Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ Ku Tak Lupa

Zaleha Hamid was born in the Sungai Pinang neighborhood of George Town, Malaysia.

She got her start the lead singer of Orkes Zindegi – who originally from Singapore and accompanied many Malay and Jawi Peranakan artists in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the 80s, Zaleha became a solo artist singing traditional pop and dangdut. She eventually earned the title of “Queen of Dangdut”.

As for Orkes Zindegi, the bass guitarist was Rickieno Badjuri – originally a  member of the band The Cliffters in the mid-1960s. Also, the word ‘Zindegi’ means ‘Life’ in Hindi.

Catalog number GES 103 on Sea Lion Record of Malaysia. Released 1970.