November 18, 2011
Your Weekend Entertainment
After some discussion, Dr. Kamsiah and I agreed that for this weekend we should feature lady vocalists from Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. We start with Emilia Contessa and we are sure that both Bean and Semper remember her with that powerful voice singing her hit song.
Emilia is followed by Ernie Djohan, and then we bring on board Hetty Koes Endang, one of Indonesia’s outstanding kerongcong singers. Katrina Dahari from Singapore gives us three songs that happen to be Din’s favorite numbers. Her singing style is very soothing to the sentimentalists on the blog, Din being one of them.
Datin Rafeah Buang who grew up in Singapore before she married into Pahang Royalty and settled in Malaysia was extremely popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Then comes Sharifah Ani who captured the Malaysian Malay world with her unique and powerful voice. And who will forget Biduan Negara Saloma with her sultry voice and her partnership with the irreplaceable P. Ramlee. She sings two popular songs of the 1960s.
Finally, we have pleasure in featuring the current Malaysia’s Lady of Song, Siti Nurhaliza who is not only a great entertainer but also a very successful business personality. We hope our selections will take you all on a pleasurable excursion of songs. Southeast Asia is indeed a very special region with its share of great talent.–Dr. Kamsiah and Din Merican
Emilia Contessa
Ernie Djohan
Hetty Koes Endang
Singapore’s Kartina Dahari
Malaysia’s Rafeah Buang
Sharifah Aini
The Incomparable Saloma
Siti Nurhaliza: Malaysia’s Lady of Song
Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger 
Why is Dato tickling DrKam from behind? I’m jealous.
Don’t forget these 2 ladies
To whom it may concern ;
Democrat, listen to this, you’re like a lovelorn puppy
Democrat is a case of unrequited love.
Sudah ku katakan, ku tak sayang pada mu ….
Kalau gini nampak gaya Pak Semper nanti tersangkut di Jakarta. Tak mau ke mana2 lagi. Selalu bermimpi. Makan teloq torpedo.
Kenapa Pak Semper pergi setelah ku serahkan diri ku?
Pak Semper, pulang jo ngana sayang …
Datang ambe pe kita
Kita rindu sekali
Mrs Bean is from Manado. So Semper. No can follow you. Manado is off limits.
Kita hanya ke Jawa Barat Pak Bean, Sunda
AlFatihah to Datuk Kadar Shah Tun Nilam Shah and family. Datuk passed on early this morning.
Innalillah wainnallilahirajiun Datuk Kadar Shah Tun Sulaiman Ninam Shah.
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Let us Al-Fatihah in honour of my good golfing friend, Datuk Kadar. He is a great human being and very good golfer.I remember talking him often at the Royal Selangor Golf Club, especially his collection of golf clubs in the 1980s. He and I played golf once with the late Broery Marantika. –Din Merican
Al Fatiha to a very colorful character in Malaysian auto industry and a golfing die hard.
I would put Saloma in the top three, and also include Anita Sarawak in the list.