M. S. Subbulakshmi – Popular Melodies of – EALP 1374 – (Condition 90-95%) – LP Record

She started learning Carnatic music at an early age and trained in Carnatic music under the tutelage of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and subsequently in Hindustani music under Pandit Narayanrao Vyas.

Her mother, from the devadasi community, was a music exponent and a regular stage performer, and Subbulakshmi grew up in an environment very conducive to musical learning. Her musical interests were also shaped by regular interactions with Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, Mazhavarayanendal Subbarama Bhagavathar and Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

Subbulakshmi gave her first public performance, at the age of eleven, in the year 1927, in the 100 pillar hall inside the Rockfort Temple, Tiruchirappalli; with Mysore Chowdiah on the violin and Dakshinamurthy Pillai on the mridangam. This was organised by the Tiruchirappalli based Indian National Congress leader F. G. Natesa Iyer.In 1936 Subbulakshmi moved to Madras (now Chennai).She also made her film debut in Sevasadan in 1938.Her debut to the world of cinema was again opposite F. G. Natesa Iyer: who had introduced her as a child prodigy to the world of Carnatic music a decade earlier, in Tiruchirappalli.

• Vandadum Cholai-2 Parts

• Neeyirangayenil

• Vadinamuralum

• Malai Pozhuthinile -2 Parts

• Jankarasruthi

• Yaro Ivar Yaro -2 Parts

• Kanda Thundo Kannan Pol

• Oli Padaitha Kanninai

• Vanathin Meethu