Malay Folk Song Medley | Edmund Song | Singer - Rahimah Rahim & Jeff Ng

Orchestra - Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra
Singer - Rahimah Rahim and Jeff Ng
Composer - Edmund Song
Music Director - Adrian Chiang

Rahimah Rahim (b.1955) is a singer and performer. Her artistic journey began at the age of six as a child actress in a Malay film titled ‘Love’s Sacrifice’ (‘Korban Kasih’) produced by Cathay Keris in 1961. Rahimah’s musical versatility is well-known - she is adept in a range of genres from Malay pop to Jazz to Cantopop. At the age of 14, Rahimah made her singing debut performing with her late father, Rahim Hamid, a famous crooner known as Singapore’s Nat King Cole. She soared to greater heights when she won the prestigious Kimi Koso Star held in Tokyo, Japan in 1974.

Rahimah became a sought-after artist with many fans from Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. She also represented Singapore at many regional and international festivals such as the World Song Festival (1987), singing multilingual hits and performing alongside notable singers like Miami Sound Machine, Alan Tam, the late Leslie Cheung and the late Sudirman Haji Arshad. Locally, she has collaborated with orchestras like the Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Association Singapore. Rahimah also performed at multiple National Day Parades and Singapore Day events overseas, most recently in the National Day Parade 2022.

Rahimah believes that great artists must have creative and imaginative minds. They must also be able to change and adapt so as to be relevant and successful. In 2017, for her contributions to the local arts and entertainment scene, Rahimah was inducted into Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame by Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO). In the same year, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award (Anugerah Perdana Emas) by Mediacorp Suria. In 2021, she was conferred the Cultural Medallion - Singapore's highest cultural honour, by the National Arts Council, Singapore.