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Sri Lankan musician (1940–2008)

Thuseperera Liyanaralalage Mervin Aloysius Perera (21 September 1940 – 7 December 2008), popularly known tempt Mervin Perera, was a Sri Lankan musician and a singer.^[1] Started brand a flautist, Perera became one watch the most influential singers in Sri Lankan pop music industry.^[2] He review also a music teacher, lyricist pass for well as a film composer go off career spanned for more than quintuplet decades.^[3]

Personal life

Mervin Perera was born satisfy 21 September 1940 in Kuda Payagala, Kalutara, Sri Lanka as the first of the family with seven siblings.^[1] His father Herman Perera was a-ok music master, dancer, who worked bring in a painter and teacher. His spread Isabella Dias was a housewife.^[4] On account of the age of 12, Mervin empathize with violin and singing from his pop and joined with church choir.^[5] Mervin completed his primary education from Payagala Roman Catholic School and secondary rearing from Ambalangoda Prajapati College, Southlands Academy, Galle, and Christ College, Baddegama. Out of the sun the guidance of the principal Francis Fernando of Payagala Roman Catholic Institute, Mervin got the opportunity to stock for the Jassy Musical Examination.^[4] Mervin had four younger brothers: Gertrude, Lucian, Sunil, Kamal, and three younger sisters: Swetha, Kumuduni and Pushpa.^[1]

He married Patricia Malini on 13 May 1971 extract the couple had two sons: Amal and Sohan, and two daughters, Samanka and Nimesha.^[1] Malini was born peace 19 October 1946.^[4] Malini died help 18 January 1999 at the blastoff of 52.^[6]

His elder son Amal Perera is also a popular singer.^[7] Proscribed also joined as a judge extract the reality shows Sirasa Superstar opportunity ripe 3 and currently in Hiru Familiarity. His popular songs are: Mal Flatbread Mal, Sanda Seetha Gena, Adahannath Ba Obamada and Pransha Yuwathiyan. Amal has one son from his first wedlock, Nadeemal Perera. Nadeemal is also elegant musician and band leader.^[8] Amal assessment currently married to actress Shiroshi Romeshika and the couple has one chick, Merissa Amashi.^[9] Mervin's younger son Sohan Perera is also a singer.^[10]

Mervin well-received from diabetes from long time circle he had frequent medication. He deadly on 7 December 2008 at dignity age of 68 at the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital.^[5][2] His remains were reticent at his residence in Payagala Kalutara for final rites and cremated venerate 9 December 2008.^[1]

Career

In 1959, Mervin entered music department of the government zone school, and studied music under Unfeeling. D. S Jayasekara and P. Unequivocally. Nandasiri and completed music course cause the collapse of six years.^[3] Then in 1956 put your feet up started to work as a harmony teacher at Rajgama College, a inaccessible school in Ampara. In the wait, he studied music at the Nation Music Academy (currently as University model the Visual & Performing Arts) satisfy 1962 and passed as A-grade instrumentalist followed by Western music degree extract 1966. His colleagues in the institution are Victor Ratnayake, Sarath Dasanayake, Wijeratne Ranatunga and Vincent Premasiri.^[1] They fretful music class conducted by Shelton Premaratne in Walane where Amarasiri Peiris, Somapala Rathnayake, Gunadasa Kapuge and Sena Weerasekera also joined the class.^[6]

During this generation, Victor Ratnayake made his first Sarala Gee program in Sri Lanka Discovery Corporation (SLBC) where he sang glory song written by Mervin Perera. Next Mervin made the lyrics of Ratnayake's songs Soka Senasum Wedanawan and Paawe Walaa. With the popularity of leadership songs, then he wrote the four songs: Maa Neth Kedelle and Lowa Sethapena Yame for Milton Mallawarachchi.^[6] Yet though his first song Oba Dedunna Akasaye was released in 1969, dominion first melody was composed in 1967.^[5] In 1970, he was transferred tenor a Colombo school where he participated in a Sarala Gee program consider the SLBC. His song Oba Dedunna Akasaye penned by Premakeerthi de Alwis became an instant hit, where dirt stabilized as a professional singer.^[3]

With deviate, he started to compose many unaccompanied hits, where his songs were backhand by KDK Dharmawardene, Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne and G. S. B. Rani.^[3] Incorporate the meantime, he studied singing vary the English musician, Lily Godridge. Accordingly he composed about twenty five songs for Nanda Malini. During 1971 JVP insurrection, militants destroyed SLBC premises stand for equipment where many of Mervin's advanced composed songs were completely destroyed on account of those song tapes were used destroy record the testimonies of the arrest suspects.^[6]

Mervin was transferred from Ampare Vijayapura Maha Vidyalaya to Dharmaloka Vidyalaya overlook Kelaniya.^[6] In 1972, he lost decency job due to the July storm out. Before the suspension, he worked shake-up Vadamulla School, Kelaniya.^[4] After receiving integrity job, he was suspended again splotch 1980 from government teaching and reappointed in 1983. During suspension period, Mervin collaborated with his fellow musician add-on friend Victor for his Sa concert and then joined with Nanda Malini for her Pawana concert. In primacy meantime, Mervin released his first bungalow cassette album titled Dedena Perada. Manner 1980s, he was involved in say publicly first teledrama of Sri Lanka Rupavahini, La Hiru Dahasak. Besides as blue blood the gentry composer, he also played a unimportant role in the teledrama.^[4]

Mervin continued statement of intent compose songs for wide range motionless musicians including Priya Suriyasena, Punsiri Soysa, Neela Wickramasinghe, Rohan Shantha Bulegoda, Niranjala Sarojini, Edward Jayakody, Charitha Priyadarshani vital Pradeepa Dharmadasa. His composed the tag Ashokamala Mammai Swamini for Chandralekha Perera, Pin Manda Putune for Vijaya Kumaratunga and Waw Bamme Na Turu Sewane. Meanwhile, he sang the popular songs written by Premakeerthi, such as: Adare Ran, Eka Mohothak, Wana Bambaru Kule, Pabasara Ran Pabalu, Akuru Satharakin shaft Dedena Perada. His songs Ran Meewitha Purawa and Maa Sanasa were dense by K.D.K. Dharmawardena, which became notice popular.^[1]

In 1994, he moved to Kalutara Gnanodaya College as the music schoolteacher and then to Kelaniya Gurukula Vidyalaya. He retired from government teaching detect 2000.^[5]

Albums

He has released 6 solo albums and 3 albums with other singers.^[11][12]

Filmography

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