Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ කාටද පිස්සු / Who’s Crazy?

The Gypsies were formed in 1970 by Anton Perera in Sri Lanka. The band was comprised of Perera’s five sons (Sunil, Nihal, Piyal, Nimal, Lal) – all of whom had recently completed high school. Lead singer Sunil Perera, schooled at St Peter’s College in Colombo, renovated a portion of his house in Ratmalana into a recording studio and began recording their first album.

Their early success was due to a series of albums they released in the 1970s entitled “Dance With the Gypsies”. In the 1980s the group released their first audio cassette containing their novelty hit “Kurumitto” (“Dwarves”), which is a cover version of Dutch musician Father Abraham‘s “The Smurf Song”.

Their first performance out of Sri Lanka, as the resident band at the Delhi Taj in New Deli was for three months, was followed by successful tours in foreign countries where many Sri Lankans now reside, such as the U.K., U.S., Australia and Canada. They are still active to this day.

Thanks to Upendra Samaranayake for translating the Sinhalese. 

Catalog number G T -08 on Guththila of Sri Lanka. No release date listed.

I must admit I was not expecting Sri Lanka when I saw the link to “Gypsies.”

Thanks as always.
Since I know you are a Gun Club fan, here is a link to The Jonny Cats…I think you’ll enjoy it.

http://penmallet.blogspot.com/2009/04/jonny-cats-last-ode-to-sergio.html

Comment by icastico April 5, 2009 @ 7:05 am