Showing posts with label 1960s.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1960s.. Show all posts

Monday, July 18, 2016

Tikiri menike embula genalla. 1960s.




Here you will see and hear Mohideen Baig, singer par excellence. From ‘Karuna Muhude..’ 1936. Asokamala songs 1946, Kele Handa, Sujatha and a huge lot to 1980s.
Born in  India migrated early. Lived down Dematagoda Rd, Maradana.
The first ever Sinhala song record (cut in 1936 or so) is ‘  Karuna Muhude Naamu gileela’ by him.
   With his deep voice and range, Hindi singer were often less effective in the original songs.
Here he sings of the ‘kamatha’- goyam kapeema, the farming of the goviyas in days gone by, familiar to us oldies. And tikiri sinaha, as the damsels brought their lunch!

   I selected this which is not the original, for you to see him as he was, a  gentle giant.
His son Ishaq sings on today much like the father.
Jksw