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Sweet Charity - Batu (MTV In Concert) *Info1

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Video Description:
Singapore/Malaysia "Track 11 of 17"
Composer/Lyric - Othman Hamzah
Band Members:
Rahman Sarbani (Drums)
Ramli Sarip (Vocal)
Wan Ahmad (Guitar)
AJ/Ahmad Jaafar Jawahir (Keyboard & Vocal)
Masron Abdul Hamid/Yong (Keyboard)
Rosli Mohalim (Guitar)
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RAHMAN SARBANI
Drums
Born on 3rd May 1953, Rahman was the co-founder of Sweet Charity together with Ramli Sarip whiles they`re both still in secondary school. They studied together in Jalan Tech Whye Secondary School from 1958-1062. The boys played music almost everyday after school with Ramli's two kampung friends, brothers Wahid and Joe Salim. They practiced everyday and were confident enough to accept offers to perform. Not having any good name, their band was known as Funky Jewel. Their big break came when they were hired to play for a club called Ocean Bar to entertain the British army. In 1969, they reinvented themselves and changed the band name to Sweet Charity.
His most memorable concert was when they performed at National Theatre, Singapore alongside Anita Sarawak & Singapore Swing back in 19xx and during the Sejuta Wajah Reunion Concert in 1996 at Merdeka Stadium. Rahman's favourite album was Pelarian. This album was the closest to his heart. "If only today's technology existed long ago, I believe the sound, mixing and mastering of this album could be better. Rahman is a self-taught drummer and music is greatest pastime. Never in his wildest dream did he imagine Sweet Charity would become a huge band in the 80s'. Otherwise, he would have loved to improve himself by learning to play drums professionally. His favourite drummer is John Bonham of Led Zeppelin and Ian Paice of Deep Purple.
Rahman was married with four children. Two of his boys played music. He never pushed them but encouraged by allowing them to get formal training in musics. Rahman's advise to young artiste or musician, "Be humble, and be willing to learn, and also, they must always take good care of themselves."
WAN AHMAD
Guitar
Born on 9th October 1953, Wan Ahmad joined the band in 1982 while the band was preparing to work on the album 'Batu'. He was introduced to the band by the late Syed Hassan Al-Attas, who was a close friend of Wan's brother, Ismail Ahmad. Being a musician himself, Ismail was the person responsible in encouraging Wan to be a good musician. Ismail gave Wan his first guitar at the age of 11. He joined a band called Breed just after he finished high school and dreamed to be in Sweet Charity every time he watched Ramli sing in his concerts. After a stint with Breed, he joined Impian Batik, another popular band in Singapore in the 70's. Somehow, he knew he was capable of contributing his art to Sweet Charity. When Yong left to work full time, it left a position for Wan to fulfill his dreams as a keyboardist and guitarist. Not long after Wan played the keyboards, AJ who left for a job in Brunei was called back to joined Sweet Charity. Wan was then pushed to play guitar alongside with Rosli Mohalim. Although Rosli was
already on guitar and dominated the band, with Wan's contribution, it created a different approach to Sweet Charity's music and this was proven in the album 'Batu'. The song entitled 'Penunggu' was his favourite with Sweet Charity. Wan never had any other job besides playing music unlike the rest of the band members. His involvement was only in one album, 'Batu' but Wan remained as Ramli's band member due to his contributions. He also worked very well with Ramli. He admired Ramli very much as Ramli was his favourite artiste apart from David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Wan continued to accompany Ramli in Ramli's new band, Sangkakala after Sweet Charity was disbanded.
Texts were extracted/edited from i`net.
Courtesy of Budiey Isma i`net site.

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