A Great Singer S.P.Balasubramanyam / தி மகா பாடகர் எஸ்.பி.பாலசுப்பிரமணியம்: ஒரு வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு

<p>Indian singer S P Balasubrahmanyam a Guinness world record holder for his more than 40000 songs over 50 years.<br/>From romantic hits to popular dance tracks he sang some of Indian cinema's best-known numbers spanning 16 languages.<br/>SPB as he was popularly known began his career in Tamil and Telugu cinema in southern India - and became the first crossover singer who gained success in Bollywood.<br/>As news of his death broke social media was flooded with condolences and memories as people recollected some of their favourite songs sung by him.<br/>He was a legendary playback singer - that is his voice was pre-recorded for use in films in which actors would lip-sync to the songs. He sang for top composers of his time including AR Rahman and Ilaiyaraaja.<br/>His breakthrough Bollywood film came in 1981 when he sang for Ek Duuje Ke Liye (We Are Made For Each Other) a romantic tragedy that was one of the year's biggest hits.<br/>He was hailed as a singing sensation despite his marked southern accent and became the 'singing voice' for Bollywood superstars such as Salman Khan.<br/>indian musicians usually don't smoke because they believe it ruins their singing voices; and many professional singers say they do not drink cold water or eat ice-creams.<br/>But Balasubrahmanyam never hid his smoking habits or hislovefor an iced drink. When he asked for a chilled soft drink before moving into the recording booth it would cause quite a stir in the studio.<br/><br/></p>