Filed under: Malaysia
A. Zanne and his band Fifty Fifty – also seen as Fifty 50 and 50×50 Muar – were from Muar, Malaysia. They recorded two singles. But beyond that, I’ve got nothing.
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CSatalog number T.T.C. 1016 on Tatex Record of Malaysia, released 1969.
Filed under: Malaysia
The only information I could find about Alias Congo, was a news article about his family’s house burning down. In that article, he is listed as “television and Malay film comedian”. But the only film I have found that he is credited as being in is the 1963 film Raja Bersiong – also known as King of the Fanged Wings. According to Discogs, he recorded at least eight singles.
As for the backing band on this record – The Blue Beats – what little information that is available is from their Discogs catalog. They recorded at least ten singles and almost all of those records they were the backing band for a vocalist.
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Catalog number SL-801 on Sea Lion Record of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Released 1967.
Filed under: Malaysia
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.
Filed under: Malaysia
Hussain Marican and Betty Ismail were from Malaysia. Hussain Marican recorded at least 16 singles and an album. Betty Ismail released 7 singles. They released two singles together. And that is all of the information I could find.
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Catalog number RE 121070 Royel (sic) Record of Malaysia.
Filed under: Malaysia
Somehow this single has even less information than the last single I posted from Malaysia. Other than a listing on Discogs, there no information available about the band or it’s members and nothing about the record label that released it.
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Catalog number S. B. 101 on Suara Baru Record of Malaysia. Released 1967.
Filed under: Malaysia
♬ a) Gelisah b) Kuchupan Azimat
This is one of those records that raises more questions than it answers.
Discogs lists this single in with The Wanderers – who were a five piece and primarily were a backup band for various singers like Adnan Othman, Betty Ismail and S. Ahmad.
Also, the single clearly lists four songs. But there’s only one per side. Could each side be a medley?
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Catalog number KLC 902 on Cameron of Singapore, released 1970.
Filed under: Malaysia
Way back in 2005, before I started collecting the records that would eventually spawn the blog you are reading at this very moment, I used to trade CD-Rs with people all over the planet. There was a guy in Japan who had a GeoCities website that focused on singles from Southeast Asia. I believe his name was Yoshi. Unfortunately, in the intervening years I have lost his information. But this song was the first track on a CD-R he gave me. I spent years tracking down this single.
The Fabulous Falcons were from Ipoh – not to be confused with The Falcons (K. L.) from Kuala Lumpur. This is The Fabulous Falcons first single. They released one other instrumental single and they recorded two singles with Les Lee on vocals and one with Rubia Lubis on vocals.
Catalog number EE-001 on Tigerphone of Malaysia, released 1965.
Filed under: Malaysia
Funny… The last single I bought from Malaysia also happened to be cover versions of Bollywood songs. But where as that single was note for note recreations – and all from the same film – A. Aziz & The Addend Boys have transformed their versions into garage rock gems. This track was originally recorded by Mohammed Rafi for the film “Milan Ki Raat“.
Unfortunately, there is zero information on the record sleeve or the record label. If you have any information on A. Aziz & The Addend Boys, please contact me or leave a comment.
Catalog number EP 018 on Rose Record. No further information available.
Filed under: Malaysia
The film songs of Bollywood are the pop music of India. It is only in the last couple of decades that the film industry of India has come to the attention of the Western World, and even more recently – Hollywood. But those films – and the songs contain there in – have influence music around the world for many years. The films have been popular in Africa, Asia and the Middle East dating back to the 1950s. Besides being popular with Indians who have migrated around the world, millions of non-Indians enjoy Bollywood films for many years.
I have seen an Israeli album of filmi songs in Hebrew. Then there is a live album by Usha Uthup that was recorded in Nairobi. I have a Malay pressing of S. Hazarasingh album and a South African pressing of Van Shipley album. As for M. Shariff, I have seen one other single by him performing songs from the film Bobby, on what is apparently his own label.
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Catalog number MSF 5020 on M. Shariff Scope Trading of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. No release date listed
Filed under: Malaysia
Instrumentalia was not just limited to Indonesia, but can also be found in neighboring Malaysia – although with notably different results. The best example of this – at least in my opinion – is Band De-Fictions.
The band were from Muar, Malaysia – about halfway up the Malay Peninsula between Kula Lumpur and Singapore on the Straight of Malacca. They got their start as the backing the singer A. Halim as part of the Pop Yeh-yeh movement of the early 1960s. The band released a handful of singles, as well as a few albums before going out on their own. As far as I know, they only recorded two albums, both for the Tatex company – that also released The Brothers Hawk album Let’s Do The Funky.
According to the Google translator, the members of the band were S. Dina on lead guitar, Zaideen on rhythm guitar, Idris Talib on organ, Wahid H. on drums, Kassim on percussion and A. Murad on “guitarist behavior”? Not quite sure what that is. Air guitar? But if I had to guess, I’m thinking that A. Murad must have played bass guitar.
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Catalog number TLP-1010 on Tatex Records of Singapore. No release date listed.
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