death_date death_place years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
8 april 1989 valliur , tamil nadu , india 1950s , early 1960s , early 1970s ramachandrapuram , madras presidency , british raj solo_singer 1 july 1929 vocalist , pianist film music a. m. rajah
 a. m. rajah playback singer , music director
a. m. rajah

aemala manmatharaju rajah -lrb- 1 july 1929 -- 8 april 1989 -rrb- was a south indian playback singer-music composer popular in the 1950s and the early 1960s in south india .
he was popularly known as a. m. rajah or rajah .
his songs were featured in numerous tamil , telugu , malayalam and kannada films in the 1950s , early 1960s and early 1970s .
he also composed music for several films .
