Chithra, other Malayalam playback singers pay melodious tribute to SPB
The Hindu
Playback singers’ association had a Facebook live of SPB’s songs on the legend’s birth anniversary
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam would have turned 75 yesterday. The day though turned out to be his birth anniversary after he passed away last September. The association of playback singers in Malayalam cinema, SAMAM, came out with a live show on Facebook to pay a most melodious tribute to a singer who was a dear friend to some of them, a colleague to many and a much-admired icon to everyone of them. Anoop Sankar, one of the biggest fans of SPB you would ever come across, coordinated the show. “We wanted to do something on his birth anniversary and we thought presenting his songs in our voices would be a fitting tribute to the legend,” says the Thrissur-based singer. “Some of us recorded the songs from our homes and we also used clippings from previously recorded television and live shows.”
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