death_date years_active alias birth_place name background instrument article_title birth_name occupation
07 june 2013 1960 -- 1990 raghavulu ramachandrapuram , east godavari district , india j. v. raghavulu solo_singer vocalist j. v. raghavulu
 jetti veera raghavulu singer , music composer
j. v. raghavulu

jetti veera raghavulu -lrb- died 7 june 2013 -rrb- , better known as j. v. raghavulu -lrb- -rrb- , was an eminent indian music director and playback singer .
he started as playback singer and became a music director after the sudden death of ghantasala venkateswara rao .
he made his screen debut in `` drohi '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , a film by suresh productions .
he scored music to about 172 films .
