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“HAWAII -HEART-THROB-HO”!! By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ I have mentioned it several times in my “writings”, my love of MUSIC is very Catholic. I cannot think of anything nicer, more soothing to the mind or calming to the nerves than good music. Many of my friends think that (old Des.) has always been a “Country” singer & entertainer, but this is not so, folks. True, my “forte” has been Country Music, but I have “entertained” my friends in various other languages too, including Sinhalese, “Singlish”a combination of Sinhalese & English and , believe it or not, in “Cuban” as well. Many of my Sri Lankan “fans” will quite probably remember that AFTER Donavan Andree, the most popular & BIGGEST “Showman” in Ceylon during the 40’s & 50’s & until he passed-on, there came another, in the form of one Mubahrak Thaha, the owner of another big “Night-club” named ...