Annesley Malewana
Annesley Malewana on the cover of an album
Origin	Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Years active	1965 to present
Genres	Sri Lankan music

Annesley Malewana is an influential Sri Lankan musician. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ratnapura (?? in Sinhala; இரத்தினபுரி in Tamil) (meaning The city of gems in Sinhala & Tamil) is the chief town in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Sri Lanka is an island of the Southern coast of India. ...

Life and career

Malewana was born in Ratnapura (a city in south-central Sri Lanka), and attended St. Joseph’s College in the capital city of Colombo. Upon leaving school, he met Clarence Wijewardane, who (with Malawana) formed the group Moonstones. In the early 1960s, the Moonstones began performing songs composed by Wijewardane and sung by Malawana (their first hit was Mango Nenda). Due, primarily, to Wijewardane's unique compositions, the group continued on to dominate popular Sri Lankan music for nearly a decade before ultimately breaking-up in the late 1960s. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Clarence Wijewardene (August 3, 1943 - December 13, 1996) is a pioneering Sri Lankan musician, who introduced the electric guitar to Sinhala music. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

Malewana and Wijewardane, however, remained friends, and reunited in the 1970s to form a group dubbed the Super Golden Chimes - this group would, similarly, produce a string of popular songs that included "Udarata Niliya", "Sihina Pathum", "Wana Bambaro", and "Satuta Senasuma". 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

The Super Golden Chimes performed for another 8 years until, in 1978, Malewana married, and announced his retirement from music. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Annesley Malewana

Despite his retirement, Malewana returned in 1988 as a solo artist, and continued to record until, in 2005, he formed Annesley & The Super Chimes. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

According to Malewana; "it was a long felt need in the music scene especially after the Super Golden Chimes Re-union Concert which was held last year. I was under tremendous pressure from my fans and well-wishers to continue with the Super Golden Chimes, but since some of the members are abroad and some others are playing in different groups, I did not want to use the name Super Golden Chimes".

External links

• Vernon Corea The Golden Voice of Radio Ceylon - Listen to Annesley Malawana on the 'Vernon Presents' page. Vernon Corea had an influential role in promoting The Moonstones in the 1960s in Ceylon.

• Drawing of Annesley Malawana - Look at drawings of Annesley, along with several of his fellow Sri Lankan musicians on the homepage of artist Priyan Weerappuli.

• Listen to Annesley Malawana's music at Sinhala Jukebox.