{"id":105698,"date":"2022-12-13T08:50:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T08:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=105698"},"modified":"2022-12-13T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T08:51:56","slug":"veteran-singer-nihal-nelson-bids-adieu-at-the-age-of-76-years-by-sunil-thenabadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/veteran-singer-nihal-nelson-bids-adieu-at-the-age-of-76-years-by-sunil-thenabadu\/","title":{"rendered":"VETERAN SINGER NIHAL NELSON BIDS ADIEU AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS &#8211; by Sunil Thenabadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>VETERAN SINGER NIHAL NELSON BIDS ADIEU AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS &#8211; <span style=\"color: #666699;\">By Sunil Thenabadu<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105703 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nihal-Nelson-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"Nihal Nelson\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlanka.com\/news\/nihal-nelson-passes-away.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">onlanka<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104258 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Sunil-Thenabadu-411x400-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Nihal Nelson has been in the limelight of our music arena for over five decades possessing a deep bass strong voice which is a a rare singing voice, With self-confident, passion ,innate talent, commitment, patience, determination having the ability to accept criticism and rejection. Nihal like other singers tend to be a predominantly artistic individual, meaning that he is all the time creative not at all in a hurry having patience to learn allowing for self-expression. He is innovative, which means that he is usually quite a natural performer self-learning all the time without any mentor after his humble beginning. It is purely Nihal\u2019s innate skill which he possesses for his singing capacity which is sans any hereditary affiliations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><b><span lang=\"EN\">Nihal Nelson<\/span><\/b><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0 the singing prodigy able to sing pop, soul, balia, rhythm and\u00a0blues ,born on 9th January 1946 commenced a career in singing in year 1963 is continuing in the same vein even stronger to date.Nihal\u00a0Nelson in addition to be singing prodigy is also a Sri Lankan songwriter and music composer.\u00a0One of the most authoritative singers in Sri Lanka considered the \u2018undefeated and unconquered \u00a0on the concert stage\u2019 Nihal proudly<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nihal_Nelson#cite_note-nihal-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nihal_Nelson%23cite_note-nihal-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671002310754000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BeYL_fv2iukCOMtonxjR6\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xnormaltextrun\"><b><sup><span lang=\"EN\">l<\/span><\/sup><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0holds the record for the most albums recorded by a Sri Lankan artist with an unbeleivable\u00a0117 albums in the annals of music history in Sri Lanka which number in very unlikely would not be surpassed .<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xkpyqXMbbT4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">Nihal was \u00a0father was a businessman and mother was an English teacher, had commenced his primary education at Innocent Maria Mixed school which was lately renamed as Rawatawatta\u00a0Methodist College .Nihal has had his secondary education after passing Grade 8 at Moratu\u00a0Vidyalaya where he had completed Advanced Level in year 1960 at which time he had given attention to music as he had possessed innate talent \u00a0without\u00a0any hereditary affiliations from, family.Nihal tied the nuptial knot with Malini Sriyalatha\u00a0in May 1974.The duo has one son Kanchana Tharanga born in January 1978.&gt;Kanchana has inherited\u00a0hereditary affiliations to father Nihal\u2019s aptitudes is employed as a radio sound administrator.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0Kanchana is married to Gayani. \u00a0Nihal\u2019s wife \u00a0Malini very sadly \u00a0died in July 2020 after a brief illness which was a huge loss to Nihal for his progress in life. Nelson was a very popular and a sought after singer on school stages as well as in Moratuwa area as a singer. However, he had to enhance his music knowledge in an attempt to storm into \u00a0the music world. During this period, he met Sarath Munasinghe ,currently a monk, Meegahawela\u00a0Sumanashantha\u00a0<wbr \/>Ther, who had been a popular lyricist written \u00a0many songs in his early days. In 1962, he had met popular musician A.J.Kareem\u00a0during a wedding. Kareem introduced Nelson to popular composer R. A. Chandrasena. Nelson\u2019s first recording\u00a0of\u00a0<i>Lassanata\u00a0Pipunu\u00a0<wbr \/>Wanamal<\/i>\u00a0written by Munasinghe was released on\u00a0a EP\u00a0on March 31, 1963 under the guidance of \u00a0music maestro RAChandrasena. Later he joined with Kandy lake club with Chandrasena where many popular vocalists had begun singing careers.Lately\u00a0he had sung to his own lyrics and to that of Hemasiri\u00a0Halpita\u00a0and Vernon Perera both close associates also musician Lal Thenabadu.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">He was one among the first Sri Lankan vocalists to release a cassette in 1978 with\u00a0<i>Gune\u00a0Ayyage\u00a0Kamare<\/i>\u00a0<wbr \/>cassette. The release was on Wijaya Ramanayake\u2019s Tharanga label who was the pioneer to\u00a0introduce the format to Sri Lanka. Nelson was also among the first to release a compact disc in the later years<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c7l88s_KC6s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">Nelson\u2019s hundred and tenth album\u00a0<i>Nihal 110 Dot Com<\/i>\u00a0was completed \u00a0in 2000. It was recorded at Sunflowers Studios in Mahawewa,\u00a0Chilaw\u00a0with the music conduction and direction by \u00a0Neil Warnakulasuriya to the music \u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0popular Sunflowers. Nihal \u00a0Nelson is still singing on the concert stage \u00a0consecutively in\u00a0an unblemished \u00a0career spanning \u00a055 years.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">Nihal voice was identified as possessing a screen voice as a playback singer for many films. His maiden playback singing came through the film\u00a0<i>Pem Kurullo<\/i>\u00a0with the song \u201cKasii\u00a0Basili Na\u201d.the\u00a0lyrics \u00a0was written by Chandradasa\u00a0Fernando and the music was composed by Tony Weeratunga. Then he \u00a0sang playback successfully for\u00a0the films\u00a0<i>Sakvithi\u00a0Suwaya<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Loka Horu<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Rodaya<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Hari Yanakota\u00a0Ohoma\u00a0Thamai<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Sanda\u00a0<wbr \/>Wata Rantharu<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Loku\u00a0Thaththa<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Mal Warusa<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Valampuri<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Diyamant<wbr \/>hi<\/i>. He also sang a song called\u00a0<i>Hitha Honda Minihage<\/i>\u00a0for\u00a0legendary Gamini Fonseka.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">On the \u00a015 March 2013, a \u201c50 years old in his singing career, \u201cNihal Awith\u201d concert was held at the Musaeus College Auditorium to celebrate his 50 years of singing career.\u00a0In \u00a0year 2015, Nelson was awarded the \u2018Moratupura\u00a0Ratnavibhushana\u2019 award.The\u00a0117 albums were released under DKRS,Nilwala, Tharanga and Torana\u00a0labels, all prestigious institutions .These include a number of non-stop old hits.In year 2021 April Sri Lanka Rupavahini\u00a0Corporation telecast a show \u201cNihal Nelson Gee Awarjana\u201d for one and half hours live program.Nihal\u00a0Nelson has been invited to several new year dances\u00a0to sing too and a variety of concerts.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">In January on the 9<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><sup><span lang=\"EN\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0\u00a02021, it was made public \u00a0that a street will be named after the veteran singer for the services rendered to music particularly as the vocalist with most number of \u00a0albums released a number which no one could possibly achieve . The third lane of his hometown, Rawathawatte, Moratuwa \u00a0was named as Nihal Nelson Lane a very appropriate reward to him by the \u00a0related authorities.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v2Bolw3qwqM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">During the period of over fifty years in the music arena the number of indoor and outdoor concerts he had participated \u00a0even Nihal cannot account for.Also\u00a0he had participated in many overseas countries perhaps in every western county , middle East, Australia where Sri Lankan communities are domiciled.Nihal\u00a0Nelson is regularly invited to appear in all television channels which he accepts to\u00a0participate sans any hesitation.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN\">The number of songs he had sung is massive.Some\u00a0of the popular that comes to one\u2019s mind are: Kiridunne\u00a0Daruwantai, Kawadi\u00a0Baila, Salli Mitiganan,Kukku\u00a0Kook Ku, Kuththu\u00a0Rotiya,Mini\u00a0Gawma,<wbr \/>Lassanata\u00a0Pipunu\u00a0Wana Mal,Baila\u00a0Wendesiya, Amma Nethi Kale, Arapan\u00a0Karame,Kota\u00a0Kalisama,<wbr \/>Somiya\u00a0etc\u2026.the list will go on and on\u2026.In this context there is no doubt that Nihal Nelson is the most popular vocalist ever produced in the annals of the music history having produced 117 albus to date the highest by any vocalist.All\u00a0fans would wish Nihal Nelson to continue in the same vein to entertain the music masses in Sri Lanka\u00a0as he has not lost any sting and vigour.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">His funeral arrangements will be notified shorrtly<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOSYV0-qp7c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"m_-7653996685271588753contentpasted0\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN\">Sunil Thenabadu\u00a0in Brisbane<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7653996685271588753m-2780597713728477024xparagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; 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