Sirimavo Bandaranaike arrived as the chief guest for the opening ceremony of Ceramic Corporation. At the same time he sang the song “Duwani Sirima” when former Prime Minister Mrs. He composed and directed music for the SAARC Conference as well. This marked the creations of songs such as “Malata Bambareku Se”, “Sende Walavan”, “Dineka Me Nadee”, “Aruna Kirana”, “Kumariyak”, “Sanda Pane”, “Hada Vile”, “Hanthane”, “Ran Dunuke Mala Se” and so many more, which like all of Clarence’s creations and compositions are still immensely popular today.Ĭlarence produced an album titled ‘Test Cricket Souvenir’, when the Sri Lankan Cricket team got the opportunity to enter the world of test cricket in 1982.

In 1979 with Annesley’s move from the group, Clarence left The Super Golden Chimes and ventured into a solo career. In 1975 Clarence was credited for composing and directing a song named “Maha Balawathune” for the conference of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Sri Lanka.Ĭlarence directed the music of the first cassette released in Sri Lanka in 1978 titled ‘Anytime-anywhere’.

He also sang songs for few films: “Nelum Pokuru Wage” for the film ‘Colamba Sanniya’, “Loke Jeewath Wannata” a duet with the famous playback songstress Latha Walpola for the film ‘Janaka Saha Manju’ etc. ‘Mangala’, ‘Apeksha’, ‘Chathumadura’, ‘Chandi Shyama’ are some of the other films for which music direction was done by Clarence. “Dileepa Podi Puthu” the first song composed by Clarence and the first song performed by The Moonstones which was written by Karunaratne Abeysekara for his son.

Radio Ceylon broadcasted the songs on a program named “Saturday Stars” which made them stars overnight.

This marked the beginning of musical careers of both Annesley and Clarence and also the formation of the new band named ‘ The Moonstones’.Īfter several practice recordings at Sangabo’s house, Sangabo arranged a meeting with popular radio host Vijaya Corea of Radio Ceylon, who went on to record a few songs at the Radio Ceylon’s studios. Clarence contacted his friend Premasinghe Maramba for help and eventually was introduced to Annesley Malawana. Under the aegis of Sri Sangabo Corea he was offered the first opportunity to record music, however with the challenge of finding a suitable vocalist. Born in the rural hill station of Haputale in Central Sri Lanka, Clarence moved to Batugedara, Ratnapura with his parents in 1966.

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