@mrjyn
January 11, 2009
Rita Chao: Butterfly [Singapore]
RITA CHAO, a very popular recording star from Singapore in the 60's and 70's, released both Mandarin and English records in Singapore and Malaysia. She also gained fans in Japan.
Ling Ying to her Mandarin-speaking fans, Rita enjoyed the accompaniment of The Quests, EMI Singapore's top band in the 60's, and together they recorded several hits for Rita.
Her fans still remember Rita Chao very fondly in her hip 60's A-Go-Go boots and miniskirts and also her bell-bottoms.
Here's Rita from 1973, performing in Mandarin, "Butterfly," a cover of Danyel Gerard's song.
This video clip made possible with help from Vernon Cheong and Georgiana Glass. This is for all fans of Rita Chao to enjoy!
The Sundowners (Singapore) - Bengawan Solo [*Audio*]
Singapore 60's Pop Music.
The SUNDOWNERS - "Bengawan Solo" (1963).
I remember staring for hours and hours at this brown box with the golden mesh, and listening to all this amazing pop music coming out.
Rediffusion, the cable radio in Singapore in the 1960's.
The SUNDOWNERS comprised:
Tony Seow
Lawrence Seow
George Lim
The TITBITS: I Believe [1968 (Singapore) TV Newsreel Clip]
Here is a 30-second television newsreel clip of The TITBITS from 1968. I also slowed it down to their recording of "I Believe" so you can enjoy this rare video clip a second time.
The TIDBITS were SERENE WEE (13 yrs old), her sister MERLINA WEE (12) and their cousin BERNEDETTE DE SOUZA (12).
When the three young girls won the RTS Talentime Competition of 1967/68, they created quite an excitement in Singapore. They drew crowds by the tens of thousands everywhere they made a live appearance.
They won the Finals with "I Believe." The grand prize, a recording contract with RCA. The song was released on their first EP record, backed by The Trailers.
"Tiga Serangkai," Malay for three-leaf clover.
The Stylers (Singapore) - Di Tanjong Katong - Slide Show
Music is from The STYLERS' "Visit Malaysia 1990" album.
This prolific recording group began in the 1960's and thrived through the 70's and beyond, releasing a long string of popular guitar instrumental dance music.
I found these old photos at the National Archives of Singapore website: http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/picas/public/...
The STYLERS' "Di Tanjong Katong" is perfect for this little slide show that shows life in Katong and Joo Chiat area in the early 1960's as I remember it.
Katong Beach and Joo Chiat was where I grew up in the late 50's and early 60's. The area has changed a lot since then, as the slide show also shows the neighborhood as it looks today.
My beloved Katong Beach is no longer where it used to be, but has been moved farther south.
(Some photos of today's Joo Chiat - courtesy of HJ Teo.)
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Absolutely: Ugly Model [Morwenna Banks as Old Model]
One of Morwenna's best one-off roles in my opinion, just showing how versatile this woman can be.
She's old, she's ugly and she's extremely posh, but that won't stop her from becoming a model will it? Just mind out for that pencil sticking out of your wotsit, would you mind?
Starring Morwenna Banks as the Old Model, and Gordon Kennedy as the model agent.
This is a clip from the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, written by and starring Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes:
If you enjoyed this clip, please buy the Absolutely Everything DVD Boxset - available in shops now and online.
Absolutely [Morwenna Banks as the 'Spin to Win' game hostess]
Let's set the record straight with with gameshow hostesses; they may be good looking but they're not as thick and dim as we make out to be are they? Let's spin the wheel and play a game of 'Spin to Win' to find out if we have a winner or if we have bust our bank!
Starring: Morwenna Banks as the 'Spin to Win' game hostess and Gordon Kennedy as the game show host.
This is a clip from the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, written by and starring Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes:
If you enjoyed this clip, please buy the Absolutely Everything DVD Boxset - available in shops now and online.
Absolutely: Stoneybridge (Morwenna Banks as Maigret)
Well here it is! The Stoneybridge Business Promotional Vida (It's Ovid-nee-o!!!) - in it's full uncut glory!
Starring Gordon Kennedy as Bruce, Moray Hunter as Wully, Morwenna Banks as Maigret, Pete Baikie as Boaby, John Sparkes as Ek and Jack Docherty as Erchie.
This is a clip from the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, written by and starring Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes:
If you enjoyed this clip, please buy the Absolutely Everything DVD Boxset - available in shops now and online.
The air hostesses Lynx Jet are certainly the air and most sexy of the World…
The air hostesses Lynx Jet are certainly the air hostesses the hottest and most sexy of the World… Only then, you will never be able to fly with these charming creatures dressed in a suit yellow ultra - molding, offering a cut to make up direct 7th Heaven. Forget therefore colophons battles between two air hostesses Lynx Jet, fess that these pretty girls are given upon request. Forget also generous breasts of one of those hostesses as pillow for a long haul flight or massage performed by another of these air hostesses. Forget finally the safety instructions explaining how Rafferty the support of the throat hostess in an emergency.
No you will never be able to fly with these hostesses, because Lynx Jet is that the fantasy of a strip of advertising the famous brand of deodorant Lynx, known in France under the name Axis. As I am nice I give you the choice between a striptease in mid-flight a stewardess topless in the cockpit… or video advertising for Lynx Jet and its hostesses dream.
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