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About
Miss Margaret Manasseh and Mr. Eric Beard, winners of the women’s and men’s sections of the Frankie Laine Crooning Contest at Capitol Cinema, Singapore, February 1953. Photograph by Singapore Standard.
Amateur vocalist
Winner of the men’s section of the Frankie Lame Crooning Contest held at the Capitol Cinema on Monday night [Singapore Standard, 11 February 1953, p.2]
Erie Beard, from the RNAS Sembawang was consistently good, his presentation on the final night was splendid, he was so natural. and seemed to be enjoying it all, just like an overgrown schoolboy. If he had any trace of nerves then he certainly didn’t show it. [Singapore Standard, 13 February 1953, p.10]
Broadcast on Radio Malaya [25 May 1953]
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Singapore Standard. 1953. Untitled. February 11, p.2.
Singapore Standard. 1953. “Doing the Town.” January 13, p.10.
Radio Malaya. 1953. Broadcast. May 25.
Contributor
1970. “Eric Beard“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
