Essay and songs on A M Raja

When I was writing about songs in the poem, I forgot to mention. With paruchUri SrInivAs (stationed in Germany and a veritable walking encyclopedia on the golden age of Telugu film music), I wrote an appreciation in Telugu on yesteryear's playback singer, A M Raja, commemorating his 80th birth anniversary and 20th death anniversary. There are fourteen songs (some very rare) that go with this essay in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi besides a link to a sinhaLa song. Here, you'll find his first radio song and his first film song. Even if you cannot read the essay in Telugu, listen to the melody of Raja as a singer and as a music director. The correct link is http://www.eemaata.com/em/issues/200905/1433.html (Earlier wrong link: http://www.eemaata.com/em/issues/20090/1433.html) Regards! - mOhana