Master Sir
"Master Sir" is a classic Sinhala song written by the Sri Lankan singer/songwriter, Nimal Mendis, and sang most famously by Neville Fernando of Los Caballeros. Nimal Mendis was born in Ceylon(Sri Lanka). The song was composed by Nimal Mendis and released in Sri Lanka. The song was also recorded in an English version.
The song, 'Master Sir,' was first featured in the early 1970s on Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. It still receives extensive airplay on the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and other commercial radio stations in Colombo. Mendis has also played his classic hit 'Master Sir' in front of capacity crowds in concerts organised in Colombo.
'Master Sir' reached new audiences in London when the Sri Lankan broadcaster Vernon Corea featured it on his BBC Radio London program, ' London Sounds Eastern.'
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