2008/07/30

Matthew & The Mandarins

One of the most popular country and western group in Singapore. Two of their greatest hits were Singapore Cowboy and Let's Put The Sing In Singapore, both original compositions by Matthew Tan and Bristow Hopper. A compilation of most of their hits were released on CD in 1992 that included titles like Broken Lady, Lucille, Daytime Friends, That'll Be The Day, A Legend In My Time, The City Of New Orleans, Love Or Something Like That, I Can Almost See Houston From Here, Honky Tonk Downstairs, Stranger, Movin' On, Margaritaville, It Was Almost Like A Song, Lovesick Blues, Play Born To Lose Again, The Last Farewell, Get Down Country Music and I Really Don't Want To Know.
In 1990, Matthew also released a CD titled "Looking For A Dream", recorded at the Hilltop Studios, Nashville , Tennessee. The tracklist included Looking For A Dream, Darling Take Care Of Yourself, Jamestown Ferry, Don't Touch Me, I'm A Lonesome Fugitive, A Letter To Daddy, Fraulein, Make The World Go Away, The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp, Darlin', Even The Bad Times Are Good and Ricky Top.

10 comments:

mei said...

Thanks for having me . I enjoyed the concert today and was thrilled to be able to listen to MaTTHEW AND THE Mandarins for the first time LIVE that is .

Somehow hearing him live was better than listening to the CD . Nothing like hearing it being played infront of you .

VERNON CHEONG said...

You are welcome. It was an interesting show for 60s fans. Besides Matthew & The Mandarins, Victor Woo & The Trailers and The Neu Faces, Vernon Cornelius & his group of talented musicians that included Martin Pereira, Wee Guan and others also made it a memorable evening of us. Cheers.

mei said...

Im sort of trying to load them up to youtube now... had to delete some pics and the first clip was way over the limit set for uploading . Pity

I think I m going to set upa page on my blog with all the youtube links

mei

Rach said...

Hey..I attended the first show on Saturday. The crowd was bigger and more responsive. Vernon was at his usual best.

Charles Yuen said...

Hey Vernon, do you happen to know where do Matthew & The Mandarins perform these day?

VERNON CHEONG said...

Hi Charles,

I understand they are performing at the Singapore Swimming Club every Wednesday. Cheers.

Charles Yuen said...

Thanks for the info Vernon. Our company is having its first D&D and would like to have Matthew and the boys to perform a gig in our function. Just wondering if they still accept invitations/bookings and how could I get hold of them?

VERNON CHEONG said...

Hi Charles,

Pse furnish me your email address. Cheers.

xtiansg said...

Hi Do you have a copy of Matthew and the Mandarins CD? If so, please contact me at xtiansg@Hotmail.com Thanks.

xtiansg said...

I am looking for the track, Stranger in this CD. Can you help?

Would be good if it is in MP3 or wav file.

Please email to christianchia@gmail.com

Thanks.