Andy blogs about The Crescendos, a 60′s group who paved the way for local bands to work with international labels and had cut best selling records in Singapore and Malaysia.

According to Andy, these guys were the real trailblazers in Singapore music because of their recording contract with Phillips and had a string of hits in the early 1960s.

“This first song, with Frankie on the flip (image), sold over 10, 000 copies in Malaysia and placed it in the Philips World Top Ten. Connie Francis didn’t have much of a chance in Singapore with Susan Lim’s rendition. Air time was important then, so the few radio stations and Rediffusion broadcast made it a top pop.

They became the talk of the town and scored with another, In The Good Old Summertime, and an original song, The Boy Next Door. Both songs sold over 10,000 copies each.”

The Crescendos certainly set the proverbial stage for the music scene in Singapore and Malaysia, but at their height in 1966, The Crescendos disbanded in part due to personal commitments and tragedy. Read about this fascinating group in Andy’s Singapore 60s Sixties Pop Music Website.