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Nimal Mendis Nimal may refer to *Nimal Bandara, Sri Lankan politician *Nimal Gamini Amaratunga, Sri Lankan judge *Nimal Gunaratne Air Vice Marshal Nimal Herat-Gunaratne, VSV, USP, SLAF was the Director Health Services of the Sri Lanka Air Force from 1992 ...

is a Sri Lankan singer/songwriters who has won many awards for his music. Mendis recorded 22 songs, eight of them for the

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label in London. He has written songs now regarded as classics in

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—including ' Master Sir' about Colonial

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. His songs have been aired over BBC Radio, Premier Radio (UK) and across radio stations in

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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 Lank
Source: Sunday Observer Sri Lanka
Alphabetical List of

songs.

A

* Agony & Ecstasy * Always Asking Why * And A Star * And Michael Said * A Second Chance Mr. Jones

B

* Butterfly In The Rain * Black Pearl * Blessed Are The Poor * Beyond The Sun *Bread Of Life

C

* Cherry Blossom Tree * Champagne Blues * Cold Cold Night * Compassion * Cloud 9

D

* Doi Doi Doi * Diya Manthi Nila * Dreamlight * Diyamanthi Adare * Dance Baila Dance

E

* Eka Mawakage Diyaniyak * Earth Mother Crying * End Of A Dream *Evan Ahlaya

F

* Fisherman's Song * Felicia * Fool's Paradise * Feel Like A Clown * Follow Me * Fountains Of Paradise * Ferryman

G

* Green Diamond * God King Theme * Go Go Go * Ganga Addara (translated into Sinhala by Augustus Vinayagaratnam) * Garabandal Song * Ghennu Lamaine * Girls * Giri Hisen

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 (translated into Sinhala by Augustus Vinayagaratnam) * Razor Edge

S

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

T

* Tsunami Sri Lanka

U

* Upul Nuwan Vidaha

V

*Viyo Gee Gayena Hadhe

External links

Nimal Mendis Tsunami Song

Sinhala Juke Box Tsunami Relief - Nimal Mendis

Nimal Mendis Autism Song for Autism Speaks UK

Lee Scott MP Presented With A Nimal Mendis Song For Autism

Nimal Mendis releases a Song for Autism in London

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071203192643/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'']
The Guardian UK: ''Nimal Mendis composes Tsunami Song''

Mendis, Nimal