Hari Raya 2023 Singapore 60's Malay Pop Musicians: My Special Friends.

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Here are some very good musician friends from the 60's and 70's who made a name for themselves, even up to the 80's and 90's in Singapore.

I am highlighting a few whom I know personally and still keeping in touch with. Thanks guys for accompanying me and entertaining us these so many years. Have a jolly Hari Raya Puasa.

Click connections to read about each musician.

You can find these friends all over this blog. Just key in their names under SEARCH on the right hand column.

Wishing also my other Muslim readers, friends and contributing writers near and far, Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri Tahun 2023.

Danny Boy, actually Mohd. Khan from 

'The Silver Strings' who later stormed 'The Thunderbirds' 

with his quick lightning sticks on the drum-set.

Connect:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/danny-boy-percussionist-silver-strings.html

Mohd. Jalani, the piano connoisseur who amazes with his

keyboard capers. He entertained at top hotels in Singapore.

Jovial but patient, Jalani is indeed a good friend.

Connect:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/keyboardist-who-goes-overboard-nani.html

We were friends since youth, Paul Ibrahm was 

singing and playing with me and The Velvetones but 

later performed with many top bands in Singapore.

Connect:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/search?q=paul+ibrahm

Freda Hanum, Rose Kassim, Rumini Ra’oef and Anna Law

are The Teepees and conquered all nightclub territories

in Singapore and internationally. One of the best girl bands ever.

This poster has been specially created by

Freda Hanum, keyboardist for Teepees.

Thanks Freda.

Connect:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/search?q=teepees

A good friend indeed, the late Abdulah Yusof Nawawi or Bobo, 

was not only a great guitarist but was an entertainer on stage, 

jumping and prancing with his fabulous antics.

Connect:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/bobo-lead-and-rhythm-heavy-metal-or.html

Comments are always welcome.

Siti Nurhaliza - 'Nazam Lebaran' 

(Official Music Video) SuriaRecordsSRC

From: YouTube.

Paul Ibrahm With Tania, Flybaits, Foreign Policy, Atomic Power, Thunderstorm: Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri 2022

Paul Ibrahm

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Paul Ibrahm with Peter Han. 

Paul shows his versatility on the saxaphone n harmonica.

Paul Ibrahm

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He's very young when I knew him and one of the most talented persons I met those years when life was simpler. We practised together with The Velvetones  for only a few times in this large bungalow house near Sims Avenue.

Even at that very young age, I could see the potential in Paul. It was the mid-sixties.

 We stayed friends but hardly had a chance to meet after we moved house. When we got connected again, I discovered he had become a well-known singer and music personality, known by almost everyone. It was already past the year 2000.

My dear readers, here's PAUL IBRAHM, the  handsome music maker who was with so many Malay pop groups, they have become uncountable. Like the saying goes, if you're no good you're gone after one band. 

The photographs below are a tribute to him, as a good friend and an all-round professional Singapore music hero.

Thank you Paul, for being a friend.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri To All My Muslim Friends and Readers.

We welcome comments, thanks.

Tania and Zul

 Wat d Funk.

Foreign Policy

The Flybaits 

Paul is third from left with the swinging punch. 

Next to him [2nd right], is the late Dicky.

Man Kida, Malaysia's top guitarist of left-handed, 

bassist Hamid of Black Dog Bone.

Paul on the harmonica at the mike.

Atomic Power from Sabah, Serawak.

LA Chicago

Thunderstorm

With Tania and Zul.

Paul Ibrahm [back - right]

Andy [glasses] - Velvetones.

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2009/01/ballroom-of-adelphi-hotel-on-9th-may.html

Paul Ibrahm: Saxophone solo in the middle of video.

Blues Buat Teman 2014. Hard Rock Cafe KL.

Dato Ramli Sarip. YouTube Video by The Skapina.

Images: Copyrights Reserved: Paul Ibrahm.

Hari Raya Stories To Read Below:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2019/08/paul-and-i-knew-each-other-when-we-were.html

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2020/05/hari-raya-music-nostalgia-lorong-40.html

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2016/07/hari-raya-puasa-kampong-visits-on-my.html

Raya 2021 - Paul Ibrahm [Tania], Julie Sudiro, Alina Rahman, Aziz Jaafar, Wahid Satay.

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Julie Sudiro, Aziz Jaafar, 

Wahid Satay, Alina Rahman

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My friendship with Paul has lasted 60 years...

Paul Ibrahm (Tania) is a good friend, having known him since we were in a band called The Velvetones. This period was the early 1960's when every pop guitar group in Singapore was in its infancy. The kampong bands (Malay = village) started in the living rooms or compounds of houses. Such similar styled bands in the West would be called, garage bands.

The Velvetones used to practise in a huge bungalow diagonally across from the former Chief Minister of Singapore's corner home at the T-junction of Sims Avenue and Lorong 39 (Malay = Lane). 

It was there that I met Paul, young and handsome, fashioned with an Elvis Presley haircut with some sideburns showing. Usually with a short-sleeved shirt and drain-pipe trousers, he would come over in his usual casual and easy manner to belt out songs with the Velvetones. He's good.

We kept in touch for a few years now and during our chats he told me about his home at Lorong 40 which was just across Geylang Road from Lorong 39.

So it is here that I take my leave and allow him to relate his story. Thanks Paul. 

Chand-ni Raat, Siang Lim Park, Lorong 40.

Johari Salleh went on to become 

RTM Orchestra Conductor,

Aziz Jaffar, actor for Malay Film Productions.

"Yusof B (composer of Nona Nona) is my uncle, my late mother's elder brother. B stands for Bluguk. Wak Rahman, father to well-known singer Alina Rahman was Yusof B's younger brother. There were four siblings and my mother was Fatimah, Yusof B's sister. I have lost touch with Kak (Sis) Alina, I wish somebody could provide me with her phone number.

So much of Malay music originated from Lorong 40. Osman Ahmad lived there; Johari Salleh joined Radio Talivishen Malaya (RTM) and became their conductor. 

The famous Indian band, Chand-ni Raat was near my home in Siang Lim Park. It was probably the first rock and roll local band in Singapore. It won so many awards during band competitions. 

Yusoff B

Wandly Yazid

Some residents who lived at Lorong 40 went to become well-known actors when they joined the Cathay Keris Studio at Jalan Ampas. These Malay gentlemen were Aziz Jaafar, comedian Wahid Satay and Ahmad C, to name just a few.

Then there was composer Wandly Yazid, singers Jasni and Julie Sudiro. Julie used to hang out at our house almost every other day as she and Alina Rahman would come for lunch time and again to their aunt's and uncle's home.''

Paul, with his talent and versatility went into the limelight during the 60s and beyond and joined one of the best rock bands in this region, TANIA. He was with a few other bands before joining this forceful group but that's another story.

Comments in Malay are welcome too!

Thanks to Paul Ibrahm

for the above article.

Images - Google; A Paul Ibrahm Personal 

Collection. Copyrights Reserved.

YouTube Videos

Alina Rahman and The Rollies

'Chinta Bahagia'. YouTube video by Keon 60s

Wahid Satay - Senorita Lembu Tua'

YouTube Video dari: Doxok DX

Terima Kaseh

Images: Google, Paul Ibrahm, Yusnor Ef, Doxok DX.

Tania, Velvetones, Bands With Paul Ibrahm

Paul and I knew each other when we were young. The connecting link was this group called THE VELVETONES.  We were neighbours - that's how band boys got together sometimes - and gathered some evenings to sing with this band. Our focus was a huge bungalow across the narrow road from the former Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock's corner house at Sims Avenue. We gathered there time and again. And I met Paul.

Paul is as good with his voice as he is with his wits. A naturally quiet person he only gives his lot when he sings and performs on stage. From ballads to rock, Paul Ibrahm carries a song well. Now you know why he's with TANIA. 

We lost contact for many years; I kept on looking for him. We're in touch now. Thanks Paul for saying hello with such fantastic pictures.

The question here is, which one is Paul and what were the bands that he used to play and sing with?

Anyone?