Tribute to Rocky Teoh, Taiping born
Elvis Presley Impersonator
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TAIPING GREAT MAN, Siapa Rocky Teoh?
Saya tidak mengenali Rocky Teoh atau
ahli keluarganya. Minat saya terhadap kenderaan menemukan saya ke sebuah kereta
Triumph Klasik yang menurut pemiliknya sekarang bahawa kereta tersebut pernah
dimiliki oleh mendiang Rocky Teoh.
Dalam beberapa posting saya dalam sebuah
portal forum, saya menerima jawapan seperti berikut:-
Catatan HT Long dlm Taiping Talk Forum –
ROCKY TEOH BENG HOCK (1949-1990) better
known as Malaysia's 1st and best Elvis Presley Impersonator and sound alike was
born in Taiping, Perak on the 2nd of April 1946. As a boy he loved singing more
than anything. He was greatly inspired by his hero, the American Super Rock n
Roll Cinema king ELVIS PRESLEY.
Young Rocky won many school talentime contests and also later on won many
"Elvis Champion" titles throughout Malaysia. At age 18 he was already
singing and doing "live" shows in and around Taiping and Ipoh. A year
later, a local Recording Company sign him up. He recorded his first 45rpm 2
tracks Single when he was 19 years old. Both songs were his personal
Elvis favorites "Crying In The Chapel" b/w "There's Always
Me". It sold quite well. In 1965, he released his 1st EP (Extended Play) 4
tracks Record. The title tune, JACQUELINE a self-penned composition which he
dedicated to his childhood girlfriend who later became his wife. Of-course her
name was Jacqueline. She was a very pretty girl, also from Taiping. The EP
record went to No.1 in the local Radio Charts. Jacqueline was the biggest
golden hit of his career. In 1965 someone even started a Rocky Teoh Fan Club at
Jalan Huge Low, Ipoh.
Today when you mention Rocky Teoh, older folks still remember him fondly
and also remember those catchy hit songs of his "Jacqueline",
"Selina", "Goodbye" and "Thinking Of You."
He made a total of 9EPs and 2 LPs (Long Playing) vinyl reord albums. Rocky
and his excellent band The Fabulous Falcom toured around Malaysia and Singapore
from 1965 to 1967 performing in Cathay Organisation Theatres playing to packed
audiences everywhere. They also toured Thailand in September 1966.
Rocky Teoh's quality power packed stage performances were a real treat to
watch in the good old days. In the 60s nobody else but only Rose Chan, another
Malaysian Legend can top Rocky Teoh, but that's another story.
(My name is HT LONG. I am known as the
Elvis Presley of Malaysia. Rocky Teoh was my good friend. He was the first and
original Elvis Presley of Malaysia. I have a CDs of his songs on CD. I myself
have also recorded several "Elvis" Style CDs. My next new cd album
will feature some of Rocky's hit songs. It's a Tribute to him. Songs include
Jacqueline, Selena, Goodbye are amongst the other "Elvis" golden
oldies. Any one interested can contact me : htlongep@tm.net.my)
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Catatan SIM B.C dari forum yang sama.
Hi,
I would like to shed a bit more light on
Taiping's dear departed Rocky Teoh. During his teenage years he stayed at
Barrack Rd. with his parents and 2 younger siblings and we used to play
together. He became famous as an Elvis Imitator and he was
good!.
He had one song which he composed and sang for his wife. I think it was
called 'Jacqualine My Love' (I stand corrected). The wife stood by him until
the unfortunate accident in K.L. Later, they moved to stay upstairs of Tai
Chien.
No, the owner of Tai Chien and Rocky's
family are not related. Rocky is Hokkien and Tai Chien's owner is Hockchew.
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Catatan oleh George SC Tan dari forum
yang sama.
Rocky died a few years ago in a traffic
accident in Kuala Lumpur (Cheras?). During the 60s' Rocky, who was from KE, and
a member of a group called The Blue Jeans Boys was somewhat notorious for being
a terror to SGI boys.
The irony of all this is that, at an Old Georgians' Dinner in the Selangor
Club, KL (can't remember the year) he was invited as a guest artiste. He was
such a pleasant and humble guy (very much unlike the swaggering teenager with
the Elvis hairstyle that I remember). Still slim and `Elvis -like' in his
forties,he delighted the gathering with several old Elvis' numbers. He even
came over to our table to exchange pleasantries.The next morning, I was shocked
to read in the papers that he had died in an `accident', and if I remember
correctly, the papers mentioned that the circumstances of the accident were
rather odd or mysterious. I wonder if others in this forum can throw more light
on this.
