They are also credited for having the first ever biala non stop medly. The Gypsies have also successfully collaborated with other Sri Lankan stars like Desmond de Silva. Sunil Perera and the Gypsies are world famous for their Sri Lankan baila music. The group has since released other CDs and continues to enjoy success. With the arrival of CDs in Sri Lanka, they released their first CD Gypsies Gold containing 17 songs and following its success there, with two other CDs, Dance With the Gypsies and Singyore, both well received as well. In the 1980s the group released their first audio cassette containing their novelty hit "Kurumitto" ("Dwarfs"), which is a cover version of Dutch musician Father Abraham's "The Smurf Song". Their early success was due to a series of 5 LPs they released in the 1970s (entitled Dance With the Gypsies).
Sunil Perera and Piyal Perera are the two surviving members from the original line up.
In the thirty years that followed, many changes have occurred in the group's membership that have led to the eight members present today. Lead singer Sunil Perera, schooled at St Peter's College in Colombo, renovated a portion of his house on Galle Road (in Ratmalana) into a recording studio and began recording their first album. The band was formed in 1969 by Anton Perera, a confectioner at the Glucorasa company, comprised of his five sons (Sunil, Nihal, Piyal, Nimal, Lal) - all of whom had recently completed high school. The Gypsies is a Sri Lankan band that performs English and Sinhala songs and have been around since the early 1970s. Read Full Bio Two bands are called "Gypsies":Ģ. The danish music-magazine "Gaffa" rated the album "One Hand Up" three out of six stars. They are said to be a terrific live-band. Until their first album, "One Hand Up" came out in 2007, they where mostly known for being the danish band "Outlandish"'s backingband. Gypsies is a danish rap/R'nB/indie-group from Århus.
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