SUSIL PREMARATNE PRODIGIOUS ARTIST, VOCALIST,COMPOSER ,TEACHER PLAYBACK SINGER AT APEX OF GLORY – by Sunil Thenabadu   Susil Premaratne prodigious artist vocalist., composer of music,teacher ,film playback singer with variety of talents was born as Malgawage Susil Premaratne in ‘’Andagoda, Ambalangoda. Susil Premaratne was a great performer skilled with varieties of talents rarely found in the field of Arts. The vacuum left by the demise of an artiste of his caliber in 2010 February can never be replaced.    This veteran artist not only entertained the public by his deep melodious voice singing in his own unique style but also enthralled the people with his fascinating paintings of natural beauty and comic stories (Chithra Katha).”Ru rese andina lese”, “Somnasa ho santhapaya hamuwe” and many of his songs recorded in 40s, 50s, 60s & 70s are still spellbound household favorites in Sri Lanka. Susil Premaratne had acquired painting instincts through hereditary affiliations from father with ...

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C.T.Fernando The very best full album – BY Patrick Ranasinghe C.T.Fernando The very best full album    With some rare historic photograph and videos from 1800 to 1970s please enjoy  In the early fifties and mid sixties a haunting voice became quite popular over the only radio channel in our country. This was the golden voice of C. T. Fernando who had, by this time, had become popular with some of his gramophone songs likeSela Lihini Kovul and Ambaruk Hevanelle. T. was wanted for the radio channels for new songs which came through two sources: gramophone records and specially recorded radio musical programs like light songs and film songs. C. T. was a clerk attached to the official languages department. He was loved by his fellow mates who left him to spend more time and devote himself for more songs. The lyric writers such as Sarath Wimalaweera, Karunaratne Abeysekara, Sudas Masakorala, ...

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