Tuesday, November 05, 2019

Andy 60s Music: Petite Fleur By Yen Chow


While reading through Facebook Friends' postings, I came across Ms Yen Chow's  picture; she's posed beside a pretty acrylic painting of sweet blue flowers. And she was the artist.

Here they are, showcased. Yen was a student in the 90's when she was only in secondary school. Hopefully we can see more of her art pieces in future. 


Thanks Yen for your contribution to the blog.


There are hundreds of songs, maybe even thousands about flowers. Here's one wind and brass instrumental by Chris Barber about the Little Flower or Petite Fleur.


Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Petite Fleur or Little Flower. Enjoy from video by 7707George. Thank you.

And here is Yen's masterpiece in full bloom below. She has already received nearly 100 LIKES from everyone around on Facebook. 

Congratulations Yen. Hope you will deliver more bouquets on our doorsteps.
Her first attempt on the acrylic board, this pretty piece. Perhaps you'd like to help name it? 

Here's a flower from The Sound of Music by Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra. Edelweiss is as famous as it is beautiful, both the flower and the melody. 

If you have names of songs using flowers as themes, you can contribute too. Cheers.
IMAGES; Yen Chow Collection
Videos from YouTube.

The background music from the video below is provided by Jimmy Chan and dedicated to Yen Chow. Jimmy saw her flowers, wrote to me and sent me the video.  
The guitar accompaniment was by Reggie Verghese, music producer and lead guitarist from the Quests. Jimmy too was from the Quests.
Thanks Jimmy.

Thanks to Mr Prabhakaran D. for uploading the video. Can anyone provide the title to the music?

13 comments:

  1. Nice. Please paint me sunflowers..

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  2. JIMMY CHAN (SG PIANIST LIVING LEGEND)5.11.19

    On piano.
    Recorded some years ago.
    Enjoy the flowers.

    That was Reggie Verghese on guitar.
    Were the flowers beautiful?

    The video was sent to me from a lady fan
    who lived in Sabah during 2015.

    Song is from my CDs.

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  3. YEN CHOW5.11.19

    He played the clip?
    Amazing.
    Marvellous work to add on your blog.

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  4. YEN CHOW5.11.19

    im so honoured and delighted to be part of your blog. Like the music associated with the blog. Many thanks! 🙏

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  5. STEPHEN HAN5.11.19

    Flowers On The Wall and
    “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”by Neil Diamond
    in duet with Barbara Streisand

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  6. DAVY CHAN5.11.19

    Didn't see Jimmy Chan for a long time. Wish him well

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  7. Anonymous5.11.19

    Yes, he will be appearing at the Silver Strings 55th Anniversary show at RELC.
    Come on over and meet him. :-)
    It's on 29th November evening.

    Thanks all for supporting Yen Chow's first paint job.
    And those who LIKE this post.
    It's a great start for her.

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  8. facebook chats5.11.19

    KOH SUI PANG
    DAVY CHAN
    MARK TAN
    TERENCE LEE
    BELINDA POH
    FREDA HANUM
    ALTHEA LIM
    JOYCELYN LEONG
    ROSE KHOO
    TAN SER KIONG
    TAN ANDREW
    HO VICTOR

    THANKS TO THE ABOVE FOR SUPPORTING THIS POST.

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  9. Anonymous6.11.19

    Hi Andy,

    What artists whose names are flowers? All the ones in the list below are 1960s Singapore-Malaysia recording artists exept as indicated.

    Dara Puspita (flower girls - Indonesia)
    Doea Melati (two jasmines – Indonesia-Netherlands)
    Fabulous Orchids (from Pontian)
    Lily Chao (HK)
    Lily Sjarif (Indonesia)
    Lili Wong
    Lotus Liew
    Madam Rose (HK)
    Orchid Abdullah
    Rima Melati (jasmine - Indonesia)
    Rose (she had at least three EPS in mid-1960s Singapore/Malaysia)
    Rose Iwanaga
    Sakura (cherry blossom)
    Titiek Puspa (flower - Indonesia)
    Violet Tong

    Regards

    Steve

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  10. facebook chats6.11.19

    Koh Sui Pang
    Lovely rare flowers, accompanied by lovely music ...tq Andy .

    Freda Hanum
    Beautiful paintings indeed👍💕

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  11. Wow inspirational indeed.

    Thanks Steve for the list.
    Now that's a great post for the blog.
    I'll have it soon; list of singers
    With the names of flowers.

    And Freda & Sui Pang,
    Thanks for the encouraging comment
    For Yen Chow.

    And to all the other readers who wrote in,
    Thank you very much.
    We should expect more paintings from Yen Chow.

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  12. facebook chats6.11.19

    ANN ROWENA LIM
    JENNY LAW
    ROOP SINGH

    FOR THE LIKES ON THIS POST.

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  13. C.Y. LIN9.11.19

    Andy, two songs that dates us --Rambling Rose; Tulips from Amsterdam:-)

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