Chinese vinyl record ‘A Go Go and Off Beat Cha Cha’ by Huang Qing Yuan and live band The Melodians, SN-8816

Title
Chinese vinyl record ‘A Go Go and Off Beat Cha Cha’ by Huang Qing Yuan and live band The Melodians, SN-8816
Year/Period
1967
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Unknown Type: Record 17.5 cm,
Gross measurement: Sleeve 18 x 18 cm
Accession No.
2008-03009

This 45 rpm record was produced by Happy Records.With a singing career that spanned more than 40 years, the name Huang Qing Yuan or Wong Ching Yian will ring a bell to those who remember the local popular music scene of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1965, Huang won the singing competition organised by the Ministry of National Development in which he sang 'Serenade of the Green Island’ (《绿岛小夜曲》, Ludao Xiaoyequ), a Chinese classic. Huang’s fame soared and he went on to release several records thereafter.