Judy Ongg 翁倩玉 ジュディ・オング　

April 27, 2011

Judy Ongg ジュディ・オング (翁倩玉, Weng QianYu) was born in Taiwan but has lived in Japan since she was 2 years old because her father worked there. The young talented Judy Ongg was also caught up in pops, and her appearance on TV show 青春ア・ゴーゴー (1966) left an indelible impression on the Japanese audience where she sang Say Mama accompanied by The Spiders. Movie contracts followed both in Taiwan and Japan. She has recorded for Columbia Records, CBS Sony and Toshiba EMI. Some of her more popular songs are 珊瑚戀 (A Coral Romance, 1969) and 祈禱 (My Prayer). Her singing and movie career spans over four decades.

祈禱 (Qi Dao) MY PRAYER
讓我們敲希望的鐘呀　多少祈禱在心中
讓大家看不到失敗　叫成功永遠在
讓地球忘記了轉動呀　四季少了夏秋冬
讓宇宙關不了天窗　叫太陽不西衝
讓歡喜代替了哀愁呀　微笑不會再害羞
讓時光懂得去倒流　叫青春不開溜
讓貧窮開始去逃亡呀　快樂健康流四方
讓世間找不到黑暗　幸福像花開放
讓我們敲希望的鐘呀　多少祈禱在心中
讓大家看不到失敗　叫成功永遠在
讓大家看不到失敗　叫成功永遠在

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Vince Chu

April 6, 2011

Penang had it’s own favorite Elvis impersonator in the early 60s — Vince Chu. Vince was actually an Indonesian Chinese attending school in Georgetown, Penang (Malaysia) when he won the local Elvis Presley Contest title. Like Rocky Teoh, he sang many contemporary Chinese pops in English (Here, Please be mine from the popular Chinese song, 午夜香吻 Midnight kisses). He recorded with The Jungle Lynxs and toured with the Maggie’s A Go Go Pop Show in Malaysia and Brunei. He also recorded an EP with The Tyros.

TENDER FEELING
I can’t conceal the tender feeling
Now that you are close to me
I look at you with tender feeling
And can’t help kiss you tenderly

I offer you a true devotion
All life through my love I vow
For this is real, this sweet emotion
This tender feeling I have now

Somehow I knew from the moment our lips first met
You’d be the girl I could never forget
No other love could be appealing
I loved you right from the start
And with each kiss I’ll keep revealing
The tender feeling in my heart

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The Jumping Jewels

April 2, 2011

In 1960 in The Netherlands, Hans van Eijk (lead guitar) got together with Joop Oonk (bass guitar), Tjibbe Veeloo (rhythm guitar) and Frits Tamminga (drums, later replaced by Kees Kranenburg Jr.) to start the band. They had became one of the Dutch top acts by mid-1963. In 1964, they toured the Far East, covering Singapore, Malaysia and Pakistan. They left behind a legacy with an EP recording of local favorite instrumentals (The Jumping Jewels in Singapore, also re-released as Tribute to Malaysia commemorating the newly formed Federation). They disbanded in 1965.

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