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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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Nihal Samarasinghe
නිහල් සමරසිංහ
Born	1937 British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Died	11 July 2017(2017-07-11) (aged 79–80) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Occupation	Singer, Saxophonist, Musician
Years active	1965–1996
Spouse(s)	Felicia Samarasinghe
Children	Nuwan
Musical career
Genres	Pop Playback singing Sri Lankan music
Instruments	Vocals Saxophone
Labels	Torana
Musical artist

References

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