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Fernando. Could keep a party swinging. Even today some are a must at parties.
Mostly his own original songs created with help occasionally.
The mix
with the west is difficult to detect.
More
important, here is a huge collection of black/ white photos and videos from the
past.1 hour. A store house.
We oldies
get nostalgic.
jksw
the first
link is to his first song of 1947 with Pushpa Perera ; pin sidu wane aney baala
lamunne’
the second
link is the opus major.
jksw
Cyril Tudor Fernando, popular as C T
Fernando was born on the 28th January 1921 at Kadalana Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
A product of St.
Mary's College Nawalapitiya, who often won prices for elocution, singing and
drama, including a gold medal of oratory.
He
was a chorister in his local parish church, and later became the choir master
of A.R.P. Messenger service in colombo between 1942 to 1965.
He
later joined the Grand Cabaret to entertain the troops and further developed
his musical talents.
In 1946 after a
successful audition, he was accepted as a singer in the Radio Ceylon.
During the
latter part of the 1946, he recorded 'Pinsiduwanne' which became a popular hit.
He released his first
Gramophone record under HMV label produced by Cargills Limited who were the HMV
agents in Ceylon. Most of his
songs were created by himself.
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Fernando's songs: full album
