RMIMers were wondering how many Females were there as Music Directors, Singers and Lyricists. For one reason or another the Telugu list was completed first. Here we present a table of Telugu lyricists. The first column is the name of the person, the second column is the number of songs that they have written. After the name (F) indicates female, all others are male. We also we will be publishing lists of the singers.
All the work of coordinating the list was done by N Ramaswamy. He has the following to add:
'I would like to thank Venkata Vutukuri for sharing with me the comprehensive list of Singers, Lyricists and Composers which formed the base for this project. Of course this would not have been possible without the help of the following Helpers/Contributors listed below alphabetically".
Ambrish Sundaram
Balaji Murthy
Lakshmi Priya Pakanati
Sreenivas Paruchuri
UV Ravindra
Now You Know!
| Author/ Lyricist Name | Songs |
| Comrade Vijayalakshmi (F) | 1 |
| Devi Priya (F) | 6 |
| Harini (F) | 1 |
| Jayanti (F) | 6 |
| Jyotirmayi (F) | 6 |
| KG Vasanta Devi (F) | 1 |
| Molla (F) | 4 |
| Rohini Devi (F) | 1 |
| Sashi Preetam (F) | 2 |
| Sasikala (F) | 1 |
| Sneha (F) | 1 |
| Srilekha (F) | 1 |
| Subbulakshmi (F) | 1 |
| Susheela (F) | 1 |
| Usha Uthup (F) | 1 |
| V Sarojini (F) | 1 |
| Volga (F) | 3 |
| AM Ratnam | 46 |
| ARS Sarma | 1 |
| A Raghurami Reddy | 3 |
| A Sambamurty | 3 |
| A Suryaprakash | 8 |
| AVS Adinarayana | 4 |
| Acharya Thirumala | 4 |
| Adabala | 2 |
| Adavi Bapiraju | 2 |
| Adi Sankaracharya | 12 |
| Adrushta Deepak | 35 |
| Adurti | 1 |
| Alapati | 2 |
| Alasani Peddana | 8 |
| Allam Narayana | 1 |
| Allam Veeranna | 1 |
| Allari Bhaga Narayana Rao | 1 |
| Anand | 1 |
| Ande Sri | 10 |
| Anisetty | 646 |
| Ankisri | 5 |
| Annamacharya | 36 |
| Appala Raju | 3 |
| Appalacharya | 113 |
| Aravinda Mitra | 1 |
| Aripirala Viswam | 2 |
| Arkasri | 1 |
| Arudra | 1422 |
| Arul Prakash | 1 |
| Athili Vivekanand | 1 |
| Atluri Madhusudana Rao | 1 |
| Atreya | 1679 |
| Ayyagari Bapiraju Sarma | 58 |
| Ayyapu Venkata Krishnaiah | 1 |
| B E Rao | 6 |
| B K Eswar | 3 |
| BLN Acharya | 2 |
| BN Acharya | 4 |
| BN Chari | 3 |
| B Rajanikanta Rao | 25 |
| B Rajanikanta Rao (B Nalinikanta Rao) | 12 |
| B Rajanikanta Rao (Nagaraju) | 3 |
| B Rajanikanta Rao (Tharanath) | 18 |
| B Surya Rao | 2 |
| BT Narasimhachary | 22 |
| BT Raghavacharya | 18 |
| BVN Acharya | 2 |
| B V Prasad | 5 |
| Babji | 4 |
| Babu Rao | 5 |
| Bairagi | 37 |
| Balamuralikrishna | 3 |
| Balijepalli | 421 |
| Bandela Eswara Rao | 7 |
| Bankimchandra Chatopadhyaya | 1 |
| Basavalinga Devara | 1 |
| Basavaraju Appa Rao | 21 |
| Beernedi Moshe Kavi | 1 |
| Bella Krishnaswamy | 1 |
| Bhanuri Satyanarayana | 12 |
| Bharat | 1 |
| Bharat Kumar | 1 |
| Bharathi | 2 |
| Bharati Babu | 55 |
| Bharavi | 10 |
| Bhaskar | 2 |
| Bhattumurthy | 1 |
| Bhavanachari | 6 |
| Bhavani Shankar | 1 |
| Bhavasri | 8 |
| Bhujangaraya Sarma | 5 |
| Bhuvanachandra | 771 |
| Bollimunta | 4 |
| Bucchiraju Sarma | 2 |
| CK Raju | 1 |
| C Narayana Reddy | 2178 |
| CR Swamy | 1 |
| CS Rao | 5 |
| C Sadasivaiah | 2 |
| CV Acharya | 2 |
| CV Ramana | 1 |
| Chakravarthy | 1 |
| Chalam | 1 |
| Challa | 1 |
| Challagali | 3 |
| Chandala Kesavadas | 11 |
| Chandra Siddhartha | 3 |
| Chandrabose | 207 |
| Chandramouli | 1 |
| Chemakoora Venkata Kavi | 6 |
| Cheruvu Anjaneya Sastry | 16 |
| Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham Pantulu | 5 |
| Chillara Bhavannarayana | 27 |
| Chimmapudi Sriramamurty | 3 |
| Chinnamurty | 1 |
| Chirravuri Vijayakumar | 4 |
| Chittibabu | 2 |
| Chittooru Subrahmanyam | 2 |
| D Kameswara Rao | 7 |
| D Narayana Varma | 58 |
| D Rama Rao | 20 |
| D Ramakrishna | 1 |
| D S Prakash Rao | 1 |
| DVN Varma | 1 |
| DV Narasaraju | 4 |
| D Varma | 5 |
| D Venkatavadhani | 30 |
| Daita Gopalam | 161 |
| Darbha Venkata Krishnamurty | 5 |
| Dasam Gopalakrishna | 51 |
| Dasarathi | 638 |
| Dasari | 240 |
| Davala Satyam | 8 |
| Daya Nursing | 3 |
| Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak | 1 |
| Devavrat | 2 |
| Devendra | 12 |
| Devi Sri Prasad | 1 |
| Devulapalli Krishna Sastry | 256 |
| Dhoorjati | 1 |
| Duttaluri Rama Rao | 1 |
| Duvvuri Ramireddy | 76 |
| ES Murty | 15 |
| Edida Kameswara Rao | 1 |
| Eeswar Babu | 1 |
| Elchuri Subrahmanyam | 3 |
| Elchuri Venkat Rao | 2 |
| Ellapragada | 9 |
| Ellora | 2 |
| Eluru Surender Reddy | 6 |
| Erra Pragada | 1 |
| Etukuri Prasad | 1 |
| GK Murty | 160 |
| G Kalyana Rao | 6 |
| GN Balasubrahmanyam | 1 |
| G Ramakrishna Rao | 2 |
| G S Rao | 2 |
| G Sriman Kumar | 1 |
| GV Rangacharyulu | 3 |
| GV Sastry | 2 |
| G V Vasudeva Rao | 1 |
| G Vijayaratnam | 77 |
| GY Giri | 2 |
| Gabbita Venkat Rao | 103 |
| Gaddar | 8 |
| Gaffur Begin | 1 |
| Gajjala Malla Reddy | 1 |
| Ganesh Patro | 8 |
| Ganpisetty | 1 |
| Ghanam Seenayya | 2 |
| Ghantadi Krishna | 15 |
| Ghantasala Ratnakumar | 2 |
| Gireesh Puthenchery | 1 |
| Gogineni Bose Babu | 1 |
| Gollapudi | 1 |
| Gona Vijayaratnam | 2 |
| Gopalaraya Sarma | 78 |
| Gopi | 482 |
| Gora Sarma | 4 |
| Goreti Venkanna | 10 |
| Govinda Krishnamurty | 3 |
| Guda Anjayya | 21 |
| Gudavalli | 1 |
| Gudimella Ramanujacharyulu | 1 |
| Guduru Viswanatha Sastry | 15 |
| Gundavarapu Subba Rao | 31 |
| Gundeti Ramesh | 1 |
| Guntur Seshendra Sarma | 1 |
| Gurajada | 4 |
| Gurram Jashua | 28 |
| Gurucharan | 74 |
| Guruva Reddy | 1 |
| Hemaraj | 1 |
| Hunsuri Krishnamurty | 1 |
| Ilayaraja | 6 |
| Indraganti Srikant Sarma | 21 |
| JK Bharavi | 17 |
| J Nagabhushana Rao | 5 |
| JS Kasyap | 2 |
| Jackpot Sooryam | 3 |
| Jagapati Babu | 1 |
| Jaggayya | 2 |
| Jai Raj | 1 |
| Jaladanki Sudhakar | 7 |
| Jaladi | 326 |
| Jampana | 49 |
| Jandhyala Papaiah Sastry | 13 |
| Javed Akhtar | 1 |
| Jayadeva | 24 |
| Jayaveer | 2 |
| Jillella Prasad | 2 |
| John Isac | 1 |
| Jonnavittula | 291 |
| K Appa Rao | 5 |
| KB Reddy | 3 |
| K Kodandapani | 1 |
| K Rajendra Prasad | 1 |
| K Rajeswara Rao | 8 |
| KSR Das | 4 |
| KVS Prasad | 4 |
| K Varaprasada Rao | 1 |
| K Venkata Sivaiah | 1 |
| K Viswanath | 2 |
| Kabir | 11 |
| Kaitabram Damoran Namboodri | 1 |
| Kaladhar | 3 |
| Kalekoori Prasad | 2 |
| Kalidasu | 19 |
| Kalidindi Sri Ramamurty | 1 |
| Kallakuri Hanumanta Rao | 9 |
| Kallakuri Narayana Rao | 27 |
| Kaluva Krishna Sai | 1 |
| Kamaraju | 1 |
| Kanakamedala | 7 |
| Kancharla Mohana Rao | 2 |
| Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu | 1 |
| Kankanti Paparaju | 3 |
| Kanuri Venkateswara Rao | 1 |
| Kanvasri | 7 |
| Karpurapu Anjaneyulu | 1 |
| Katuri Venkateswara Rao | 1 |
| Kavyasri | 1 |
| Kiran | 2 |
| Kodali Gopala Rao | 1 |
| Kodavaganti Kutumba Rao | 2 |
| Koganti | 3 |
| Konakalla | 4 |
| Kondamacharya | 5 |
| Kondasetty Rama Rao | 6 |
| Kondaveeti Venkata Kavi | 26 |
| Kondepudi | 3 |
| Kopalle Sivaram | 31 |
| Kopalle Venkata Ramana Rao | 44 |
| Kopparapu Subba Rao | 27 |
| Korumalla China Satyanarayana | 1 |
| Kosaraju | 888 |
| Kota Satyarangaiah Sastry | 5 |
| Kshetrayya | 17 |
| Kulasekhar | 23 |
| Lakshmi Narasimha Sastry | 1 |
| Lakshmi Narayan | 1 |
| M Balaiah | 1 |
| M Basheer | 5 |
| M Jagadish Babu | 2 |
| MK Ramu | 17 |
| MK Sugam Babu | 8 |
| MM Keeravani | 19 |
| MP Sivan | 1 |
| MRS Sastry | 1 |
| MS Babu | 6 |
| MS Rama Rao | 1 |
| MVS Haranatha Rao | 1 |
| Maade Prabhakar | 2 |
| Madala Ranga Rao | 1 |
| Madan Mohan | 8 |
| Madhu Babu | 3 |
| Madugula Nagaphani Sarma | 4 |
| Magapu Ammiraju | 33 |
| Malakonda Reddy | 2 |
| Malladi Achyuta Rama Sastry | 1 |
| Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry | 215 |
| Malladi Venkata Krishna Sarma | 18 |
| Mallemala | 164 |
| Mallik | 6 |
| Mande Satyam | 3 |
| Mani Brothers | 1 |
| Mikkilineni Jagadeesh Babu | 2 |
| Modukuri Johnson | 21 |
| Mohan | 2 |
| Mohan Gandhi | 1 |
| Mohan Rushi | 1 |
| Moovanalluru Sabhapatayya | 1 |
| Mopidevi Bhaskara Rao | 1 |
| Muddukrishna | 40 |
| Mullapudi Sastry | 15 |
| Mullapudi Venkata Ramana | 3 |
| Mulukutla | 1 |
| Murali | 1 |
| Murali Madhu | 1 |
| Muttaraju Subba Rao | 11 |
| Muttuswamy Dikshitar | 3 |
| Mutyam Reddy | 1 |
| MVL | 1 |
| N Ch Krishnamacharyulu | 40 |
| N Ganesh Rao | 1 |
| N Krishnamurty Raju | 3 |
| N Rami Reddy | 3 |
| N Shankar | 1 |
| N Sivaprasad | 4 |
| NT Sudarsanacharya | 17 |
| NV Krishna | 4 |
| NV Narayana Rao | 4 |
| Nagabhairava | 8 |
| Nagandla Sivannarayana | 2 |
| Nagasri | 1 |
| Nagendrachari | 7 |
| Nalla Rammurty | 1 |
| Nandi Timmana | 4 |
| Nandigama Gani | 4 |
| Nandigama Raju | 1 |
| Narada Babu | 1 |
| Narapa Reddy | 33 |
| Narasimha Mehta | 1 |
| Narayana lyer Gottu | 2 |
| Narayana Reddy | 1 |
| Narayana Teerthulu | 3 |
| Narla Chiranjeevi | 24 |
| Navata Krishnam Raju | 1 |
| Nayani Krishnamurty | 3 |
| Nazer | 2 |
| Nedunuri Rajagopala Rao | 1 |
| Nellutla | 61 |
| Niranjan Bobba | 7 |
| Oleti Parvatheesam | 3 |
| Oleti Rambabu | 2 |
| Omkar | 26 |
| Oruganti Dharma Teja | 3 |
| P Adi Narayana Rao | 16 |
| PB Sreenivos | 12 |
| PE Vidyasagar | 3 |
| P Ganapati Sastry | 3 |
| PLNarayana | 1 |
| P Srinivas | 1 |
| P Tyagaraju | 1 |
| PV Bhadram | 1 |
| P Vasanta Kumara Reddy | 19 |
| P Venu | 7 |
| Padmini Rajan | 2 |
| Paidipala | 1 |
| Palagummi Padmaraju | 50 |
| Pamarti Govinda Rao | 2 |
| Pamula Ramachandra Rao | 7 |
| Panchanathan | 5 |
| Pandyaram Venkateswarlu | 27 |
| Pannala Radhakrishna Sarma | 6 |
| Panuganti | 10 |
| Papatla Lakshmikantham | 19 |
| Pappu | 1 |
| Parasuram | 40 |
| Paruchuri Brothers | 2 |
| Paruchuri Gopalakrishna | 7 |
| Pasumarti Yagnanarayana Sastry | 30 |
| Patibandla Ananda Rao | 2 |
| Patnam Subrahmanya lyer | 2 |
| Peddada Murty | 8 |
| Pillalamarri Pinuveerabhadra Kavi | 1 |
| Pillasri | 1 |
| Pingali | 313 |
| Pinisetty | 3 |
| Polisetty | 6 |
| Ponduri | 42 |
| Posa | 1 |
| Potana | 1 |
| Potana - Bhagavatam | 51 |
| Potluri | 1 |
| Potti Prasad | 1 |
| Potula Ravikiran | 1 |
| Prabhu | 1 |
| Praja Gani | 1 |
| Prasadaraya Kulapati | 3 |
| Prayaga | 18 |
| Prem | 1 |
| Pulakanti Krishna Reddy | 1 |
| Pulupula Sivayya | 1 |
| R Viswanatha Sastry | 1 |
| Raja Sivanand | 11 |
| Raja Sreedhar | 3 |
| Rajalingam | 1 |
| Rajasekhar | 6 |
| Rajasri | 1429 |
| Rajkumar | 2 |
| Ramadasu | 25 |
| Ramakrishna | 8 |
| Ramana Gogula | 2 |
| Rambatla Krishnamurty | 3 |
| Randorguy | 2 |
| Rasaraju | 10 |
| Ratnakarudu | 1 |
| Ravi | 1 |
| Ravi Kumar | 1 |
| Ravooru | 67 |
| Rayancha | 3 |
| Rayaprolu Subba Rao | 1 |
| Rentala Gopalakrishna | 1 |
| SN Swamy | 1 |
| SV Satyanarayana | 1 |
| Sacchidananda Sastry | 1 |
| Sadasiva Brahmendra Swamy | 2 |
| Sadasivabrahmam | 187 |
| Sahiti | 180 |
| Sai Sri Harsha | 37 |
| Sairam | 1 |
| Saladi Bhaskara Rao | 1 |
| Samavedam | 100 |
| Samudrala | 893 |
| Samudrala Jr | 451 |
| Samudrala Sudhakar | 1 |
| Sankara Sri Rama Rao | 1 |
| Sarangapani | 1 |
| Sastry | 1 |
| Satya Saibaba Namavali | 1 |
| Satya Saibaba Vari Bhajanavali | 2 |
| Satyamurty | 22 |
| Satyanand | 2 |
| Satyavadi | 1 |
| Satyavardhan | 1 |
| Sesham Venkatapati | 3 |
| Shakeel Badayuni | 1 |
| Sikaraju | 1 |
| Singitam Srinivasa Rao | 1 |
| Sirivennela | 1356 |
| Sitaram | 1 |
| Siva Ganesh | 84 |
| Siva Saidutta | 3 |
| Siva Shakthi Datta | 14 |
| Sivadatta | 7 |
| Sivaramaiah | 3 |
| Sivasagar | 1 |
| SPB | 1 |
| Sri Sri | 980 |
| Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachidananda Swamy | 7 |
| Sri Vijay | 1 |
| Srichandar | 1 |
| Srinatha Kavi | 43 |
| Srinivasa Gandhi | 1 |
| Srinivasa Reddy | 1 |
| Sriramachand | 61 |
| Sriramakrishna | 14 |
| Srivatsava | 13 |
| Sthanam Narsimha Rao | 4 |
| Subash | 1 |
| Subba Rao | 2 |
| Subrahmanyam | 1 |
| Sudarsan Bhattacharya | 3 |
| Suddala Ashok Teja | 108 |
| Suddala Hanumantu | 1 |
| Sudhir | 7 |
| Sugam Babu | 1 |
| Suman Joopudi | 2 |
| Sundarachari | 11 |
| Sunkara | 17 |
| Sura Kavi | 1 |
| Surendra Krishna | 24 |
| Suribabu | 1 |
| Surya Sri | 13 |
| Suryadevara | 8 |
| T Chalapati Rao | 1 |
| T K Sundaranadyar | 1 |
| T R Chowdhury | 2 |
| T S Brothers | 1 |
| Tandra | 49 |
| Tapi | 328 |
| Teja | 1 |
| Tenali Ramakrishna | 14 |
| Thandra Subrahmanyam | 8 |
| Thota Ramamohana Rao | 3 |
| Tikkana - Bharatam | 4 |
| Tirupati Venkata Kavulu | 93 |
| Toleti | 140 |
| Toni | 1 |
| Tripuraneni Maharadhi | 16 |
| Tripuraribhatla | 49 |
| Tulasidas | 4 |
| Tummala Sitaramamurty Chowdary | 1 |
| Tungala | 1 |
| Tyagaraja | 142 |
| U V Babu | 2 |
| U Viswanath | 4 |
| U Visweswara Rao | 19 |
| Udaya Bhaskar | 3 |
| Upadrasta Sai | 1 |
| Ushasri | 21 |
| Utpala | 9 |
| Utukuru Saikishore | 5 |
| V K Raju | 35 |
| V Lakshmipati Rao | 1 |
| V S Rangaswamy | 1 |
| V Subba Rao | 1 |
| V V L Prabhakar | 1 |
| Vaddadi | 103 |
| Vaddepalli Krishna | 17 |
| Vadlamani Partha Saradhi | 1 |
| Vajhala Kalidas | 60 |
| Vallabhajosyula Ramanamurty | 3 |
| Vallam Reddy Prasad | 5 |
| Valmiki | 1 |
| Vamsy | 6 |
| Vanamali | 7 |
| Vangapandu | 47 |
| Vara Prasada Rao | 9 |
| Varanasi Sitarama Sastry | 72 |
| Varikuppala Yadagiri | 5 |
| Vasudeva Reddy | 1 |
| Vayyari Rangacharyulu | 3 |
| Vedavyas | 6 |
| Vedula Satyanarayana Sastry | 1 |
| Veeturi | 503 |
| Veeturi (Supervision) | 1 |
| Velidandla | 45 |
| Velpula Narayana | 1 |
| Velpula Venkatesh | 2 |
| Vemana | 19 |
| Vemulapalli Srikrishna | 2 |
| Vemulavada Bheemakavi | 7 |
| Vemuri Sundararamayya Sarma | 38 |
| Venigalla Rambabu | 3 |
| Venkat | 12 |
| Venkateswara Rao | 1 |
| Vennelakanti | 618 |
| Venugopal | 50 |
| Veturi | 3880 |
| Vidwan Prasad | 5 |
| Vijaya Babu | 2 |
| Vijayanarasimham | 1 |
| Vinay | 1 |
| Vinod Varma | 1 |
| Viswanatha Satyanarayana | 11 |
| Viswaprasad | 2 |
| Vutukuri Satyanarayana | 10 |
| Warangal Srinivas | 2 |
| Y Adisesha Reddy | 5 |
| Y Ramakrishna Rao | 1 |
| Y Surendranath Reddy | 1 |
| Yadagiri | 1 |
| Yadavalli L Narayana | 5 |
| Yamajala Padmanabha Sastry | 1 |
| Yamijala | 1 |
| Yandamuri | 3 |
| Yaspal | 3 |
| Yusuf Ali Kacheri | 1 |
| Sunkara - Vasireddy(M-M) | 11 |
| Bhagavadgeeta(N/A) | 12 |
| Bhagavatam(N/A) | 48 |
| Gopinatha Ramayanam(N/A) | 1 |
| Mahabharatam(N/A) | 8 |
| Nannaya - Mahabharatam(N/A) | 10 |
| Praja Natya Mandali(N/A) | 1 |
| Traditional(N/A) | 4 |
| Unknown Lyricist(N/A) | 3861 |
| Vedam(N/A) | 3 |
| Anita Nagendra(?) | 2 |
| Babann(?) | 2 |
| Bnim(?) | 1 |
| Hemadri(?) | 1 |
| HRK(?) | 2 |
| Iktal Kurishi(?) | 1 |
| Jalees Sherwan(?) | 1 |
| Jayaraj(?) | 8 |
| Kamala Rao(?) | 1 |
| Lalitya(?) | 1 |
| Madhuphala(?) | 2 |
| Mariyu(?) | 1 |
| Nadira(?) | 4 |
| Palavelli(?) | 2 |
| Pranavi(?) | 1 |
| Rajasri Sudhakar(?) | 2 |
| Ratnagiri(?) | 2 |
| Rohini Chakravarthy(?) | 1 |
| Rohini Kumar(?) | 8 |
| Saiswaram(?) | 2 |
| Sangham(?) | 2 |
| Sarada Ashoka Vardhan(?) | 1 |
| Srimangupanditha(?) | 1 |
| Sugandhi Kuntalamba(?) | 1 |
| Suvarthavani Devadas(?) | 1 |
| SV(?) | 1 |
| Vakkalanka Lakshmipati Rao(?) | 1 |
| Veera(?) | 4 |
| Viji(?) | 1 |
| Viji Manuel(?) | 1 |
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