balu should become an engineer which brought him to Madras, where he enrolled for the AMIE course. 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. His father SP Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha.īalu took to singing as a hobby during his childhood. He is the second son in a large family of three sons and five daughters. He was born as Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam into an orthodox Saivite family on Jin Konetammapeta in the Nellore district of then composite Madras State (Now part of state of Andhra Pradesh).

by fans and Baalu by close friends and relatives. Balasubrahmanyam, is a prolific Indian singer. His father SP Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha.
