S.P. Balasubrahmanyam S.P.B.
Background information
Born	June 4, 1946 (1946-06-04) (age 62)
Origin	Andhra Pradesh
Genre(s)	playback singing
Occupation(s)	singer, music director
Years active	1966 – present
Website	Official website

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam, (Telugu:బాల సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం) is a prolific Indian singer. He is also known as S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S.P.B. and Baalu in the media. Image File history File links SPBphoto1. ... is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Andhra redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A playback singer is a singer whose vocals are pre-recorded for use in films. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... The title of music director is used by many symphony orchestras to designate the primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. ... Telugu redirects here. ...

Family

He was born as Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam into an orthodox family on June 4, 1946 in Konetammapeta (then in Andhra Pradesh and now in Tamil Nadu). He is the second son in a family of three sons and five daughters. His father S. P. Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha and his sister S.P. Sailaja is a former actress-singer in Telugu. He has two children - Pallavi and Charan. is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... S.P. Sailaja, is a versatile Indian singer. ...

Early days

He got his first oppurtunity in 1966 to sing in the kannada film Gandhinagara starring Dr.Rajkumar in the lead role.He has captivated the audience with his mesmerising voice and approach with samskara,which is bcoming dearth in present day artists. Balu took to singing as a hobby during his childhood. 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 wished that Balu should become an engineer which brought him to Ananthpur, where he enrolled for the AMIE course in JNTU. Meanwhile, he also pursued his hobby and won awards at many singing competitions. From there he had identified as a good singer in annual, college functions where he use to sing and then referred and recommended by his friends for Madras, to sing. This article is about the musical instrument. ... For other uses, see Flute (disambiguation). ... , Anantapuram   (Anantapuram in vernacular) is a city (population: 466,359) and a municipal corporation in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. ...

In 1964, a Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation, organised a music competition for amateur singers. Balu won the first prize, and that proved a turning point in his life. Music director SP Kodandapani took him under his wing. Then offers poured in from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies.

Band

Before he became a full fledged cinema singer, SPB was the leader of a light music troupe that comprising

• Anirutta, who was working in Corporation and was the harmonium artist
• Ilaiyaraaja who joined the group as Guitarist and then moved over to harmonium after Anirutta became busy in his regular job
• Baskar, Ilaiyaraaja's brother who was in charge of Percussion
• Gangai Amaran another brother of Ilaiyaraaja who was the Guitarist after Ilaiyaraaja moved over to Harmonium^[1]

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Singer

Balasubrahmanyam 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. He has sung more than 39,000 songs^[2]since in more than 5 different Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. However, he has sung most of his songs in Tamil. He holds the Guinness record for having sung the most number of song recordings by any singer (the record for a female singer is held by Lata Mangeshkar). The article describes the languages spoken in the Republic of India. ... Tamil ( ; IPA: ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people, originating on the Indian subcontinent. ... Telugu redirects here. ... “Kannada” redirects here. ... -1... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... Look up Tamil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ... Lata Mangeshkar (Marathi/Hindi:लता मंगेशकर) (born September 28, 1929) is an Indian singer. ...

A gifted singer, he is highly regarded for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style, technique and control. 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. 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 most effectively match their requirements with his vocal delivery.S.P.B., though was very young, started singing for many different language films. As he became very busy, at times he used to sing even 17 songs in 12 hours at the recording theatre. He has also sung in Sanskrit and some regard his pronunciation of this language to be very good.

He has performed both the popular and classical music of India. For example, the songs he performed in the films Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Rudra Veena were based on Carnatic classical music, and the song Umandu Ghumandu in the movie Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi was based on Hindustani classical music. For the Carnatic Rāga, see Rāga. ... Saagara Sangamam (1983) is a Telugu film directed by Dr.K.Viswanath. ... Ustad Asad Ali Khan,Pandit Hindraj Divekar,Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi Desai and Ustad Bahauddin Dagar(Dagar Veena-a variation of the traditional Rudra Veena) are the surviving exponents of the instrument in India. ... Purandara Dasa—the Great Father (pitamaha) of Carnatic music Muthuswami Dikshitar, Thyagaraja and Syama Sastri—the trinity of Carnatic music Carnatic music or Karnatak music (Sanskrit कर्णाटक सङ्गीतं) is the classical music of South India, as opposed to the classical music of North India, called Hindustani music. ... Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi is a musical film directed by Chindodi Bangaresh. ... Hindustani Classical Music is an Indian classical music tradition that took shape in northern India in the 13th and 14th centuries AD from existing religious, folk, and theatrical performance practices. ...

SPB virtually monopolised playback singing for more than 30 years in the Telugu, Kannada and Tamil cinema.His contemporary Dr.K.J.Yesudas monopolised the Malayalam music industry. SPB sang only a few songs in Malayalam. Although Yesudas' voice was regarded more suitable for sad songs in Tamil, SPB also sang some of the evergreen sad songs in Tamil such as 'Naanum unthen uravai','Nenjukkulle'and 'Kuyile pudichu'. He hosts a popular TV show called Paadutha Theeyaga on E-TV, Paadalani Undi on MAA-TV ,Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu on 'E-TV Kannada' and 'Ennodo Paattu Paadungal' on JAYA-TV. His recent achievement is Pandurangadu, a mythological cum historical movie in telugu releasing in May'2008.His voice modulation , vibrations have a divinity.He enthralled all listeners with his great voice in this movie. Dr. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born January 10, 1940), is a noted South Indian musician. ... ETV is an largest news network in India covering 12 regional language channels from Hyderabad Categories: Stub ...

Awards and titles

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• The Kalaimamani by Tamil Nadu Government in 1981
• Tamil Nadu Government Award - received 3 times
• Film Fans' Association (Madras) Award (oldest association in the country) - received 20 times

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Other awards

• September 1, 2002 Life time Achievement Award "Play back King", conferred during TVS Victor Aalaapana Music Awards function for the years 2001 & 2002, at Hyderabad
• August 5, 2002 "Dr. Bezawada Gopala Reddy Award", given during a function in Nellore
• April 7, 2002 Delhi Telugu Academy's 'Rashtriya Vikas Shiromani Award (Life time)' in 2002 on the occasion of 'Ugadi 2002', held in New Delhi
• 2002 Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas award
• 2001 Sangeeta Ganga award
• 1990 Film Fare Award for the film 'Maine Pyar Kiya'
• 2006 Raja-Lakshmi Award from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai
• 2006 Best Playback Singer from Vijay TV, Reliance Mobile Vijay awards
• Mia Tansen Award Sur Singar Sanjad (Bombay) for best classical rendition of a song from 'Tere Payal Mere Geeth' composed by Naushad Sab
• Innumerable Awards from Magazines & Associations fostering films
• BAsavashree Awrd -2007 - Karnataka Government

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• Ek Duje keliye - 1981
• Maine Pyar Kiya - 1989

Achievements

• Has recorded over 38,000 plus songs in a span of 40 years, which include film songs and devotional numbers recorded by various recording companies of the country. It's a world record which will be soon entering into the Guinness Book of World Records.
• Has recorded 21 songs in Kannada for the composer Upendra Kumar in Bangalore from 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. on February 8, 1981 which is a record.
• Has recorded 19 songs in Tamil in a day, and 16 songs in Hindi in a day, which is a notable achievement.

He also acted in various movies in full fledged roles or as comeos. And is also an anchor for a TV programme by name "Paduta Teeyaga". Recently, on Maa TV, he has hosted a children's singing show, called Paadalaniundi. Mansvini was the winner of the program. Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ...

Dubbing artist

He has also given voice for various artists like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Bhagyaraj, Mohan, Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesh, Nagesh, Karthik, Raghuvaran, Vinodkumar etc.

Actor

He has been acting for over twenty years as a support artist in a wide range of roles.

He has also acted in two serials in Tamil

• Nadhi Enge Pogiradhu (which also had actress Roja)
• Jannal(also had actress Lakshmi)

Music director

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Other facts

Besides playback singing, Balasubramaniam is also the chairman of Kodandapani Audio Labs, Chennai.

References

External links

• http://www.spbala.page.tl
• http://www.spbindia.com/
• http://www.spbala.com/
• IMDB entry
• Hits of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• To listen and download SPB'S tamil songs in MP3'கீத நதி' எஸ்.பி.பாலசுப்பிரமணியம்
• http://myspb.blogspot.com/ எஸ்.பி.பி தமிழ் பாடல்கள்
• http://myyespeebee.blogspot.com/ Dr.SPB Kannada, Telugu Songs
• http://spbkural.blogspot.com/ Dr.SPB Thirukural Songs
• http://spbdevo.blogspot.com/ Dr.SPB Devotional Songs
• S.P.Balasubramaniam Profile
• For a complete list of Tamil Cinema Playback Singers
• This week specials by SPB
• Listen to SPB's songs
• List of SPB's Songs for Malayalam Movies