Letter To Andy 60s Music: Singer @ Ambassador Hotel Tells Laura In Mandarin He Loves Her.

"No one knows what happened that day

How his car overturned in flames

But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck

With his dying breath, they heard him say..."

I receive many anonymous letters in the mail, and they usually write positive reviews about the blog. Here's one short note written on 27th August 2023. Thank you, my friend, whoever you are...

Hi Andy, 

Glad to have stumbled onto your post and reading yours and others’ wonderful stories reminiscing of the old times!

I love songs from the sixties. When traveling in North American cities, I would still look for old diners with booth tables and some wall jukeboxes.

Booth tables and old diners in America during the 60's.

'Tell Laura I Love Her' in Mandarin.

Sung by: Liu Wen-Cheng.

YouTube Video by Liu Wen-Cheng - Topic

In late sixties of Singapore, I occasionally hung out with a group of Mandarin and Hainanese speaking friends at the Ambassador Hotel roof top nightclub. They called the club manager ‘Boon’. I was told that the nightclub owner was a lady, probably one of those experienced entertainers from Shanghai.

The Ambassador Hotel opposite a popular 

60's playground called Katong Park near Meyer Road.

The roof-garden of this hotel gathers local pop music bands

and crowds fill it up on Saturday nights especially.

Frequently we encountered a ‘guest-singer’. He usually sang popular English songs with Mandarin lyrics. He did Ray Peterson’s ‘Tell Laura I love Her’. I don’t remember the whole lyrics, only this part:

“… 日日我在想念, 夜夜我在想念… [Every day I miss you, every night I miss you...] "Tell Laura not to cry…”

27/08/23.

Comments are always welcome.

"And in the chapel where Laura prays

For Tommy who passed away 

It was just for Laura he lived and died

Alone in the chapel she can hear him cry..."

Juke boxes from the 60's that play vinyl records

automatically when you slot a coin into the machine.

Images: 

[1] Google, 

[2] Self-created from WhatsApp/Meta AI.

Ambassador Hotel Singapore: 60's Music With Ray Peterson's 'Tell Laura...'

Ambassador Hotel at Meyer Road and Katong Park.

(Image: Wadah Seni Entertainment Post.)

Hi Andy,

Glad to have stumbled onto your post and reading yours and others’ wonderful stories reminiscing of the old times!

I love songs from the sixties. When traveling in North America cities, I would still look for old diners with booth tables and some wall jukeboxes.

In the late sixties of Singapore, I occasionally hang out with a group of Mandarin and Hainanese speaking friends in the Ambassador Hotel roof top nightclub. They called the club manager ‘Boon’. I was told that the nightclub owner was a lady, probably one of those experienced entertainers from Shanghai.

Frequently we encountered a ‘guest-singer’. He usually sang popular English songs with Mandarin lyrics. He did Ray Peterson’s ‘Tell Laura I love Her’. I don’t remember the whole lyrics, only this part:

“… 日日我在想念, 夜夜我在想念…Tell Laura not to cry…”

Anonymous

27.08.2023.

黃清元 - 告诉罗娜我爱她 [Original Music Audio] 

YouTube Video from: 黃清元 Huang Qing Yuan Official.

[*Note: Such vinyl Chinese records are priceless today because

many nationals from other countries have bought them when

they cost $2 to $5 a piece in SG.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVGIl6exkM&t=50s

Hello my blog reader friend,

Thank you for the visit and the above letter. I hope you are still enjoying your travel days and 60s music. Trying to figure out who the singer at the Ambassador was. Write in again when you feel like. Love that you write in Mandarin too. The song's for you. 

Andy.

*Disclaimer: This post is not an advertisement to sell records.