The Straits Times 12th April 1965.
Page 4 - Advertisement.
Exactly 56 years ago, at 8pm. this evening, an extravaganza was held to showcase the Tribute Artistes in Singapore in one grand spectacle. This presentation was a perfect example of what happened at huge venues like the Victoria Memorial Hall at Empress Place, the National Theatre at Tank Road and at the Badminton Stadium on Guillemard Road. Except for the National Theatre, the other two buildings are still standing.
The advertisement tells the story by itself. Actually most of the top local artistes, professional or otherwise were in the show. These boys and girls were the talk of our youth who were in their teens and beyond, mostly in their 20s or 30s.
Except for a few singers and band boys most of them are still around today and if you add 56 years to each of them, they would be in their late 60s, 70s and early 80s. If I can recall from memory, Robert Song, the Johnny Ray of Singapore would have passed away. So too the late Siva Choy from The Cyclones, Susan Lim from the Crescendos, Victor Woo from The Trailers [only recently] and the great trumpetist and actor Tony Castillo.
All the original members of The Silver Strings are still in Singapore. Audie Ng, David Chan, Merlin Lim and Danny Boy. Shall we all meet one day...
The rest of your band friends and colleagues are still around. So check them out...
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