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Abdullah S., Sheik Abdullah
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Javanese singer who performed in Singapore with the City Opera in 1929. His full name was Sheik Abdullah.
He was a member of the D.E.I. band Lief Java and made many kronchong records under his own name in Batavia for HMV and Canary (1929-1939).
Became very popular throughout Southeast Asia as a result of his records and broadcasts on the D.E.I. radio station NIROM since 1936. As a result of this wider popular S. Abdullah came to Singapore with a troupe of musicians and performers and appeared at Happy World in August 1938.
Returned to Singapore in May 1939 as an individual artiste to perform in the annual Kronchong Championships.
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2025. “S. Abdullah“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
