Gehan Gunasekera

Making Believe A Jim Reeves Cover Sung – By Gehan Gunasekera “Making Believe” is a country music song written by Jimmy Work. Kitty Wells recorded a chart-topping version in 1955. The song is on many lists of all-time greatest country music songs and has been covered by scores of artists over the past fifty years, including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Don Gibson, Roy Acuff, Lefty Frizzell, Wanda Jackson, Connie Francis, Ray Charles, Anita Carter, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Ernest Tubb, Skeeter Davis are some of the stars that covered this beautiful ballad. The song is occasionally called “Makin’ Believe”. Singer-songwriter Work released the song as a single in February 1955 on Dot Records, and it reached #5 on Billboard’s country music jukebox charts. A month later, singer Kitty Wells released the song as a single which hit #2 on the country charts and remained there for ...

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Something Stupid – By Gehan Gunasekera Just took a break from recording a few Christmas songs, and recorded this favourite of mine, “Somethin’ Stupid”, or “Something Stupid”, a song written by C. Carson Parks. It was originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote, as Carson and Gaile. The songs didn’t set the world on fire until in 1967 when a version by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy Sinatra became a major international hit, reaching number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Charts. In 2001, a cover version by British vocalist Robbie Williams and Australian actress Nicole Kidman reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Thank you to Suzie Gee from the KC Group, for the harmony, and the KC Studios for the musical arrangement. Lead Vocal: Gehan Gunasekera Harmony: Suzie Gee Musical Arrangement: KC Studios ...

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I Love You More & More Everyday  Sung By Gehan Gunasekera Happy Anniversary Corrine & Ian King – by Gehan Gunasekera Today the 16th of March 2022, marks a very very special day for two people who mean the world to me and Judy. I hope you will allow me to crash your celebrations today, with my tribute to the two of you – This is an Al Martino hit from 1964, a beautiful ballad, I Love You More & More Everyday Happy Anniversary Corrine & Ian, and may you cherish and enjoy many many more loving years together! Corrine & Ian King. We met Corrine & Ian on flying visit we made to Melbourne some years ago, and have been friends ever since. These two are a loving and devoted couple, who do so much for the Ceylonese/Sri Lankan community, and have a huge listening audience for their fabulous ...

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When You Are Gone – by Gehan Gunasekera For all those Jim Reeves fans, here’s a song that was released in 1963, in the album A Touch of Sadness. Written by Reeves with Dean Manuel, the single looks at the sadness in a relationship when the other has left.   I found this song to be quite emotional, as one’s mind keeps trying to ease the heartache (My heart won’t believe all these stores I tell!!)   Hope you will enjoy this upload, and would be delighted for you to share it with all your friends and family   Vocals: Gehan Gunasekera   Recorded and Produced at Banora Studios, Banora Point NSW 2486   Song: When You Are Gone Artist: Tony Wall Album: Tony Wall Remembers Jim Reeves ...

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Happy Father’s Day – by Gehan Gunasekera – That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine This day dawns another “Father’s Day”, which seems to say, perhaps we only think of our fathers on this day. I am sure nothing, but nothing can be further from the truth. For most of us, who are or were blessed with loving, caring and kind fathers, we think of them almost daily. This is how it is with me. As I get older, my love and respect for this man, who sadly is no longer with us, grows and grows. Each year, I sing this song in honour of the man that gave me all I have that I consider the most valuable, kindness, a sound sense of what’s right and a love for all God’s creations. Thank you Dad. This song is an absolutely soulful song:- Released by Jim Reeves in 1961, the song ...

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I’m Beginning To Forget You (A Jim Reeves Cover) Sung By Gehan Gunasekera   Firstly, I’m glad to be back to entertain you all, and hope you remember some of the songs and memories I brought to you over the years. I have had a few “Events” in my life over the past 6 to 8 months, and recently had to dismantle my recording studio due to flood damage. I still have not rebuilt the studio, so the songs I am uploading for the moment, are songs I had recorded previously, which I hope you will enjoy. As you all know, the 31st of July is the anniversary of us losing that talented singer Jim Reeves, and this upload is a sincere tribute to this great singer. ...

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Everly Brothers – Tribute By The Gunasekera Brothers   Today we mark a sad day in history of music in my lifetime. Don Everly, of harmonizing rock ‘n’ roll pioneers the Everly Brothers, died at 84. Isaac Donald Everly was born Feb. 1, 1937, and shared a first name with his formidable father, “Ike” Everly. Ike was a coal miner in Brownie, Ky., and Don was born in Brownie’s coal camp. Ike also was a guitar player, taught by Arnold Schultz, the Black musician who taught Bill Monroe. And when the coal was gone, Ike moved the family to Chicago in the late 1930s in search of a career in music. ...

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Return to Sender (Elvis cover) – Sung by Gehan Gunasekera Gehan recorded at Banora Studios, Banora Point NSW 2486 on 6th July 2019 In response to a request from Gail Wickremasinghe. Gehan recorded this song written by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott, recorded on the 27th of March 1962 and featured in The Elvis Presley Movie Girls, Girls, Girls. Gerri Granger later recorded an answer song: “Don’t Want Your Letters”. On January 8, 1993, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring Presley. Many stamp collectors mailed envelopes, franked with this stamp, to fictitious addresses in the hopes that they would receive their letters not only postmarked with the first day of issue, but also with a “return to sender” postal marking!! Vocals: Gehan Gunasekera Musical Backings: Elvis Rebels ...

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Distant Drums (A Jim Reeves Cover) By Gehan Gunasekera   Oh OK, I know it’s Christmas, but thought I’d just change the topic for a minute and upload one of my favourite Jim Reeves songs, which I hope you’ll like!! Wayne, Shobana and all you Jim Reeves fans, I hope you’ll enjoy my cover of this delightful song! “Distant Drums” is a song which provided US singer Jim Reeves with his only UK No. 1 hit – albeit posthumously in the United Kingdom in 1966, some two years after his death in a plane crash on 31 July 1964. The song remained in the UK Singles Chart for 25 weeks. The single also topped the US country chart for four weeks, becoming his most successful posthumous single. It was an unexpected achievement for a song that Reeves had recorded for its composer, Cindy Walker, under the impression it was for ...

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