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About
Singapore singer who recorded with The Cliffters (1966) and under her own name (1967).
Appeared in Musical Express No. 8 with Rita Chao and others in 1967, as a singer with The Astro-Notes in 1970, as a singer with Jerry [Soliano?] & His Combo at The Golden Venus (Orchard Hotel) 1970-1972, and with Four + One at The Golden Venice in 1972.
Worked briefly with the Jay Bees at the Lost Horizon Discotheque (Shangri-La Hotel) in 1971, and by the 1980s was working with the jazz group Ebony at the Treetops Bar.
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Other Work (hasWork)
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| The Cliffters – A Go Go, Playboy Record (1966-1967) | Recording |
Album Cover, The Cliffters – A Go Go. Image by contributor. |
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June Abdullah’s 1967 Playboy record. Image provided by Ross Laird.
Sources
“Musical Express No. 8.” 1967. The Straits Times, May 18, 1967, 4. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Resident Singer at the Golden Venus (Orchard Hotel).” 1970. The Straits Times, April 4, 1970, 5. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Go-Go Dancing Era Sings Its Swan Song.” 1971. Eastern Sun, March 21, 1971, 10. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Set Sail for That Lost Horizon at the Shangri-La.” 1971. Eastern Sun, April 4, 1971, 10. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Four + One Featuring June Abdullah (Golden Venus).” 1972. The Straits Times, March 25, 1972, 9. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
D’Rose, Pat. 1985. “At the Lounges.” Singapore Monitor, July 5, 1985, 14. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
Contributor
2025. “June Abdullah“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
