S P Balasubrahmanyam, the multifaceted music artiste, leaves behind an unparalleled legacy that includes a goldmine of Telugu songs
The news of the passing away of legendary playback singer, music director, voice-over artist and actor S P Balasubrahmanyam is akin to a personal loss for many of us, music lovers. SPB as he is fondly known, leaves behind an unparalleled legacy of more than 40,000 songs in 16 languages. There’s an SPB song for every mood, in every popular Indian language, and one holds on to those music memories irrespective of whether one grew up in the 1970s, 80s, 90s or 2000s.
Very few artistes have the ability to cut across generations and hold them in thrall. One assumed, almost impossibly, that SPB would be amongst us forever, like the popular Telugu singing competition Padutha Theeyaga he began presenting in 1996 on ETV. The music talent hunt show has…