The Telugu old songs are more traditional based and have classical Carnatic music as a base. Such rare old traditional Telugu songs mp3 downloads are available for free download or for a small fee online. The lyrics, videos, video clips and the remix old Telugu songs are also available for free download.

The old Telugu songs were based on the classical music of South India that is Carnatic music. Most of the Carnatic classical music’s lyrics were based on Telugu language especially artists like Saint Thyagaraja. They concentrated more on the melody of the songs and most of them were devotional songs or love songs with instruments like mridangam, veena, tabla etc providing the base. The movies helped a lot in popularizing Telugu music not only in South India but across the nation and overseas as well.

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao is a name which is synonymous with Telugu music of the olden days. For an entire generation of Telugu people born between 1940 and 1980, the name of Ghantasala stands for the most beautiful and melodious music possible. His primary contribution was to make music accessible to all. For example, consider his way with Telugu padyalu. Padyam was a part of the performing arts of Andhra, mostly through mythological drama, for fifty years. But the intent was primarily musical, with emphasis on intricate gamakas, breath control, raga elaboration etc., When Ghantasala rendered padyaalu in the classical mythological, the emphasis was always on displaying the character's emotions, and inner turmoil. In fact, he did such an extraordinary job of portraying the emotions and conflicts of characters in movies, in a way that mere pictures or words cannot, that the songs themselves have managed to acquire an independent stature and meaning of their own. Tearing themselves free from the original cinematographic context in which they were sung, these songs have gone on to be treasured and enjoyed long after the movies themselves were long forgotten.

A list of my favorite old Telugu songs by Ghantasala is:

1. Jagam E Maaya
2. Puttadi Bomma Poor Namma
3. Aa Navvulak Osam En Enu Kalalu Gannanu
4. Valapu Vale Teeyagaa
5. Naa Hrudayamio  Nidurimce Celii