PM Modi, political leaders, dignitaries, film industry personalities, and entire India today mourns the death of the legendary playback singer and Padma Shri award-winner SP Balasubrahmanyam. A renowned singer he held a Guinness World Record for more than 40,000 songs<\/a>. This afternoon on September 25, 2020, SP Balasubrahmanyam passed away in MGM Healthcare Hospital, Chennai after a brave fight with the coronavirus. His mortal remains will be taken to his farmhouse on the outskirts of Chennai tonight, and he will be laid to rest there post 10:30 am tomorrow. He is survived by his wife Savithri and two children, daughter Pallavi, and son S. P. B. Charan, who is a playback singer and film producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam born on June 4, 1946, fondly called Balu or SPB was a well-known Indian playback singer, musician, music director, dubbing artist, film producer, and actor who worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He grew up in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh in a Telegu family with his two brothers and five sisters. His father late S. P. Sambamurthy was a Harikatha artist (devotional singer) and mother late Sakunthalamma, a homemaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though a lover of music since early childhood, he took admission at JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur to become an engineer. But destiny had other plans. While still studying in 1964, he won the first prize in a music competition for amateur singers organized by the Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation where he was spotted by local film music composers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1966, Balasubrahmanyam made his debut as a playback singer with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, for a Telugu film scored by his mentor, S. P. Kodandapani. In 1969, he got a breakthrough when he sang for the Tamil superstar MG Ramachandran in the film Adimal Penn<\/em>. That changed his life forever and since then there was no looking back.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFrom Engineer to Singer<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n