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Mathew Tan is the leader of the group. The group was formed by Tan under the name
Matthew Tan and the Mandarins in 1961. By the mid-1960s, they were appearing in hotels. By the 1970s, as Matthew and the Mandarins, they had achieved a large following. Following their signing to
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Morning & Afternoon Tea, which they performed in the first concert in the morning. The group opened with a Johnny Russell composition, "Catfish John". They performed another 18 songs which included a
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Along with
Leonard and the Country Riders, Ferdinands, Rani Tofani, and country rock group, S.A.L.T, they appeared at the two-day Singapore Country Line Dance Festival 2017 which was held at the Far East Square on a Friday and then on Saturday at the Goodman Arts Centre.
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in 1974. The album was credited to Mathew with the
Mandarins. It featured Matthew Tan on rhythm guitar, Neal Alexander on lead guitar, Richard Danker on bass, piano and organ and Jeffrey Goh on drums and tambourine. Songs on the album included "Louisiana Man",
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noted that EMI had released two compilations by
Singaporean act The Quests and an album by Matthew & the Mandarins. EMI Singapore managing director said that there wasn't any plan to re-launch any careers. The albums were just for the fans that remember.
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In 1991, the band was re-formed when Png, the band's former guitar player, suggested Tan to re-form the band. The re-formed band included Frisco Lim and bassist Eric Tan. The band added evergreens and rock and roll to their
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talking about dollar bins being a great place to get acquainted with music from a faraway said it was the kind of dollar bin album that you'd pick up as a joke but turns out to be serious fun. Also in 1979, according to
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In 1992, EMI released The Very Best of
Matthew & the Mandarins which featured "Singapore Cowboy", "Broken lady", "Lucille" and a duet with Sarah Chen, "I Really Don't Want To Know".
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was released in 1979. Produced by Reggie
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September that year, the group had sold 5000 copies of their recently cut record. One copy was sent over to the organizers of the
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