File:The Quests Official International Fan Club of Hong Kong.pdf
The_Quests_Official_International_Fan_Club_of_Hong_Kong.pdf (file size: 19.12 MB, MIME type: application/pdf)
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English: "This pamphlet was produced by the Quests’ Vernon Cornelius on the occasion of a party organised by the band’s Hong Kong-based Official International Fan Club on 7th September 1968. The party was held at the Mocambo Club and featured guest acts such as Anders Nelson, Wot’s Happening and The Reflections along with the prominent Radio Hong Kong DJ Ray Cordeiro. Cordeiro also wrote the publication’s foreword.
The Quests were in Hong Kong as part of their contract with EMI. Arriving at the end of 1967, they were contracted to perform both at the then new TV station TVB as well as at the Mocambo Club. Their recorded performances for TVB were organised by Robert Chua and featured other Singapore acts such as Rita Chao, Sunny Low and Sakura Teng. The Quests stayed in Hong Kong for 9-months, performing daily at the Mocambo Club. After being booed during their first performance, the band transitioned from a Beatles-influenced “psychedelic” style towards “bubblegum” pop. The band returned to Hong Kong for a second visit in 1969. The Quests were a popular band in SIngapore during the 1960s. The band was formed by Jap Chong, Henry Chua, Raymond Leong and Lim Wee Guan in 1961 and later included guitarist Reggie Verghese and singer Vernon Cornelius. The band was named after the school magazine of Queenstown Secondary Technical School, where Chong and Leong were students. The Quests first shot to fame was at a Talentime programme while studying in Queenstown Secondary Technical School. Inspired by music acts such as The Shadows and Cliff Richard, the quartet clinched a recording contract with EMI in 1964 and produced two original compositions, “Shanty” and “Gallopin”. “Shanty” became the first single by a local band to reach the top of the Singapore charts, displacing The Beatles’ “I Should Have Known Better” and staying at No. 1 for a sustained period of over 10 weeks. By the mid-1960s, the band was extremely popular in Southeast Asia. In 1964, The Quests toured Malaysia with Maori Hi-Five, followed by tours in Brunei and the Philippines. Their appearances in some countries caused near riots, where hysterical fans sometimes ripped the clothing off band members. The Quests officially disbanded in 1971. Additional source: Oral interview with Lim Wee Guan, Sam Hong Seng Toh, Oral History Interviews @ Archives Online. https://mycommunity.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q214 https://mycommunity.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q215" |
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