Uswatta Liyanage Ivor Sylvester Sunil Perera (Sinhala: සුනිල් පෙරේරා; 14 September 1952 – 6 September 2021) was a Sri Lankan vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and composer.[2] Described as one of the most influential musicians in Sri Lankan music history,[3] Perera was the leader and the lead vocalist of The Gypsies.[4][5][6] He was associated with Sri Lanka's baila genre, and gained the nickname "Baila Chakravarthy".[7][8][9]
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Uswatta Liyanage Ivor Sylvester SunilPerera (Sinhala: සුනිල් පෙරේරා; 14 September 1952 – 6 September 2021) was a Sri Lankan vocalist, guitarist, songwriter...
1966), Indian politician Sunil Babu Pant (born 1972), Nepalese politician Sunil Paul (born 1964), Indian entrepreneur SunilPerera (1952-2021), Sri Lankan...
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Lankan film director Rukshan Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer SunilPerera, Sri Lankan Sinhala vocalist...
Weerasinghe) Dura Atha ( Lyrics By – Camilus Perera Music By – Sarath Dassanayake) Yowun Wasanthe ( Lyrics By – Sunil Ariyaratne Music By – Sarath Dasanayake)...
popular singer, the late Shelton Perera. Sathish Perera was born on 29 May 1969, to Shelton Perera and Kumari Shashi Perera. He has two brothers, Sanjaya...
Perera (21 September 1940 – 7 December 2008), popularly known as Mervin Perera, was a Sri Lankan musician and a singer. Started as a flautist, Perera...
Lahiru Perera (Sinhala: ලහිරු පෙරේරා ; born 18 April 1984) also known by his stage name La Signore is a Sri Lankan singer, musician and music producer...
figures within the underworld of Sri Lanka. "The rise and fall of Gonawila Sunil". Lanka Library. 2005. Retrieved 2011-06-10. "Sri Lanka: The Untold Story...
first film he composed music for and its Sandakada Pahana song sung by Sunil Edirisinghe is still very popular among Sinhala music fans. Rathnayake also...
older sister Umara Sinhawansa is also a musician. Umaria's grandmother Rani Perera, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. She is also a granddaughter of the...
along with Kusum Renu and Damitha Abeyratne. The music was composed by SunilPerera. Initially scheduled to be released in April, the film was postponed...
song in every literary society. He is married to longtime partner Kumudika Perera. His wife lived in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa whereas Punsiri also lived in Moratuwa...
T. Fernando, M. S. Fernando, Nihal Nelson, Priya Peiris (La Bambas), SunilPerera (The Gypsies) and Niranjala Sarojini. The town also has a famous theme...
called the Golden Chimes, with ex-Moonstones bassist Chanaka Perera and Lankika Perera in January 1971. Their first release included Kimade Nawe, Mage...
2021. "Popular singer SunilPerera tests positive for COVID". Hiru News. Retrieved 8 August 2021. "Popular Singer SunilPerera recovering from COVID-19...
Indrani Perera (Sinhala:ඉන්ද්රානි පෙරේරා: born 15 February), is a Sri Lankan singer and playback singer. Indrani along with Clarence Wijewardena and Annesley...
Jones, Paul Fernando, Desmond de Silva, Nihal Nelson, Maxwell Mendis, SunilPerera (The Gypsies), Saman De Silva, Dhanapala Udawaththa, Rajiv Sebastian...
Dassanayake, Stanley Peiris, Sarath de Alwis, late Clarence Wijewardena Ranjith Perera and many other veteran music directors have composed his songs. Priya is...
collaboration with Graeme Leonardos. Her first music teacher was Kamalini Perera. She joined the Lama Pitiya program at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation...
able to produce many fresh talents in the country including: Chandralekha Perera, Somasiri Medagedara and Chandrasena Hettiarachchi. In 2007, Waijayantha...
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