Burmese singer-songwriter In this Burmese name, Sandayar is an honorific, not a given name. In this Burmese name, the given name is Chit Swe. There is no family name.
| Sandayar Chit Swe | |
|---|---|
| စန္ဒရားချစ်ဆွေ | |
| Born | Chit Swe 5 June 1935 Hinthada, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma |
| Died | 2005(2005-00-00) (aged 69–70) Yangon, Myanmar |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, pianist |
| Parent(s) | U Ba Hlaing (father) Daw Kyin Sein (mother) |
Sandayar Chit Swe (Burmese: စန္ဒရားချစ်ဆွေ; 1935–2005) was a Burmese singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for his songs such as "Chit Arr Nge Ya Thu Mal", "Kha Yay Pin Aut Ka Padauk Chit Thu'", "Chit Thu Way Way Thwar Par Nae Lar", "Nge Chit Haung Nae Hnit Paung Myar Swar" and "Yay Lo Aye Tae Nway Lay Ta Nway".
Biography
Chit Swe was born on 5 June 1935 in Hinthada, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma to parents U Ba Hlaing, a pianist and Daw Kyin Sein. He was eldest of four siblings. At the night of Sandayar Chit Swe birth, his father (the band's leader) took film actor Ye Khaung Chit Swe's name and was named to Sandayar Chit Swe as 'Chit Swe' during Mya Khwar Nyo silent film by A1 Film was screening at the Sharf Cinema (later Tun Lin Cinema) in Hinthada.
He learned to play the piano from his father. He learned to play piano in the silent film from Pianist Nyunt Hlaing and Sagaing Hla Shwe. Music teachers of Sandayar Chit Swe were his father U Ba Hlaing, Treasurer of Hinthada U Su, Harp and pianist U Tun Pe. Sandayar Chit Swe played piano with his father when he was 10 years old at the cinema. He arrived to Rangoon in 1949 at the age of 14. There he studied music from Mr.Ben Hot and Khattara Aye.
Chit Swe then played the piano for the first time under the tutelage of musician Shwe Pyi Aye at the Win Win Theater. He then studied film music from guitarist U Ba Nyunt and pianist Sagaing Hla Shwe. In this way, he played piano at Thwin, King, Raj (Brave), Regent (pioneer), Jama, Lwin Lwin, Maw cinemas. He had the opportunity to study music from Au Aww Ba Thaung, Thaton Ba Thein, Paerock Ba Than, Than Pe, Saw Hlaing, Musician Ye Naung, Than Tin, Ko Ni, Sein Party, Hinthar Kyi, Daw Nu, Dagon Khin, Khin Khin Nyunt, Shwe Myaing Kyi. He played piano at Cho Tay Shin, Lay Hlaing Than and Tay Batemann orchestras.
Discography
| Year | Song Title | Functioned as | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Singer | Note | ||||
| Innya A Mar Taw Pone | No | Yes | composed by Myat Lay | |||
| Khat Khat Ko Ma Lo Chin Tal | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Sate Taing Kya Phit Ya Say Mal | ||||||
| Chit Arr Nge Ya Thu Mal | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Chaw Kalayar | ||||||
| Chit Thu Way Way Thwar Par Nae Lar | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Myittar A Thae Lay Myar | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Myittar Nu Nu Say Lo Thu | ||||||
| Myittar Nu Nu Say Lar Yin | ||||||
| Mone Set Set Ma Ywal | Yes | Yes | sang alongside Htar | |||
| Mone Sate Ma Yi Ywal | Yes | sang alongside Khin Yu May | ||||
| Chit Yin Lae Pyone Par Lay | Yes | No | sung by Nwet Lay | |||
| Kyal Pwint Ka Lay Myar Ma Chit Wunt Pyi | Yes | No | sung by Pyinmana Ko Myint | |||
| Chit Thanthaya Sate Win Mi Tal | Yes | No | sung by Ko Tin Hlaing | |||
| Takabar Char Lae Chit Nay Mal | Yes | No | sung by Ko Min Naung | |||
| Baydar Yae Baydar Lann | Yes | No | sung by Khin Nyunt Yi | |||
| Thazin Nha Khat Pyaing | ||||||
| Mhway Lwun The Pann | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Thanthayar Khayeethal | Yes | No | sung by Aung Lin | |||
| May Kwat Ko Shar | Yes | No | sung by Aung Lin | |||
| Chit A Yake | Yes | |||||
| A Mone Khun Arr Pay Thanar Par | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Tachit Shar Shar | ||||||
| Myittar Say Kyun | Yes | |||||
| Tain Ta Man | Yes | |||||
| Moe | Yes | |||||
| Khayay Pin Aut Ka Padauk Chit Thu | Yes | |||||
| A Lwan Nway Ko San Yay Htae Mhar Mhyaw Lite Mal | Yes | |||||
| Nge Chit Haung Nae Nhit Paung Myar Swar | Yes | |||||
| Ponepamar | Yes | |||||
| Chit Lo Lyat Nae Way | Yes | |||||
| Chit Ya The Ka A Thet Htet Sone | Yes | |||||
| Tu Tu Nyi Nyi Yee Yee Pyone Pyone | ||||||
| Sein Pann Pyar Nae Way Thu Yal | ||||||
| Di Mway Nay Mingalar | ||||||
| Nyin Pal Mhar Pae Soe Mi Tal | Yes | |||||
| Pyan Lal Sone Tway Kya Mal | Yes | |||||
| Myet Lone Phwint Pyi Ate Kyi Par | Yes | |||||
| Ate Ma Pyaw Nya Myar | Yes | |||||
| Padauk Lann | Yes | |||||
References
- "ဒီတပတ်ဖတ်စရာ". ဧရာဝတီ. 3 February 2017.
- "ရေလိုအေးတဲ့ နွေကလေးတစ်နွေ – စန္ဒရားချစ်ဆွေ in 2020 | Music, Movie posters, Enjoyment". Pinterest.
- "Sandayar Chit Swe – စန္ဒရားချစ်ဆွေ – မေတ္တာစေကျွန်". music.shwediary.com.
- "ချစ်သူ ေ၀းေ၀းသွားပါနဲ့လား – စန္ဒရားချစ်ဆွေ in 2020 | World, Music, Enjoyment". Pinterest.
- "Hulk Share – Music Distribution Platform". HulkShare.
- "ခရေပင်အောက်မှ ပိတောက်ချစ်သူ". www.moi-mm.info. 15 November 2016.