- Jaidev
- Ravindra Jain
- Laxmikant–Pyarelal
- Khayyam
- Kalyanji-Anandji
- Hridaynath Mangeshkar
- Sudhir Phadke
- Shrinivas Khale
- Shridhar Phadke
- Vasant Desai
- Ashok Patki
- Anil-Arun
1. Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer.
2. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films, and has also sung songs in other languages including Bhojpuri, Odia, Konkani, Tamil, Vaishnav and Shaivite sampradayas.
3. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2018 for Sugam Sangeet.
4. In 2020, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri.
5. He won the Madan Mohan Best Male Playback Singer Award at the Sur-Singar competition in 1976.
6. He is also a recipient of the 2004 Lata Mangeshkar Puraskar instituted by Madhya Pradesh government.
7. He got awarded by Late Sadashiv Amarapurkar Award 2017 by Ahmednagar’s Think Global Foundation.
8. He, along with KK, holds the record for most number of nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer without even winning.
9. He produced the film “Tanman.com” in 2002.
10. He collaborated with artist Shivanand (Udayraj A. Gadnis) on Cosmic Raga Mandal project in 2003.
11. He was a judge on the Indian TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs and at the 2005 Sangeet Awards.
12. He was the judge for Zee TV’s devotional music reality show Swarna Swar Bharat along with Kumar Vishwas and Kailash Kher in 2022.
13. He directs the Suresh Wadkar Ajivasan Music Academy in Mumbai.
14. He has also opened an online music school, called SWAMA (Suresh Wadkar Ajivasan Music Academy), under Ace Open University.
15. He has worked with some of the top class Marathi music directors such as Pt.Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Sudhir Phadke, Shrinivas Khale, Shridhar Phadke, Vasant Desai, Ashok Patki, Anil-Arun, etc.
