The Siglap Five

The group was formed in 1965 under Philips, consists of Hamid on vocals, Abdul Karim on guitar, Mohamed bin Ali on bass, Hamidon Abdullah on organ and Mohamed Ariff bin Taib on drums. Some rotations happened when Jeffridin replaced Hamid, Jaffar Kupe came to replace Ariff and Kamsin also came to join the group in 1967. In 1968 the group disbanded and in 1970 re-formed and signed under EMI.