| Original Name | S.P.Balasubramanyam |
| Nicknames | Balu-Friends SPB-Popular name |
| Date of birth | June 4, 1946 |
| Place of Birth | Konetammapeta (then in Andhra Pradesh and now in Tamil Nadu). |
| Family | Dad : SP Sambamurthy Wife : Savithri Son : Charan(Singer,Actor) Daughter : Pallavi(Singer) |
| Home address | 16,Kamthar Nagar,Mahabalipuram,Chennai-34 |
| Office | ‘Kodandapani Audio Laboratories’-modern sound recording theatre-Balu calls it his dream temple |
| Phone No | Home: 044-8272757 Office: 044-4729305 |
| Various roles | Playback singer, Film/Serial actor, Music Director, Dubbing Artiste |
| Languages | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam the lingua franca, Hindi, Tulu, Oriya, Assamese and Punjabi |
| First Song | Telugu :In 1966 with actor-producer Padmanabham’s ‘Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna’ which had music by Kodandapani Tamil : Iyarkai enum ” for the film Santhi Nillayam |
| Live Music Performances | Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, U.A.E., U.K., Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada, U.S.A. and Norway |
| Dubbing Artiste | Bhagyaraj, Mohan, Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesh, Naresh, Karthik, Raghuvaran, Vinodkumar etc |
| As an actor | Movies :‘Guna’, ‘Talaivaasal’, ‘Keladi Kanmani’, ‘Sigaram’ and ‘Kathalan’ in Tamil, ‘Pavithrabandham’ and ‘Aro Pranam’ in Telugu, ‘Muddina Mava’ in Kannada Serials: Jannal,Nathi Enge Pokirathu, conducted a weekly programme ‘Padutha Teeyaga’ aired on ETV |
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| Important Awards | . 6 National awardsso far |
| Interesting facts | Balu has accompanied Latha Mangeshkar in her live shows in the US and UK. He had the rare distinction of meeting the U.S. President Mr.Bill Clinton along with Lathaji at the White House! And he himself has toured widely abroad with his musical troupe.He is passionate about the game of cricket and is a keen watcher of the game as and when time permits him to do so. |
| Advice to new singers | “You can imitate my songs, but not my voice. It is healthy for each person to sing in his own voice. No one can be an obstruction to another in this industry. With talent and luck anybody can make it here”. |
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