Singapore 60s Music Blog Reaches 4 Million Views On 1st May 2025.

4M+ VIEWS ON 1st MAY 2025.

AND SINCE 1st SEPTEMBER 2025

IT HAS 4.3 MILLION VIEWS.

Thanks To Folks Who Responded. 

Comments Are Listed According To Time And Dates Received:

Danny Koh:

Congratulations Andy on a very interesting and informative blog.

👏👏👏👏👏👍

Jimmy Chng:

Hooray! Congratulations on reaching this milestone,cheeres!

Vernon Cornelius:

Congratulations!

Patrick Teng:

Congratulations Andy, you are a local bred true son and hero of Singapore 👍

I am so proud of you.

Michael Lee:

BLOG VIEWS WILL REACH 4 MILLION WITHIN THE HOUR OR TWO!!????

Yip Dick:

You are a definite Millionaire Andy !!😍💜❤️💯

YOU SUPER.

Terence Lee:

AWESOME JOB!

Winston Koh

Wonderful well done Bro. Andy & Congratulations!! 👍👍🇸🇬🎊

Koh Daisy:

Congratulations keep going Andy 👏👏👏

AWESOME JOB!

Dr. Phil Chan:

Congratulations, Andrew!

Rumini:

👌

John Lim:

👍

Jimmy Yap:

Andy, heartiest congratulations! I am so proud you have me featured in a few articles on your blog.

Eddie Eng:

Congratulations!

Lim Kuan Min:

👏👏👏👍

Richard Rajoo:

Good! Yes! Great!

Ivor Lesslar:

Congratulations!

Irene Yap:

Congratulations Andy! Awesome!!

And thanks to the same good folks and others below:

John Klass

Somkid Lakhawat

Patrick Teng

Juliana Lim

Freda Hanum

John Cher

Yip Dick

Angela Leow

Hiroshi Deguchi

Rose Khoo

Ann Rowena Lim

Andy Young

Jennie Law

Roop Singh

Alphonso Soosay

Winston Koh

Stephen Han

Peter Cheong

Ser Kiong Tan

Alphonso Soosay:

Congratulations Andy Young. You Did It Your Way With Your Ideas. Singaporean’s Should Be Proud Of Your Achievements. 👏👏👏.

SL Tan:

Congratulations, Andy! Your labour of love is paying off. Looking forward to see it hit the 5 millionth view mark.

Hiroshi Deguchi:

Congratulations, for your accomplishment.

Zane:

Congratulations!

Freda Hanum:

Wow congrats Andy. 👍

John Cher:

Thank you Andy. You re too kind. I am no where near you in terms of readership. You're the man my friend. I have much to learn from you... cheers!!

Angela Leow:

Congrats!

Many thanks to all the above friends, readers and contributing writers who sent in their comments and well-wishing. It's tiring sometimes but fun.

Comments are welcome!

And more are coming in!

The First of May: Sarah Brightman.

YouTube Video by: Tim Lim.

Singapore has its Parliamentary Elections too on 3rd May, 2025.

Auspicious times and occasions indeed!

Check the earlier site below to find out this music blog's status on the World Wide Web [www]:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2022/06/andy-60s-music-blog-recognised.html

Andy Singapore 60s Music Blog Is Read In 204 Countries

204 COUNTRIES ARE READING THIS BLOG. THANKS TO 'FLAG COUNTER' STATISTICS.

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The Different Countries 

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Celebrating The Pop Music Phenomena 

From Andy's Music Perspective.

ANDY'S 60S MUSIC BLOG FLAG COUNTER:

https://s05.flagcounter.com/more/qkWU/

Like Coke Without The Bubbles? No! It's Passion n Consistency!

Hi Andy,

It is an achievement to be able to sustain the interest of even 2000 people a month on a regular basis on any given topic. What you have done could not be the result of a faint heart or a lame endeavour. It takes passion and consistency to incessantly create stories that your international readership can relate to and is stimulating enough to make them keep coming back to your blog for more. 

Your enthusiasm for your work makes the difference! Without it, there would be no zest! Like Coke without the bubbles! Flat! On behalf of all your readers, I wish to appeal to you to not even consider stopping your very fine work but to keep up with your enthusiasm for your unique blog. 

I am still hopeful that one day soon, the relevant authority in SG would officially recognize your work! It is strange but nonetheless true, no prophet will find acceptance in his own country! A case in point, recently the Australians conferred an award on Matthew Tan for his contributions to Country Music. 

I am of the view that it is SG that should have taken the initiative for such an award! Of course not only for Matthew but for other iconic local musicians as well, like Henry Chua and others!

Be that as it may, here's wishing you continued success in all your efforts to preserve our music heritage! God bless!

John Cher 

July 21st, 2016.

John was the drummer for 

'Silver Strings' from 2015.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam: Shirley Nair Had Unusual Voice

UP TO 3,600 VIEWS

[Since 1st September, 2023 

Mr Tharman has been elected 

President of Singapore.]

THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM ON FACEBOOK:

January, 10th, 2015. [Edited]

'You're The Boy,' 1965. Watch this 3-minute video if you can, and don't be afraid to shed a tear. 

Shirley Nair and The Silver Strings were one of the local bands that sprang up in the 60's. They were different from most others because they wrote their own songs – like the hit single in 1965, ‘You’re The Boy’, and ‘I Won’t Let You See Me Cry’.

"I’ve been following music for decades, but there’s always something special about the 60's. It has that simple, stirring quality. The local bands were often multiracial. And they had the spirit of the times - people just took their chances. As Audie Ng, the founding member of The Silver Strings, put it recently – 'We never thought of success and fame. We liked it and we worked very hard, took every chance to get some exposure and hoped people accepted us for what we were'.

The Silver Strings was formed by four students of music teacher Harry Martinez - Audie Ng on bass, David Chan lead guitar, Merlin Lim rhythm guitar and Danny Boy on drums. Andy Young was their original singer. Others came later. When Andy left to pursue an academic career, Shirley Nair joined them when she was 19. She had an unusual voice, that brought stardom.

When the Rolling Stones performed at the Singapore Badminton Hall in 1965, they were an opening act. The Silver Strings also wrote the theme song for the famous 1964 Malay comedy film, Mat Tiga Suku (starring Mat Sentol), and had cameo roles in the film.

Shirley Nair has left us, succumbing to cancer two decades ago. But The Silver Strings have had a few reunion performances in recent years, now in their late 60's and early 70's.

They were like the other pioneering bands of the 60s. Some of you will remember the names. Naomi and The Boys, fronted by Naomi Suriya, with hits like ‘Happy, Happy Birthday' – the 1965 song of the year in Singapore and Malaysia. The Crescendos - originally with Susan Lim, who unfortunately died tragically off the coast of Terengganu. 

The Thunderbirds, with hits like ‘My Lonely Heart’. The Quests, with pop hit Shanty, The Stylers, who like The Quests performed in English, Chinese and Malay. Matthew Tan and the Mandarins, who made it big with Country Western songs. The Cyclones, with brothers Siva and James Choy, who sang together with the Checkmates. Then the duet, The Blue Diamonds, with Ruud and Riem de Wolff, who came from Indonesia. The video 'You're the Boy' is among those produced by SG50 in commemoration of our 50 years of nationhood.

(This article has been edited to suit blog content).

The original Silver Strings: Singer Andy Young, Lead guitar Dave Chan, Bassist Audie Ng, Rhythmist Merlin Lim and Percussionist Danny Boy.

Connect:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.sg/2009/04/silver-strings-late-shirley-nair-dickie.html