{"id":153157,"date":"2025-05-20T19:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=153157"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:40:47","slug":"mignonne-coconet-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/mignonne-coconet-man-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mignonne Coconet Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"title\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">\n<h2 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mignonne Coconet Man<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"top-row\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">\n<div id=\"owner\" class=\"item style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wcRrl_9aPPs?si=ZxLxvIvkrI7DpEvb\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mignonne Composed and recorded Coconet Man\u00a0 in London UK In 1965, Mignonne along with her group The Jetliners became an instant success under the guidance of manager Tony Fernando who would later become her husband, and their popularity grew.\u00a0Radio Ceylon,\u00a0 introduced her music not only to a local audience but across South Asia. During the early years of the group the Jetliners enjoyed star billing at the Coconut Grove nightclub situated in the\u00a0Galle Face Hotel in Colombo<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 1969, she became the first Sri Lankan to be signed up by EMI\u00a0Records UK, and\u00a0 Music London. Keith Prowse Ceylonese The\u00a0 song &#8216;Wedding Song&#8217; (Mangala Mohotha) was her first song to be copyrighted by KPM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her song &#8220;Love Don&#8217;t Let Me Down&#8221; won the Embassy Award at the World Popular Song Festival. Another original composition &#8220;Someday My Love&#8221; won the Matsushita Award and Special Jury Award for Composer and Performer at the Festival of Song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A Sinhala composition &#8220;Oba Nisa&#8221; was selected for the finals of the 5th Olympiad of Song in Athens,\u00a0Greece\u00a0 in 1972\u00a0where it won the gold medal. &#8220;Coconut Man&#8221; made the finals of the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, the first time a female singer\/composer had ever done so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">You are welcome to pass this on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Regards<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: 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