P. Ramlee

P. Ramlee

Together with his wife, Saloma, P. Ramlee permanently altered the sound of Malaysian music, during the 1950s, by adding modern western instruments to the traditional dondang sayang lineup. Lyrically, Ramlee stuck with romance as a subject, but his vocal style gave a European inflection to the Arab-based classical traditions of Malaysia. With his westernizing tendencies, Ramlee influenced many other performers, including, notably, Zaleha Hamid, Sharifah Aini, and Herman Tino. ~ Leon Jackson

Legal name

Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Putih

Type

Person

Born

Mar 22, 1929

Born in

Pulau Pinang

Died

May 29, 1973 (aged 44)

Died in

Kuala Lumpur

Country

Malaysia

ISNI code

0000000117810753

Genres

Pop