Popular music flourished in Singapore during the 1960s, when a number of local bands became extremely popular with their cover versions of British and American songs as well as original compositions. These bands had a strong following and often played to crowds at events and places featuring live music, and some recorded albums that proved to be commercially successful. Local bands had a strong following in the 1960s. Due to the presence of British servicemen in Singapore, and later American servicemen because of the Vietnam War, local bands often performed at military camps, mess halls and servicemen's clubs; as well as at dance halls, and on television and radio. Other venues for live music were the Singapore Badminton Hall and the National Theatre. While local 1960s music featured the sounds of what are referred to today as pop, rock and blues, it also demonstrated the multicultural diversity of Singapore and a blend of Western and Asian influences, with a number of homegrown bands performing songs in English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. Even the bands that sang in English featured songs with Asian influences such as Mandarin lyrics or Indian instruments like the sitar. One of The Trailers' biggest hits was "Phoenix Theme", an instrumental rendition of a popular Chinese New Year tune. Some of the more popular bands continued to exist after the 1960s, though with a much lower profile, and some musicians went on to perform at hotels and pubs, but the music bands of the 1960s never regained their popularity or commercial appeal.
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The Trailers (特丽乐队) was one of the most versatile and talented bands to emerge from Singapore in the 1960s. Formed sometime in 1964 by Victor Woo (lead guitar) and Eric Tan (bass), the band had a number of line-up changes in mid 1966 with Benny Koh (vocals), Edmund Tan (rhythm guitar), Tony Zee (drums) and Michael Teo (keyboards). That first single contained the groups original composition "Do It Right" backed with the instrumental "Thunderball". The single went on to be a number one seller in Singapore. Later in 1966 the Trailers had another hit with their second single, another original, the excellent "Dont Laugh (Youll Cry)", backed with a great version of Little Richards Lucille. This was followed in early 1967 by an all instrumental EP (vinyl record),, with new keyboardist Jimmy Chan who had replaced Michael, that yielded one of their most evergreen tunes, "Phoenix Theme" (贺新年), which apparently is still a feature of many Singaporean Chinese New Year celebrations. The joyous instrumental rendition of a popular Chinese New Year's song, "Phoenix Theme" in western Chinese tune became a standard. This reminds of Chinese New Year in Singapore in the 60's, the family dinners and visits, the red packets, the red fire crackers, the smell of the blackpowder, school holidays. The melody for the Spring festival injected the spirit of splendour and goodness for each New Year. Another standout tune is "Alisan" (阿里山), based on a Taiwanese folk-song that praises the beauty of the Taiwanese maidens from the islands highest peak. "Ding Ding Song" is also based on a Chinese tune and "Laras Theme", from the film Dr Zhivago, is the odd one out. All the Trailers recordings appeared on the Cosdel label, but starting in early 1968 a number of Cosdel artists received international release through an arrangement with RCA. Actually, the Trailers appeared on the first recording that appeared as part of this deal when they backed three young girl singers called the Tidbits, who got to make a record as part of their prize for winning Radio and Television Singapura (now Singapore MediaCorp) Talentime contest for 1967/68. The Trailers did ,however, provide the backing on at least three EPs for a pretty cool Singapore singer called Lara Tan (櫻櫻). The band reunited to appear at a couple of 60s nostalgia concerts in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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除夕夜一過12時，即是新的一年伊始。教人難忘的是好歌不怕百回唱千回聽的〈賀新年〉。此首由陸麗（嚴折西）撰詞，侯湘作曲， 由現居於北京的張帆於1948年灌成78轉黑膠唱片，每個華人生皆會哼愛唱。
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下面是一些其他歌星演绎的「贺新年」 ： -
張帆 - 賀新年 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB1eHYnKqtw
张小英 - 贺新年 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELSw9ecgQb0
郑惠玉与李南星 (合唱) - 贺新年 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB7o9kzHx8Y
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特丽乐队 - 阿里山 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSiIZDn93c
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2010 - 大家过个 , 金虎年 Long Version - 农历新年歌 Lunar Chinese New Year Songby idcactus27,918 views
虎年送頭虎，全家樂悠悠。虎蹄為你開財路，虎尾為你拂憂愁，虎耳為你撞鴻運，
虎背為你馱康壽，讓這頭虎伴你左右，你不虎也虎！
fhlew 2 years ago
Happy "虎" year! 2010年來到了, 給送上新年的問候和祝福!!
Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year Greetings!
fhlew 2 years ago
nice song!
Meltingice7 2 years ago