{"id":83716,"date":"2022-01-09T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T12:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=83716"},"modified":"2022-01-09T12:49:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T12:49:45","slug":"legendary-singer-desmond-de-silva-passes-away-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/legendary-singer-desmond-de-silva-passes-away-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary singer Desmond de Silva passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: underline;\">Legendary singer Desmond de Silva passes away<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83719\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Legendary-singer-Desmond-de-Silva-passes-away-e1641731356403.jpg\" alt=\"Legendary singer Desmond de Silva passes away\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Source:-<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adaderana.lk\/news\/79749\/legendary-singer-desmond-de-silva-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adaderana.lk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Veteran Sri Lankan singer and entertainer Desmond De Silva has passed away at the age of 77 in Melbourne, Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Regarded as the \u2018King of Baila\u2019, the legendary singer was born in Matara in 1944 while he launched his career in popular music in 1963 as the lead vocalist of the Fire-Flies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">He also performed with leading Sri Lankan pop groups \u2013 \u2018Spitfires,\u2019 \u2018Gabo and the Breakaways,\u2019 and the \u2018Jetliners.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">In 1976 he decided to form his own band, \u201cDesmond and the Clan\u201d, which performed in various countries in Southeast Asia, including the Maldives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Known for his popular renditions of Sri Lankan \u2018baila\u2019 music, Desmond celebrated 40 years in show business in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">He has had a string of baila hits including: \u2018Polkatu Hande,\u2019 \u2018 Yaman Bando (Wally Bastiansz),\u2019 \u2018Chuda Manike,\u2019 \u2018Mamma No,\u2019 \u2018Miss Sri Lanka,\u2019 \u2018Hai Hui baby Achchi (Wally Bastiansz),\u2019 \u2018Rajasangabo\u2019 \u2018Komali Pane,\u2019 as well as popular recordings of anonymous baila songs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">He is also known for a whole range of \u2018Party Time\u2019 non-stop baila music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">He has performed his hits in several major cities around the world including Los Angeles, New York, London, Auckland, Dubai, Bahrain, New Delhi, Singapore and Melbourne, where he had been living for the past couple of years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52052\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Desmond-Desilva-eLanka-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30779\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fantastic-performance-by-Desmond-De-Silva-L-94-e1541707631403.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Desilva\" width=\"555\" height=\"834\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30777\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fantastic-performance-by-Desmond-De-Silva-L-68.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Desilva\" width=\"552\" height=\"830\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65107 \" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desmond-De-Silva-in-Canberra-May-2021-1-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"Desmond De Silva in Canberra - 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