tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post2220352701564857920..comments2024-03-18T20:58:33.694+08:00Comments on .: Singapore 60's Covers Sell Better Than OriginalsANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-86175546695246565142022-11-13T17:02:36.201+08:002022-11-13T17:02:36.201+08:00Patrick Choo
Met KEITH LOCKE & the QUESTS when...Patrick Choo<br />Met KEITH LOCKE & the QUESTS when my band was GUESTing with them at Seletar Airbase then 👍<br /><br />Andy Young<br />Author<br />Patrick Choo HELLO! Good to know, you are familiar with S.Strings too.<br /><br />Patrick Choo<br />Andy Young Yes . The lead man of Silver Strings...met him years later at a community club.FACEBOOK CHATSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-11958371504236146382022-11-07T11:12:22.846+08:002022-11-07T11:12:22.846+08:00Hassim Madali
If you are referring to The Quests, ...Hassim Madali<br />If you are referring to The Quests, yes they were the " top band" in SG during the 60's with resident vocalist Vernon Cornelius. Keith Locke was an " added" vocalist only. The Quests also played gigs in discos besides live stage shows especially at the old " dame" (the famous National Theatre.)HASSIM MADALI [FB]noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-85806332679513278072022-11-07T10:48:02.436+08:002022-11-07T10:48:02.436+08:00Andy Young
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Hey guys, fastest early birds ev...Andy Young<br />Author<br />Hey guys, fastest early birds ever. Thanks for the LIKES.<br /><br />Hassim Madali<br />Keith Locke and The Quests.Popular song" Don't Play That Song".<br /><br />Martin Michael<br />Hassim Madali Push push<br /><br />Hassim Madali<br />Martin Michael<br />Oh yes...something like.."let's dance push"...push"...thanks for the reminder...have a good day...cheers!!!..<br /><br />Martin Michael<br />Hassim Madali my brothers used to listen to this on radio..<br /><br />Andy Young<br />Author<br />Hassim Madali, hi. Yes, fantastic music, they all provided. Thanks for the memories.<br /><br />Martin Michael<br />Hassim Madali Push2 like maternity ward song..😳😵💫<br /><br />Andy Young<br />Author<br />Yes, he was more popular in SG with this song than the original Ben King.<br /><br />Freda Hanum<br />Loved this article of comparison of the originals and the local versions... Agree mostly local artistes vinyl recordings are preferred<br /><br />Andy Young<br />Author<br />Freda Hanum, hi! Thanks for the comment. It's true. Supporting our own artistes...<br />FACEBOOK CHATSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-9161058660818536452021-07-12T15:08:29.803+08:002021-07-12T15:08:29.803+08:00Discerning listeners will appreciate the covers do...Discerning listeners will appreciate the covers done by our local artistes. Thanks to Andy for keeping the memories alive.<br />James Kwoknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-61532901306857768472021-07-11T10:58:09.305+08:002021-07-11T10:58:09.305+08:00THANKS TO ALL WHO LIKE THIS POST
Angela Leow
Ann ...THANKS TO ALL WHO LIKE THIS POST<br /><br />Angela Leow<br />Ann Rowena Lim<br />Freda Hanum<br />Fred Ching<br />Koh Sui Pang<br />Ho Victor<br />Hiroshi Deguchi<br />Ericbronson Wong<br />Alphonso Soosay<br />Charlie Yap Locomotion<br />Yip Dick<br />Ser Kiong Tan<br />Koh Daisy<br />Chow Wen Hing<br />FACEBOOKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-84421780030143536852021-07-11T10:33:07.761+08:002021-07-11T10:33:07.761+08:00After your Top 10 hit posting of your singing, I&#...After your Top 10 hit posting of your singing, I'm now hoping that you will write an article for the blog about your experience in the SG music scene as a younger person. <br />THANKS.<br /><br />And appreciative thanks to all who responded so warmly to this post about our local covers that became so popular around the region and possibly in other countries.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-34734958640937699622021-07-11T10:30:11.869+08:002021-07-11T10:30:11.869+08:00Andy Young
Thanks for the comments guys and all wh...<br />Andy Young<br />Thanks for the comments guys and all who LIKE this post. If you know of other international hits that's been over-shadowed by our SG60s boys and girls, do write in.<br /> <br />Freda Hanum<br />Such an impressive article feel real proud of the S'pore local artistes in the 60s70s, yes they are the ones had made it top charts in the local music scene, excellent!<br /><br />Angela Leow<br />I loved Rita Chao when I was young. 😀<br /><br />Andy Young<br />Hi Angela, thanks for the visit. Been a while... Do you still like her renditions today?<br /> <br />Angela Leow<br />Andy Young I don't listen to her songs any more. But I think I bought one of her singles.<br />The very first song I was drawn to was Shake Shake Shake. It was so fun dancing AGoGo to the upbeat song.<br />A pity that she has passed on.<br /><br />Andy Young<br />Thanks again Angela for your immediate reply. I have always loved comments like yours; seldom do readers point out certain songs that they like and why. Nostalgia is really about a certain time and place and a song [in this case] that we remember. <br />Do visit us again.<br /> <br />FACEBOOK CHATSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-6662041271980235432021-07-09T19:40:59.871+08:002021-07-09T19:40:59.871+08:00Hiroshi Deguchi
I'm not sure if she recorded t...Hiroshi Deguchi<br />I'm not sure if she recorded the song, but to my ears Veronica Young's "Where The Boys Are" is more touching than Connie's. I don't know why but Veronica seemed closer to me?<br /> <br />Andy Young<br />Hi Hiroshi, Connie Francis' WTBA was a big hit, especially in Singapore. <br />I don't remember anyone in SG recording it. <br />THANKS for the memory.FACEBOOK CHATSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-86642945286780504592021-07-09T13:46:43.428+08:002021-07-09T13:46:43.428+08:00Andy Young
RITA CHAO = 16 CANDLES and CRESCENDOS =...Andy Young<br />RITA CHAO = 16 CANDLES and CRESCENDOS = MR TWISTER sell better than U.S. originals. <br />Check it out. <br />Do you know of other SG covers topping original ones. <br />Tell us.<br /><br />Stephen Han<br />I love the covers of the popular songs you mentioned. Naomi and the boys did well in “Happy Birthday Baby'', Susan Lim sang the Twister fabulously with the Crescendos. Rita Chao did 16 Candles splendidly and best of all was “Don't Play That Song For Me” by Keith Locke and Quests.<br /> <br />Andy Young<br />Yes Stephen. And all more popular than the original recordings. <br />Thanks for your comment. <br />Also thanks to others who like this post, DICK, SER KIONG, DAISY and WEN HING.<br />FACEBOOK CHATSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-28969122419631885302017-01-21T09:20:50.993+08:002017-01-21T09:20:50.993+08:00Andy Young ..thank you for the beautiful song...ha...<br />Andy Young ..thank you for the beautiful song...have a great year...Rita sang beautifully...it's a great pity...she's no longer with us...rip rita. ..thank u for the beautiful song.APPLE TSKYCHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-23554383436856280632016-11-07T19:56:01.173+08:002016-11-07T19:56:01.173+08:00Thank you all for taking time to make comments. It...Thank you all for taking time to make comments. It is true about not getting proper information like we do now. The only newspaper or tabloid available was the RADIO WEEKLY which wrote about local pop music and those from abroad.<br /><br />The replies I get are from the blog's regular visitors like Oliver B, Jimmy Chng, Happy Tay, John Cher, Merlin Lim and FL., truly a precious lot of readers, supporters and friends who have been providing feedback many, many times without which this blog would have no soul.<br /><br />I wish other readers will write in too.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-80996154508757625322016-11-06T16:32:07.267+08:002016-11-06T16:32:07.267+08:00Agree with Oliver's comments. Also, during tho...Agree with Oliver's comments. Also, during those years (50s/60s), very few local people heard of the original singers of those mentioned songs, myself included. We have no internet access to do a search, unlike today. Anyway, our local singers were popular artistes then, and the covered versions were also backed by popular guitar bands. That's made the difference !FLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429286415685838183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-2069327591269875782016-11-04T14:22:31.064+08:002016-11-04T14:22:31.064+08:00The Silver Strings did provide back up music for q...The Silver Strings did provide back up music for quite a number of singers. I don't remember their names but the one I can still acknowledge is Wang Sar and Ye Fung. How well the records sold I don't know. <br /><br />Of course we backed Shirley Nair and Mike n Herb for all their vinyl recordings.MERLIN LIM (SILVER STRINGS, ORIGINAL RHYTHM GUITARIST)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-51524946738515449922016-11-04T14:16:47.042+08:002016-11-04T14:16:47.042+08:00Love them! For me these memories are precious. Fr...Love them! For me these memories are precious. From the RTS Talentime days when I participated and when T.F. Tan was the winner up to the Crescendos, Tid-Bits and those T Dance days where you had The Quests, Moonglows and Silver Strings, McCoys, Impian Batek and Thunderbirds...<br /><br />Those hit songs were really great too.HAPPY TAY (VANCOUVER, CANADA)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-41531153884891515252016-11-03T22:16:12.026+08:002016-11-03T22:16:12.026+08:00Hi Mr. Andrew Lim,
I'm PL, an ex student of ...Hi Mr. Andrew Lim, <br /><br />I'm PL, an ex student of yours from .... from some 20 years ago. Heard from EG (another ex student of yours) that he bumped into you sometime back & saw you on TV, much to my disbelief. And so, I embarked on this google search for the TV program you went on and came upon this blog. <br /><br />I seriously had zero idea you were a celebrity, just that you love to sing a few verses here and there during classes. <br /><br />I'm not doing any researches nor planning to interview you on your vast knowledge on music. But would you have time for tea with me when you're free? <br /><br />Best Regards, <br /><br />LPLsleepybreadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-61992672717439054342016-11-03T14:25:05.720+08:002016-11-03T14:25:05.720+08:00Nostalgic and brings back memories of the good old...Nostalgic and brings back memories of the good old days of the late 1960's and 1970's. Both Sakura and Rita were then very popular among Singaporeans. Often sang as a duet. Sakura was said to be the 'yang' and Rita was the 'ying'. <br /><br />Rumour has it that Sakura now lives in NYC while Rita is staying in Singapore. We had recently seen Sakura in S'pore. But Rita seems to adopt a low profile & had never been seen for decades. Perhaps better for us to remember her at her peak, then young & pretty. Yes / no ?goldbullions you tubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-43777603121649497952016-11-03T14:19:59.701+08:002016-11-03T14:19:59.701+08:00This is the only true version of Rita Chao's S...This is the only true version of Rita Chao's Sixteen Candles. Thanks for posting!hsia lin (you tube)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-37250376441049509612016-11-03T14:14:22.790+08:002016-11-03T14:14:22.790+08:00Rita Chao, A-Go-Go Queen, died in July 2014 of col...Rita Chao, A-Go-Go Queen, died in July 2014 of colon cancer, her mother revealed on Feb 2. She was 64. A pop singer in the 1960's and 1970's, she also sang with bands like The Quests in both English and Chinese. <br /><br />She did many covers of English songs in Chinese and sang in Japanese. One of her first and greatest hits is 'Shake, Shake, Shake'.<br /><br />She was also known for her cover of English song 'Sixteen Candles' and handled both quick tempo songs and ballads.<br /><br />Read more about her by clicking to 'Labels' below this posting.<br /><br />chakap chakapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-69011104695124003242016-11-03T14:01:31.806+08:002016-11-03T14:01:31.806+08:00Hi Andy,
Firstly, congratulations on the huge suc...Hi Andy,<br /><br />Firstly, congratulations on the huge success of your blog, what with readership reaching far and wide as evidenced by the stats.<br /><br />Well done bro'... thumbs up :)JIMMY CHNG (THE DECIBALS GUITAR GROUP)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-39540276154288218862016-11-03T13:46:29.772+08:002016-11-03T13:46:29.772+08:00These particular cover songs outsold the originals...These particular cover songs outsold the originals because they were in our minds just as good as the originals, if not better. Many factors collided to bring about this, including the quality of the female lead singers, the presence of international recording companies and astute local producers.OLIVER BALASINGAM (FORMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, DRUMMER WITH SILVER STRINGS)noreply@blogger.com