His other popular songs include "Lo Ada Ninde", "Gile Male Tarawa" and "Mariya Mawu Kuse.
showed interest in the arts participating in school dramas and singing with the local church choir.
[5] His son Priyantha Fernando was also a popular singer in Sri Lanka who continued with CT's legacy.
[5] In April 2018, Priyantha fell ill during a concert in Italy and later returned to Sri Lanka and was being treated at the Kalubowila Hospital.
Fernando often won prizes for elocution, singing and drama, including a gold medal of oratory.
He later joined the Grand Cabaret to entertain the troops involved in world war 2 and further developed his musical talents.
[11] Then he had his first popular song with "Pin Sindu Wanne," a plea to children to stop harming birds.
[2] He recorded many of his popular songs with the label including "Pinsiduwanne", "Suwanda Rosa", "Bara Bage", "Ambilimame", "Lo Ada Ninde", "Gilimale Taruwa", "Kimada Sumihiriye", "Amba Ruk" and "Bilinda Nelawe Ukule".
Popular Songs such as "Hela Jathika Abhimane","Ma Bala Kale", "Sandhawata Ran Tharu","Ane Dingak", "Piyumehi Peni bothi","Punsadha Hinehenne" a Duet with Rukmani Devi,[7] "Sihina lowe", "Awadhiwanna" and "Mage sudhu Mame" were included in this album.
These recordings featured lyrics by Lalith S. Maithripala, Karunaratne Abeysekera, Sarath Wimalaweera and Wimaladasa Perera.
[7] He was the first Sri Lankan Artist to tour overseas with Music Director "Patrick Denipitiya and his Combo" in 1967 performing at various venues in UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and other Europe destinations during a period of 6 months.
[4] Apart from singing, Fernando also acted in a few Sinhala films such as Deyiyange Rate and Gamperaliya directed by Lester James Peries.
[5] CT's popular film song Mee Wadayaki Jeewithe was sung to the movie Kawuda Hari in 1969.