Fazleena Aziz & C Aruno
ANN/THE STAR – “PAPA Rock” Datuk Ramli Sarip credited his success in over five decades in the business to the pressure he faced.
“If you ask many artistes or musicians, they will tell you they usually work under pressure,” the 60-year-old raspy-voiced rocker told Utusan Malaysia.
“I did five popular songs under pressure. One of them was when Datuk M Nasir came to ask me if there were any songs being recorded in the studio. At the time I had my cassette recorder and within minutes, Lagu Untuk Teman was born,” he said.
The Singapore-born Ramli, who was the vocalist for the rock band Sweet Charity, also recalled burning the midnight oil in the studio.
“The recording company was rushing an album as distributors had asked for 50,000 cassettes.
“Nyanyian Serambi from the album Kalam Kasturi was one of them,” he said.
Doa Buat Kekasih was another unforgettable tune made under 15 minutes, he revealed.
