[1] Frank Fernand was born in Curchorem, Goa and had his initial training in music from Diego Rodrigues and mastered violin and trumpet.

A turning point in his career and life came in 1948 when he joined the celebrated Hindi music director-duo Shankar Jaikishan.

Later he worked under top-level music directors and had close association with Anil Biswas, Kishore Kumar, Roshan, C. Ramchandra and others.

His last assignment in the Hindi film industry was as the first assistant of Kalyanji Anandji, another popular music director duo.

His deep love for his mother-tongue Konkani motivated him to produce Amchem Noxib under his banner Frank Films with C. Alvares and Anthony Mendes in main roles.

Frank Fernand has set to music some memorable lyrics by noted poets, most remembered of them all being "Fulam Zai" and "Sobit Amchem Goem" by Dr Manohar Sardesai, for which he won the Bombay Journal Award.

He pioneered as a classical jazz player and in trumpet concerto by Handel under music maestro Victor Paranjoti.