tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post6583467153265745318..comments2024-03-28T15:38:54.673+08:00Comments on .: Jimmy Chan: Singapore's Favourite Pianist EverANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-14642072836433275522022-10-17T20:48:29.476+08:002022-10-17T20:48:29.476+08:00That's Reggie Verghese. Jimmy was still with T...That's Reggie Verghese. Jimmy was still with The Trailers when Rita recorded 16 Candles with The Quests. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-37665897918008231052021-09-25T12:50:18.462+08:002021-09-25T12:50:18.462+08:00Hi Andy, I used to live in Spore for 17 years and ...Hi Andy, I used to live in Spore for 17 years and now living in Brisbane the past 30 years. I just stumbled on your bloc and then FB when I was reading something about Jimmy Chan who I am a fan of. I have most of his CDs but only realise now that he is a Singaporean ! <br /><br />I still go back often and will attend concerts there. I was last at a concert by 5th Dimension, Sakura and Malay artistes. <br /><br />Can I ask if you know of Sumasni, the singing nurse from Woodbridge Hospital and also another Chinese nurse there whose name has escaped me ! <br /><br />Thanking you in advance - <br />BriizorroBRIIZORRO [FACEBOOK]noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-30559330226270751142021-03-20T18:21:27.762+08:002021-03-20T18:21:27.762+08:00I am not related to Vera and do not know Shark and...I am not related to Vera and do not know Shark and Genie.<br />ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-21920896034357926062021-03-20T18:06:20.103+08:002021-03-20T18:06:20.103+08:00Thanks Andy. I've been meaning to ask you for ...Thanks Andy. I've been meaning to ask you for a long time. Are you related to Vera? Do you know Shark and Genie of Mr & Mrs? TonyDr Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652729405351721406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-8778046209457453822021-03-20T18:03:23.331+08:002021-03-20T18:03:23.331+08:00TONY
Your email address has been sent to Jimmy Cha...TONY<br />Your email address has been sent to Jimmy Chan.<br />According to him, he has received it.<br /><br />Cheers.<br />ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-42739950893291161422021-03-20T17:59:52.845+08:002021-03-20T17:59:52.845+08:00Hi Andy, here's my email address ...
Thanks fo...Hi Andy, here's my email address ...<br />Thanks for the blog - great job Andy. <br />Cheers, <br />TonyDR TONYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652729405351721406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-85302866111341527752021-03-18T21:52:53.029+08:002021-03-18T21:52:53.029+08:00send me your email address on this comment page.
i...send me your email address on this comment page.<br />i shall not post it but will send it to Jimmy.<br />he will write to you.<br />you DO NOT need my email address.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-3473242973661557392021-03-18T13:31:21.259+08:002021-03-18T13:31:21.259+08:00Andy, I don't have your email to respond to Ji...Andy, I don't have your email to respond to Jimmy. Regards TonyDr Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652729405351721406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-84325976200083414882021-03-18T13:03:39.154+08:002021-03-18T13:03:39.154+08:00TO
TONY and JULIE,
PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES.
T...TO<br />TONY and JULIE,<br />PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES.<br />THEY WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED ON 'COMMENT' PAGE,<br />BUT SENT DIRECT TO ME INSTEAD.<br />I WILL CONNECT WITH YOU BOTH DIRECTLY.<br /><br />[THIS MESSAGE IS FROM JIMMY VIA ANDY.]JIMMY CHANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-65388807008164198412021-03-17T07:09:12.041+08:002021-03-17T07:09:12.041+08:00My dear Jimmy, do you remember myself and my mum P...My dear Jimmy, do you remember myself and my mum Pauline and father Johnny Hawksworth?<br />We used to come and gear you at the Mandarin Orchard?<br />Please let me know if you do.<br /><br />Looking forward to hearing from you,<br />Julie Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572957395231216538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-37266209843059451382021-03-16T16:44:03.460+08:002021-03-16T16:44:03.460+08:00Hi Jim, lovely to hear from you. Minto sadly is s...Hi Jim, lovely to hear from you. Minto sadly is strickened with dementia but otherwise really in good health; though 80 yo looks 60. Oh well, it's the luck of the draw as we dice with life. I moved to NZ in '82 and now living in OZ, no spring chicken myself at 78 yo. Wonder what ever happened to our old Tiong Bahru mates - Barney, Edward, Richard (R n R). Have you ever known a chap called McCall who used to live with his mum in a flat above the corner coffee shop at the junction of TB Rd and Kim Swee? I was in contact with Robert Suriya but the joker can't seem to remember me! I, of course, knew his large family.<br />No worries, I'm grateful to Andy for making this blog possible for us to reconnect. Have a good one Jim. Cheers TonyDr Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652729405351721406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-16716763507985202902021-03-16T15:55:05.746+08:002021-03-16T15:55:05.746+08:00Andy
again my apologies for my late response.
Cou...Andy<br />again my apologies for my late response. <br />Could not see the last part of Robert's message.<br />Please convey my best regards to him, can you.<br />So sorry to bother you so much Andy.<br />Thank you brother.<br /><br />Anthony Shome's brother Minto n I were playig guitars with two other friends [drummer and bass] during the early days. Our bass was a soapbox with a stick and a string. Haha.<br />And Tony is a doctor now, well what do you know. Wonder what happened to Minto.<br /><br />Also thank for Robert Suriya's comments about me. His sister was the popular Naomi.JIMMY CHANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-21549612057059557182021-03-11T19:25:07.827+08:002021-03-11T19:25:07.827+08:00Hi Robert, Tony here, Minto's bro your old dru...Hi Robert, Tony here, Minto's bro your old drummer with Jimmy on Redifussion Latin Quarter. Remember you well. Last I heard you were in Guam. Met up with Chris Saradetch, we talked about you. Lost contact with Chris. Trust you are keeping well. Tony Dr Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652729405351721406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-25723647098487621722021-03-11T17:14:00.798+08:002021-03-11T17:14:00.798+08:00Bro Jerry
I have a memory -- please send to Andy ...Bro Jerry<br /><br />I have a memory -- please send to Andy Young<br /><br />Many years ago --when I was just out of school-- I auditioned to be a Guitarist in a band called Flamingos--band leader was Jimmy Chan--my dad just passed away.<br /><br />I was young and desperately needed a music job-- Jimmy accepted me to play for him in the Latin Quarter at Rediffusion--I really wanted to thank him for my break in Music.<br /><br />If you see Jimmy Chan please say thank you for me<br />God Bless a Good Man -- Jimmy Chan.ROBERT SURIYA [OF NAOMI AND THE BOYS - BAND LEADER]noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-62182646507700271112021-03-07T12:04:51.672+08:002021-03-07T12:04:51.672+08:00Talking about Simplicius Cheong, here a bio of a g...Talking about Simplicius Cheong, here a bio of a great former Singaporean, now Aussie. He is legendary in OZ and, I believe, an early inspiration of Jimmy Chan. Jimmy once told me that Simplicius plays Beethoven jazz! Some of you might have seen Simplicius perform at Singapore's jazz festivals. Wonder if Jim ever caught up with him there? <br />https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/cheong-simpliciusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-90737587040804653272021-03-06T18:16:26.510+08:002021-03-06T18:16:26.510+08:00Hi Andy
Haven't been in touch with you for qui...Hi Andy<br />Haven't been in touch with you for quite awhile. Trust you are keeping well. Lovely to read about Jimmy my old buddy from our Tiong Bahru days. Many of you may not know that Jimmy was a damn good guitarist. Right Jim, we jammed alot at my place. You later had a regular programme on Rediffusion Tan Hoock Lye's Latin Quarter with my bro Minto and Robert Suriya. I think you were then with Simplicius Chong aka Flamingoes. Our friend Jap (then Freddie) Chong of Quests fame was also frequenting my place but you guys never actually knew each then. Well, after our last meeting at the Mandarin Orchard, I had moved to NZ, then to OZ in 1982. Hell we're all in our late seventies and mid eighties. I'm still guitaring, have to keep young lah. Love to you and all we had buggered around with that so many years ago. Sadly Minto my bro is not doing too well. He is still in Sgd. Cheers. Tony ShomeDr Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652729405351721406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-85935042380776836742019-07-26T09:26:02.569+08:002019-07-26T09:26:02.569+08:00Hi Andy,
I was reading your blog as I am trying t...Hi Andy,<br /><br />I was reading your blog as I am trying to track down JImmy Chan as I am coming to Singapore in august. Back in the 1980s my family used to take me to see Jimmy play at the MANDARIN ORCHARD nearly every Friday night for years. My family and I soon became close friends with him. However, it’s been 26 years since I’ve been back to Singapore and from what I can see, Jimmy isn’t playing at any live venues at the moment. How can I get in touch with him when I come to Singapore in August? He’s like family to me and I’d love to see him again. Can you help me? <br /><br />Kind Regards,<br />Julie Shariff<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572957395231216538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-84253610231725923272018-10-14T12:01:49.680+08:002018-10-14T12:01:49.680+08:00To my Tai Loh,
Jimmy whom I usually call him.
Che...To my Tai Loh, <br />Jimmy whom I usually call him.<br />Cheers, Tai Loh Jimmy, the maestro take care.AUDIE NG (SILVER STRINGS LEADER/BASSIST)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-34501916630301468342018-10-10T19:43:11.854+08:002018-10-10T19:43:11.854+08:00QUESTS FANS who LIKE this post:
HERMAN SK LEE
ERR...QUESTS FANS who LIKE this post:<br /><br />HERMAN SK LEE<br />ERROL SWYNY<br />ALEX MEHARAJEN<br />PERCIVAL SHEPHERDSON<br />PATRICK TENG<br />ZEN TAKAHAMA<br />JAY JC SHE<br />HO VICTOR<br />FACEBOOKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-51817659373006864782018-10-10T19:33:42.847+08:002018-10-10T19:33:42.847+08:00Thanks to the following. You all LIKE this post:
...Thanks to the following. You all LIKE this post:<br /><br />JOHN CHER<br />STEPHEN HAN<br />FRED CHING<br />JENNIE LAW<br />HIROSHI DEGUCHI<br />RANDY LEE<br />ROOP SINGH <br />TOP GUNTER<br />KOH SUI PANG<br />ROBERT SURIYA<br />FOO JONG FOOK<br />ROSE KHOO<br />PETER CHEONG<br />STEPHEN FRANCIS<br />VAN DER BEEK PHILIP<br />TAN SER KIONG<br /> TOMMY GOMEZ<br />IVOR LESSLAR<br />TOM TANFACEBOOKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-85380340867930657762018-10-08T17:23:46.813+08:002018-10-08T17:23:46.813+08:00He was superb as the keyboard player in The Quests...He was superb as the keyboard player in The Quests. I always adore their rendition of Sayonara.JAY JC SHEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-10270530853122239152018-10-08T17:23:03.101+08:002018-10-08T17:23:03.101+08:00Awesome I heard a lot about him during my school d...Awesome I heard a lot about him during my school days but never watched him in live performance.PATRICK TENGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-89852441078431532972018-10-08T15:15:45.496+08:002018-10-08T15:15:45.496+08:00I hope its not late for me to append some comment....I hope its not late for me to append some comment. Victor Woo mentioned Jimmy Chan, Patrick Foo & Danny Koh have been keyboardist with his band. I remember there was another, named Michael Teo, who was on The Trailers' first two 45s (Do It Right/Thunderball & Don't Laugh (You'll Cry)/Lucille). I believe he left the music scene after handing over the keyboard duty to Jimmy as I don't remember seeing him performing anywhere. Until today, I still enjoy The Trailers' version of Thunderball with Michael on the organ.Richard Paul Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-69181103191862358442018-10-06T19:56:04.503+08:002018-10-06T19:56:04.503+08:00I read with much interest the write-up on renown p...I read with much interest the write-up on renown pianist Jimmy Chan. I confess I am not a Jimmy Chan fan but enjoyed the rendition of Tian Mi Mi. He is really good to be still in demand at the Mandarin.<br /><br />However, reading the article evokes nostalgic memories as I could resonate with the likes of our local artistes mentioned...DAISY KOHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-33459188505339527422018-10-06T19:49:34.592+08:002018-10-06T19:49:34.592+08:00I've known Jimmy since the Flamingo days at Ro...I've known Jimmy since the Flamingo days at Rose D'Or at the Lido Cinema. <br /><br />Jimmy is able to read music though not in a classical calibre but sufficient for everyday use. I've used him for many commercial recordings in the 80s.<br />HORACE WEE (PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN)noreply@blogger.com