List of Nimal Mendis songs

List of Nimal Mendis songs

Nimal Mendis is a Sri Lankan singer/songwriters who has won many awards for his music. Mendis recorded 22 songs, eight of them for the Decca Records label in London. He has written songs now regarded as classics in South Asia—including ' Master Sir' about Colonial Ceylon. His songs have been aired over BBC Radio, Premier Radio(UK) and across radio stations in Europe in the 1960s. He appeared on BBC TV's 'Top of the Pops' program with Sandra Edema singing his composition 'Feel Like A Clown.'

"A crusader for creative and original song writing, using the Sri Lankan folk idiom, Nimal Mendis was successful in influencing many a young lyricist and music composer in acknowledging the wealth in Sri Lankan folk music and adapting it with western overtones, to bring about a new identity in music..." (Mahes Perera, writing in the Sunday Observer Sri Lanka) [http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/07/31/fea33.html Source: Sunday Observer Sri Lanka]

Alphabetical List of Nimal Mendis songs.

A

* Agony & Ecstasy
* And Michael Said
* A Second Chance Mr. Jones

B

* Butterfly In The Rain
* Black Pearl

C

* Cherry Blossom Tree
* Champagne Blues
* Cold Cold Night

D

* Doi Doi Doi

E

* Eka Mawakage Diyaniyak

F

* Fisherman's Song
* Felicia
* Fool's Paradise

G

* Green Diamond
* God King Theme
* Go Go Go
* Ganga Addara
* Garabandal Song

H

* Hurt
* Here I Am
* Here And Now

I

* It's What I am

J

* Jivithaye

K

* Kandyan Dance
* Kandyan Express
* Kiss Kiss Kiss

L

* Light Floods In
* Look Into Yourself

M

* Master Sir
* Mage Sihiniya
* Mahaweli
* Master Hand
* Meditate
* Men Of Little Minds

N

* Nim Him

O

* Open Every Door
* Obey Adare
* Oba Mata Kiyai

P

* Puthu Ma Hisay

R

* Ran Tikiri Sina
* Razor Edge

S

* Sri Lanka My Sri Lanka
* Such A Love Is Blind
* Sudu Unnahey

T

* Tsunami Sri Lanka

U

* Upul Nuwan Vidaha

Links

* [http://www.mediaeyeproductions.com/ Download Nimal Mendis' Music]
* [http://mediaeyeproductions.blogspot.com/ Nimal Mendis Tsunami Song]
* [http://www.sinhalajukebox.org/feature/Tsunami.php Sinhala Juke Box Tsunami Relief - Nimal Mendis]
* [http://www.businessportal24.com/en/Gordon_Brown_David_Cameron_Ming_203416.html Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Ming Campbell receive Autism Song]
* [http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20070603033945273 Nimal Mendis Autism Song for Autism Speaks UK]
* [http://www.businessportal24.com/en/Nimal_Mendis_Autism_Speaks_UK_200684.html Nimal Mendis song for autism fundraiser for Autism Speaks UK]
* [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=69659 Tony Blair, Lee Scott Presented With A Nimal Mendis Song For Autism]
* [http://www.huliq.com/20499/lee-scott-mp-presented-with-nimal-mendis-song-for-autism Lee Scott MP Presented With A Nimal Mendis Song For Autism]
* [http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20070501073556797 Nimal Mendis releases a Song for Autism in London]
* [http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/18/new32.html Daily News Sri Lanka: "Nimal Mendis composes tsunami song by Ivan Corea"]
* [http://www.island.lk/2005/02/13/features2.html/ Sunday Island Sri Lanka - "Two tsunami songs mentioned in the British parliament with kudos to Nimal Mendis by Nan"]
* [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/world_news/2004/12/27/charity_sites_seek_disaster_funds.html The Guardian UK: "Nimal Mendis composes Tsunami Song"]
* [http://autismsrilanka.blogspot.com/2005/01/nimal-mendis-composes-tsunami-song.html Tsunami Sri Lanka News: Nimal Mendis]
* [http://edm.ais.co.uk/weblink/html/motion.html/ref=638 Early Day Motion 638 in the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster]


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