T. K. Ramamoorthy Musical artist

Tiruchirapalli Krishnaswamy Ramamoorthy (Tamil: திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி இராமமூர்த்தி; 15 May 1922 – 17 April 2013), known as T. K. Ramamoorthy (Tamil: டி. கே. ராமமூர்த்தி), was a South Indian Tamil music composer and violinist.Ramamoorthy was known as Mellisai Mannar (Tamil: மெல்லிசை மன்னர்; "The King of Light Music"), along with M. S. Viswanathan. His major works are in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He and M. S. Viswanathan, as the duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, composed musical scores for over 100 films in the South Indian film industry during the 1950s and 1960s. The duo parted amicably in 1965, but eventually rejoined in 1995 after 29 years for Engirundho Vanthan.At age 91, he died in a hospital in Chennai on 17 April 2013.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1922
Date of death	April 17, 2013
Place of death	Tamil Nadu , Chennai
Hometown	Tiruchirappalli Presidencies and provinces of British India Madras Presidency

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Musical artist

Background	Non vocal instrumentalist
instrument	Pump organ

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