[1][2][3] He was conferred with Kala Ratna, a civilian honor by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2013[4] and TTK Award by Madras Music Academy in 2014.
[1][6] Suribabu was born on 1 May 1945 in Dubacherla, a village in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, in then British India.
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] In 1963, Suribabu made his debut with All India Radio (AIR) children's musical fest and got a high rating from listeners then.
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.