Rita Chao A-Go-Go Queen in the 60's & 70's has passed away

Dinkum · Feb 9, 2015

Am curious if there are any old-timers here who remember Rita Chao:

A-Go-Go Queen Rita Chao dies of colon cancer:

Published on Feb 3, 2015 9:01 AM

Straits Times

Rita Chao (right) and Sakura Teng were a popular duo in the 1960s.

SINGAPORE - Rita Chao, A-Go-Go Queen and part of a duo with singer Sakura Teng, died in July 2014 of colon cancer, her mother revealed on Feb 2. She was 64.

A popular singer in the 1960s and 1970s, she also sang with bands like The Quests.

She sang in both English and Chinese, and did many covers of English songs in Chinese. She also sang in Japanese.

Equalisation · Feb 9, 2015

From members of Black Dog Bone : Rest in peace !

halsey02 · Feb 9, 2015

Equalisation said:
From members of Black Dog Bone : Rest in peace !

You are member of Black Done Bone??? kidding me?.....used to watch the afternoon concert at National Theatre, when BDB, & many of the bands of the day was unknown & was given a chance to perform at the afternoon concert...I think it was $2, that was where many of them 'cut their teeth'..for the audience was sometimes 5 - 10 or even 2....depending on how good, they are..I manage to but a BDB LP from Malaysia in Malay....just for the memory of them..

You bluffing...:p

Equalisation · Feb 9, 2015

halsey02 said:
You are member of Black Done Bone??? kidding me?.....used to watch the afternoon concert at National Theatre, when BDB, & many of the bands of the day was unknown & was given a chance to perform at the afternoon concert...I think it was $2, that was where many of them 'cut their teeth'..for the audience was sometimes 5 - 10 or even 2....depending on how good, they are..I manage to but a BDB LP from Malaysia in Malay....just for the memory of them..

You bluffing...:p

Ask Tony and Terry !

Dinkum · Feb 9, 2015

Equalisation said:
Ask Tony and Terry !

The last time I drank and smoked with Tony & Terry was when they were performing at Peter Tham's Orchard Hotel.

Am sure you were familiar with P T cos he used to own a big stable of horses at B Timah.

Devil Within · Feb 9, 2015

Back in the days when there was a music industry in Singapore.

Rita Chao (Singapore) - Butterfly
[video=youtube;QAHlnQyQ-pQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHlnQyQ-pQ[/video]

Equalisation · Feb 9, 2015

Yes. I remembered you. That was around 30 years ago.

Force 136 · Feb 9, 2015

i also remember the Tid-bits

[video=youtube;FE4DGwWAi_E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE4DGwWAi_E[/video]

xpo2015 · Feb 9, 2015

CHA CHA CHA!

[video=youtube;u6XMAIOvJgQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XMAIOvJgQ&index=2&list=RDHCtoPXw2I6TVs[/video]

Jah_rastafar_I · Feb 9, 2015

black and white videos how long ago was this Shit?

johnny333 · Feb 9, 2015

Equalisation said:
Yes. I remembered you. That was around 30 years ago.

Yes, he had hair back then :smile:

johnny333 · Feb 9, 2015

Another cancer victim at 64 years old :eek:

With the changes to the CPF many Sporeans are not going to live to collect their CPF :(

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