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He also had the knack to make his voice appear as though the actor he was singing for himself had rendered it. Songs in several languages, including south Indian and Hindi have the indelible mark of his sweet voice and going beyond playback singing, he showed his impressive music composing skills in movies like Sikaram.ДЄcting and dubbing came to him naturally and movies like Midhunam, Kadhalan, Priyamanavaley, Manadhil Urudhi VendumВ and SathyaВ vouch for it. Sankarabharanam by K Vishwanath, rendering as many as nine songs, including Dorakuna Ituvanti SevaВ and Samaja vara gamana.ДЄLSO READ: For many grief-stricken fans, SPB's death is like that of a family memberД¬elebrations became merrier with his peppy numbers and for over three decades, no new year eve event has gone on in Tamil Nadu without playing of his Elamai Etho EthoВ song. He proved he can handle classical also with a sterling performance in the 1979 super hit There are thousands of melodies to soothe - Vannam Konda,В and Pehla Pehla Pyar Hai come to mind immediately -В which are all an inseparable part of people's everyday lives. He could whistle, mimic any sound or voice and had the uncanny ability to seamlessly blend stammer, laughter, cough or give a voice form to any emotion in songs. SPB went on to sing under music directors spanning generations from Kodhandapani, M S Viswanathan, Ilayaraja, A R Rahman and Deva and pairing female artists like P Suseela, S Janaki, Vaani Jayaram and Chitra, among others, and won six national awards. He bagged the best playback singer award from the Tamil Nadu government for songs in both Adimaipen and Shanthi Nilayam.

Undeterred, he continued to try for opportunities and his entry in the Tamil film industry happened with Shanthi NilayamВ and Adimaipen, both of which hit screens at the same time in 1969.

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In 1966, his career began with Telugu and Kannada songs with S P Kothandapani, whom SPB regarded as his guru, giving him the opportunity His debut song in Tamil Athanodu Ippadi IrundhuВ a duet song with LR Easwari in a movie titled Hotel RambhaВ never saw the light of the day. It was renowned playback singer S Janaki who first spotted his talent when he took part in a music competition while pursuing engineering (AMIE) in Chennai and told him he will have a bright future in the film industry if he gave it a shot. 'It was never my desire to enter the film industry.В I wanted to become a gazetted rank engineer which could fetch Rs 250 salary, a jeep with a chauffeur in the 1960s,' he had repeatedly said over the years.ДЄLSO READ: SPB's regret -В I missed watching my kids grow up (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)ДЇor someone with no formal training in classical music, the heights SPB scaled were not something that even well-trained singers could touch.Д«orn on June 4, 1946, in Nellore in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the film world was never in the mind of SPB, also fondly called 'Balu' by many of his friends such as music maestro Illayaraja. He carved out a niche for himself after entering the field when the then veterans like T M Soundararajan (TMS) and P B Srinivas were ruling the roost.ДЇans gathering outside SPB's residence. The evergreen song Ayiram Nilave Vaa (Come thousand moons) from the MGR starrer AdimaipenВ catapulted him to fame in 1969 and there had been no looking back for SPB since then. VIEW GALLERY: Here are some rare pictures of legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam Living and breathing music aptly fitted him as the gifted singer said a couple of years ago that he was recording a song every day, even over 50 years after he made his debut in 1966, besides being associated with several reality shows on TV.

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Quite unassuming despite his unparalleled achievements, including countless national and state awards and the coveted Padma Shri and Padma Padma Bhushan, he worked with generations of music composers, crooning a staggering 40,000 plus songs during his enviable over five-decade career.ДЄn extraordinary singer, who was influenced by veteran Mohammed Rafi, SPB stamped his class in thousands of evergreen songs, evoking various emotions, be it joy, romance or pathos and later also took to acting in some films.

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