His voice is elixir. His songs are memorable. His singing style is unparalleled. A singer like him will never be born again in the Indian film industry. He is none other than S.P Balasubrahmanyam and his 40,000+ songs stand as witnesses for all the above facts. Great music director SP Kodandapani recognised Balu\u2019s singing talent for the first time when the latter was singing at \u2018Madras Social and Cultural Association\u2019. Kodandapani took Balu to several producers and told them about his efficiency and simultaneously gave him his first song \u2018Yemi ee vinta mooham\u2019 in the film \u2018Sri Sri Sri Maryada Raamanna\u2019.<\/p>\n
Like Balu, Kodandapani also holds the credit for introducing Mohammad Rafi, KJ Yesudas and Vani Jayaram to the Telugu film industry. He used to look after SPB like his son. Kodandapani enjoyed the rising prominence of Balu and the latter named his recording studio after his guru. SP Balasubrahmanyam was one of the singers who participated in the singing competitions held in \u2018Madras Social and Cultural Club\u2019 in 1964. Music stalwarts such as Pendyala Nageswara Rao, Susarla Dakshina Murthy and Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao donned the judge\u2019s chairs in that show in which Balu was chosen for the first prize.<\/p>\n
SP Balu was born in Konetammapeta into an orthodox Brahmin family. His interest in singing and music made him discontinue his Engineering and try in films. SP Balu\u2019s film journey was not a cakewalk as he sang in the chorus groups for four years. He worked as an assistant for music directors like Susarla Dakshina Murthy, Master Venu and KV Mahadevan until he sang his first song in \u2018Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna\u2019.<\/p>\n
It is extraordinary that SP Balu hasn\u2019t undergone any formal training in music, but his music knowledge and immaculate singing prowess made him the \u2018King of Singing\u2019 in the industry. His voice was still sounding young for a septuagenarian. We will all miss his eternal voice which has gone silent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
His voice is elixir. His songs are memorable. His singing style is unparalleled. A singer like him will never be born again in the Indian film industry. He is none other than S.P Balasubrahmanyam and his 40,000+ songs stand as witnesses for all the above facts. Great music director SP Kodandapani recognised Balu\u2019s singing talent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,391,11,121],"tags":[1569,1574,1572,1570,1571,733,1573],"yoast_head":"\n