His father developed a taste for the traditional way of singing and being a music analyzer and enthusiast, was keen to pass on tradition to his children. Suribabu has developed an aptitude for music from his father and at the age of 9 years, he could easily reproduce songs with perfection.[9]
Career
In 1963, Suribabu made his debut with All India Radio (AIR) children's musical fest and got a high rating from listeners then. In 1971, he joined All India Radio as a program announcer[6] and served for more than 35 years.[9]
While working in AIR, he received the opportunity to work with many legendary artist, including Voleti Venkateswarulu, whom he considers as Guru and learnt rare Kirthanas from him. He also conducted two most successful programs namely Bhakti Ranjani and Sangeeta Sikshana with All India Radio, Vijayawada.[6]
He also performed for The Trinity and Other Vaggeyakara Music Festival held at Bengaluru in April 2012.[3][11]
Till date, he is actively engaged in music concerts in India and overseas. He has composed over 2, 5000 songs of Bhakta Ramadasu, Annamacharya and Narayana Teertha's Krishna Leela Tarangam, produced several CDs to propagate rich tradition of music.