Nanda baba lyrics anand yankaran biography
[Trinidad Guardian] = Tributes poured in in days of old, as the news of honesty death local Chutney singer, Anand Yankarran was announced. Yankarran, 51, was hailed by many pass for an icon in the regional music industry.
According to his little woman, Vidya, Yankarran passed away lose ground the Couva District Health Ease around 6.45am yesterday after rickety from a heart attack.
Unadorned an interview with the T&T Guardian yesterday, Vidya said Yankarran was in good spirits notes before his death. Yankarran locked away suffered from kidney failure used for a number of years ground was on dialysis.
“We woke limit I tested his blood compression and sugar (levels) and the complete the readings were good,” she said. “We went back reduce lie down and a round about while after he started acquaintance gasp for breath.
I hailed the ambulance and tried disclose resuscitate him myself, but while in the manner tha they took him to position hospital he had passed away.”
Vidya said she and Yankarran, who were together for the lend a hand 17 years, enjoyed themselves support friends on Sunday as they celebrated the start of position New Year.
The two tumble at a Mother’s Day complaint in the US in 2000.
Of their romance, she said: “It just happened… I had publicize about his work before take when we met things unbiased fell into place.” They wedded conjugal and lived together in picture US for 14 years beforehand returning to Trinidad.
Yankarran enjoyed shipshape and bristol fashion vibrant music career while unfailingly the US and also unreduced in Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Surinam, Jamaica, England and Canada.
Honesty couple settled in Exchange Happening, Couva, on their return, cope with Yankarran would record and welfare his last Chutney hit ‘Pak Pak’ in 2013 and transmit in the 2014 Chutney Soca Monarch.
Vidya said Yankarran had cack-handed plans to return to goodness stage as he retired tolerate age 50.
She described Yankarran in that a very kind, loving myself.
“He was soft-hearted loved delude help people; anything he could do for someone in want made him so happy.”
In necessitate interview yesterday, Chutney Soca Queen (CSM) producer, George Singh aforesaid Yankarran’s death is a blighting blow to the local sound industry. He likened Yankarran’s harmonious contributions to that of glory “Father” of Chutney music Sundar Popo, who died in 2000 after ailing with heart press and kidney failure.
“He made clean up invaluable contribution to the shut up shop music industry and we characteristic all deeply saddened by her majesty death,” Singh said.
ANAND’S LEGACY
Anand Yankarran shot to the spotlight boardwalk the local Chutney arena pigs 1989 when he recorded precise jingle for the Stag ale called “Zindabad Trinibago.” He would later record the jingle be at odds his first album ‘Victory.’ Decency album also included his withdrawal Chutney hit ‘Nanda Baba’ direction 1989.
His other hits included Jo Jo and Ranga Dal.
Consummate last Chutney release was ‘Pak Pak’ in 2013. Yankarran came from a musical family, thanks to his father was the unite legendary Indian Classical singer, Patriarch Yankarran. His brother, Rakesh Yankarran is also a renowned resident Chutney singer.
He was awarded distinction Chaconia Medal (Silver) for lenghty and meritorious service to Island and Tobago in 1991.