Sudirman Arshad
| Sudirman Arshad | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sudirman bin Arshad |
| Born |
25 May 1954 Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia |
| Died | 22 February 1992 (aged 37) Lucky Garden, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Genres | Irama Malaysia, Pop, Pop Rock, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, lawyer, actor, writer, businessman, cartoonist, journalist |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1976–1992 |
| Labels | Warnada Record EMI Music Publishing Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. |
| Associated acts | Zaleha Hamid, Sharifah Aini, Noorkumalasari |
Dato' Sudirman bin Haji Arshad, DSAP (Posthumous), JMN, AMN, AMP (25 May 1954 – 22 February 1992) was a Malaysian singer and songwriter. He had started his career after winning the Bintang RTM on 11 August 1976. Also, he is the title holder of "Asia's No. 1 Performer" on 19 March 1989 as he won the '‘Asian Popular Music Awards'’ competition in Royal Albert Hall in London. He was known as the "Singing Lawyer", the "People's Singer", the "Patriot Singer" and the "Elvis Presley of Malaysia". He was also a composer, lawyer, writer (memoir and children books), cartoonist, entrepreneur and actor.
Sudirman was born on 25 May 1954 in Temerloh, Pahang as the youngest of seven children born to Arshad Hassan and Ramlah Dahlan: the former had been the manager of the local bus company in their town, whereas the latter worked as a seamstress and as the first stateswoman in Pahang during the 1950s; both of them had been involved in the business of fabrics and clothing. He had been given the name of 'Sudirman' after the Indonesian army general Soedirman by his father, who had hoped that he would grow up to be a brave warrior.
His passion for singing and entertaining started at a very young age, when his siblings and neighbours would happily let him entertain them.
He completed his secondary education in Sultan Abu Bakar School (SABS), Kuantan. After turning down a scholarship to further his studies in medicine, he studied law instead from the University of Malaya in 1976 and received his degree with third class honours four years later. He was called to the bar and was appointed as a practising lawyer in 1984, though he left due to lack of interest.
It was during his period of studying law that he managed to juggle time between singing and tutorial classes. His big break came when he entered Johan Bintang RTM, a singing competition organised by public broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia held in Malacca in August 1976, where he swooned the audience with his spontaneous sense of humour and melodious singing.
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