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Rathnayake credits his success to his "fitting blend of Western music with Ragadari classical music." [2] His songs deal with diverse themes that vary from love, to patriotism and Buddhism. [3] Matara Achchi is the first film he composed music for and its Sandakada Pahana song sung by Sunil Edirisinghe is
In 1965, he won the Sarasaviya Award for the best lyrics for the film Getawarayo for the song "Heena Hathak Meda". [9] [6] In 1964, he presented the radio program "Yauwana Samajaya". [2] In 1982, Rathnayake worked as the head of the entertainment department of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and retired from it in 1985.
Rathnayake Arachchilage Jayantha Rathnayake (Sinhala: ජයන්ත රත්නායක; 8 August 1968 – 6 April 2020), popularly known as Jayantha Rathnayake, was a renowned music composer, music director and a singer. [1] One of the most popular musicians in Sri Lanka, Jayantha rose to prominence with the musical band Siha Shakthi. [2]
Rathnayake was born on 7 November 1947 [2] in a small village near Kadugannawa as the fourth of the family with 10 siblings. [3] His father was Rathnayake Arachchilage Don James. He was popularly known as Rathnayake Veda Mahaththaya, was an apothecary and sang "noorthi gee," a type of Sinhala folk songs. His mother was Abeykoon Mayadunnelage ...
This is a list of singer-songwriters who write, compose, and perform their own musical material. The list is divided into two sections to differentiate between artists categorized as singer-songwriters and others who do not fall under the definition associated with the genre: Traditional singer-songwriters; Others who both write songs and sing
These are lists of songs.In music, a song is a musical composition for a voice or voices, performed by singing or alongside musical instruments. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan musicians (music artists and bands) from all genres. The musicians/bands are listed according to the alphabetical order by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Rita Philomina Ratnayake (18 February 1934 – 6 November 2006 රීටා රත්නායක) was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. [1] She became very popular in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s early Sinhala cinema particularly with the role 'Daisy Attanayake' in the blockbuster Kele Handa in 1953.