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Mervin Perera was born on 21 September 1940 in Kuda
Payagala, Kalutara, Sri Lanka as the eldest of the family with seven siblings. His father Herman Perera was a music master, dancer, who worked as a painter and teacher. His mother Isabella Dias was a housewife. Since the age of 12, Mervin learnt
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Mervin was transferred from Ampare
Vijayapura Maha Vidyalaya to Dharmaloka Vidyalaya in Kelaniya. In 1972, he lost the job due to the July strike. Before the suspension, he worked at Vadamulla School, Kelaniya. After receiving the job, he was suspended again in 1980 from government teaching and
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In 1959, Mervin entered music department of the government art school, and studied music under S. D. S Jayasekara and P. V. Nandasiri and completed music course from six years. Then in 1956 he started to work as a music teacher at
Rajgama College, a remote school in Ampara. In the meantime, he
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musician and a singer. Started as a flautist, Perera became one of the most influential singers in Sri Lankan pop music industry. He is also a music teacher, lyricist as well as a film composer that career spanned for more than five decades.
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Patricia Malini on 13 May 1971 and the couple had two sons: Amal and Sohan, and two daughters, Samanka and Nimesha. Malini was born on 19 October 1946. Malini died on 18 January 1999 at the age of 52.
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violin and singing from his father and joined with church choir. Mervin completed his primary education from
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was released in 1969, his first melody was composed in 1967. In 1970, he was transferred to a
Colombo school where he participated in a Sarala Gee program at the SLBC. His song
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Kalutara Gnanodaya College as the music teacher and then to Kelaniya Gurukula Vidyalaya. He retired from government teaching in 2000.
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Mervin continued to compose songs for wide range of musicians including
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season 3 and currently in Hiru Star. His popular songs are:
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studied music at the State Music
Academy (currently as
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1348:"අමල්ගේ සොයුරු සොහාන් මවගේ අනුස්මරණයට තැබූ සටහන"
1212:"කෙනෙහිලි මැද සංගීත දිවිය ජයගත් මර්වින් පෙරේරා"
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1296:"CID යේ පැය 7ක් හිටපු නදීමාල් ගෙදර යයි"
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1374:"Mervin Perera: Albums"
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