His biggest hits include Meri Nath Dig Paye, Dupatta Tera Satrang Da, Lakk Tunoo Tunoo, Bas Kar Bas Kar, Mukhda Dekh Ke, Tera Yaar Bolda, and Jatt Di Pasand.

[1] Bindrakhia was born as Surjit Bains[2] to Sucha Singh and Gurcharan Kaur in the Bindrakh village of Rupnagar district, Punjab, India.

[4] His first appearance in the Punjabi movie industry was in the film Anakh Jattan Dee, where he sang the title song, Baniye Ne Jatt.

His first break in the Punjabi music industry came in 1990 with the album Addi Utte Ghum, which included the track Jugni in which Bindrakhia performs his world record 32-second hekh.

His song Dupatta Tera Sat Rang Da reportedly remained a top Punjabi track on UK charts for several weeks.

Due to a sudden decline in health, Surjit Bindrakhia died from a Silent Heart Attack cardiac arrest on the morning of 17 November 2003 at his home in Phase-7, Mohali.

Some of the artists who turned up to pay their last respects to the legend included Sardool Sikander, Hans Raj Hans, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Babbu Maan, Gurdas Maan his lyricist and a close friend Shamsher Singh Sandhu, and his guru and music composer Atul Sharma.