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Singapore Cowboy
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Wikipedia article
"'Singapore Cowboy'" is a song by Singaporean country band Matthew and the Mandarins, released in 1978.
Background
Following Matthew Tan's move to Nashville, Tennessee in 1975, he composed "Singapore Cowboy" there. He returned to Singapore in 1977.'SPIN, June 1987 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=VVODZz_egcEC&pg=PA12&dq=%22Singapore+Cowboy%22Hit&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB1urMnNDaAhUKObwKHcSBAvAQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22Singapore%20Cowboy%22Hit&f=false Page 12 Even Singapore Cowboys Get the Blues -'Mark Jenkins'] Now home, Tan recorded the song.Emcee Richard Style - [https://stymc.blogspot.com/2017/09/bedok-kaleidoscope-silver-arts-festival.html Bedok Kaleidoscope - Silver Arts Festival 2017]
Years later, in 2004, Tan received an Asia-Pacific Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canberra Country Blues & Roots Festival for the song which had sold in excess of 30,000 copies.'The Straits Times', Nov 15, 2014 - [http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/singapore-cowboy-matthew-tan-riding-high Singer Matthew Tan will receive a lifetime achievement award for the 1978 country hit song - Phoebe Low]
The song is included on the various artists compilation 'Recollecting Singapore 60's' which was released on EMI. Their other hit "Let's Put the Sing in Singapore" also appears on the compilation.Discogs - [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Recollecting-Singapore-60s/release/3009388 Various Recollecting Singapore 60's]
References
Category:Songs about Asia
Category:1978 singles
Category:1978 songs
Category:EMI Records singles
Category:Country music songs
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