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Fernando was born on 28 January 1921 in Uyana Road, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka. [n 1] [4] He later grew up in Nawalapitiya. [5]He educated at St. Mary's College, Nawalpitiya. As a student C.T. showed interest in the arts participating in school dramas and singing with the local church choir.
Veteran Saxophonist Stanley Peiris first recorded his music on Sooriya which became the first instrumental record of Sinhala Pop in Sri Lanka. [ 6 ] Gerald Wickremesooriya's residence at 5, Sea Avenue in Colombo was the location for weekly auditions where talents were discovered.
Kala Keerthi Pasquel Ge Don Augustine Ivor Dennis (Sinhala: අයිවෝ ඩෙනිස්) (28 May 1932 – 18 June 2018) was a popular Sri Lankan veteran playback singer who was also known as the former student of veteran icon Sunil Santha. [1]
Nimal Mendis is a Sri Lankan singer/songwriters who has won many awards for his music. Mendis recorded 22 songs, eight of them for the Decca Records label in London. He has written songs now regarded as classics in South Asia—including ' Master Sir' about Colonial Ceylon.
C T Holdings PLC, formerly known as Ceylon Theatres Limited, is an investment holding company and one of the largest conglomerates in Sri Lanka. The company was incorporated in 1928 by Chittampalam A. Gardiner and quoted on the Colombo Stock Exchange ever since.
In 1971, Punsiri composed the song Sewwandiyakata Pem Banda. In 1974, he sang four songs on the 'Sarala Gee' program, including most popular hits Nohan Ladune, Ganga Diyaeli Gala. [3] The song Nohadan Landune became extremely popular among the public. The song was composed by Stanley Fernando and wrote by Chandrasena Range.
Karunarathna Divulgane (born Herath Mudiyanselage Karunarathna) is a popular and renowned Sri Lankan vocalist, and served as the governor of the North Central Province between 2006 and 2015. He was born to a farming family who had been living for generations in Divulgane, a small village in the Kurunegala District .
Shelton was the first Sri Lankan to be appointed as the first Hindi announcer of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Shelton made his film debut in 1967 as the music director in Dommie Jayawardena's first film, Daru Duka. In the film, has composed three solo songs for three songs written by Karunaratne Abeysekera.