Nihal Samarasinghe
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Nihal Samarasinghe is a member of the following lists: 1937 births, People from British Ceylon and Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1936
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| Birthplace |
British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
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| Died |
11th July, 2017
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| Place of Death |
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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| Occupation Text |
Singer, Saxophonist, Musician
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Pop, Playback singing, Sri Lankan music
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| Year(s) Active |
1965–1996
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| Instrument (text) |
Vocals, Saxophone
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| Record Label |
Torana
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Nihal Samarasinghe, (Sinhala: නිහල් සමරසිංහ; 1937 – 11 July 2017), popularly known as Sam The Man was a famous Sri Lankan saxophonist and singer, who was considered an icon of the Sri Lanka English music scene. He played the Saxophone for Leonard Franke’s band “The Manhattans" (Sri Lankan", “The Jetliners” in the 1960’s, and also in his own band. He was active as a musician for 6 decades. Nihal was considered by many Sri Lankans as the ‘King’ of the Sing Along, he is said to have introduced the first Sing Along Concert in Sri Lanka in 1997.
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