Gehan Gunasekera

She’s Not You (An Elvis Cover) – By Gehan Gunasekera This is another lovely ballad by Elvis,  that we played without fail at just about  every dance we ever played at (The Drifters Riverina) The song was recorded on 19th of March 1962, and released on the 17th of July 1962. The flip side of this single was also a favourite of mine “Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello”. ...

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“G.G.,THE COVER KING” – BY Des Kelly It is with a lot of pleasure that I introduce Gehan Gunasekera as “The Cover King” of eLanka. I first heard Gehan on Facebook,.recently. when, out of the blue, amid many & various “Song Clips” being aired every day, on this “platform”, one, that I feel is ideal for music & Musicians, I noticed his name, together with his own “introduction” to “songs” he had “covered”, in his own style of recording, which immediately interested someone who has been recording songs for eons(it seems). I had never seen this particular technique of recording, & as I “clicked” on, to hear the most dulcet tones of Gehan & watching the “backing trax” actually working, computer-style, intrigued me, so I just kept watching & listening to yet another great Sri Lankan talent who, obviously knew what he was doing. Gehan has a rather soft,.yet beautiful ...

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