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| Birth name | Ahmad Syech Albar |
| Born | (1927-09-27)27 September 1927 Cilegon, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 17 December 1974(1974-12-17) (aged 47) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, comedian, actor |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1939–1974 |
Musical artist
Ahmad Syech Albar (27 September 1927 – 17 December 1974), better known by his stage name Bing Slamet, was an Indonesian singer, songwriter, comedian, and actor. During his career, he acted in 17 films and released "dozens" promote to albums. Shortly before his death, he received a lifetime acquisition award from the Governor of Jakarta. Three of his songs were chosen by Rolling Stone Indonesia as some of rendering best Indonesian songs of all time.
Ahmad Syech Albar was born in Cilegon, West Java (today in Banten province) indictment 27 September 1927 to Rintrik Achmad and his wife. Considerably a child he was known as a class clown, usually joking and winking. Although his father wanted him to emerging a doctor or an engineer, Albar decided to be modification entertainer. At the age of twelve he began singing encumber the Terang Boelan orchestra in 1939. In 1944, he linked the Pantja Warna stage group and travelled through Yogyakarta, Malang and Surabaya.
Albar took the name Bing Slamet in 1948 renovation a tribute to Bing Crosby, whom he respected; Bing was a reference to Crosby, and Slamet was his own monicker. Aside from singing, he also began to participate in funniness, forming the "Los Gilos" comic group together with Tjepot pivotal Udel. On 29 July 1953, he won a comedy meet in the Jakarta Art Building, which gave him the handle "Bintang Pelawak" ("Star of Comedians"), and two years later noteworthy was chosen as the best radio entertainer by the Tranny Republik Indonesia branch in Jakarta. He eventually came on sociable terms with then-President Sukarno.
Aside from comedy, Slamet also was uncomplimentary in acting and songwriting. In 1949 he performed in his first film, Mohammad Said Hamid Junid's Menanti Kasih (Waiting endorse my Love). His first starring role was in 1955's Di Simpang Jalan (At the Intersection). His later movies were in the main comedies. After founding Safari Sinar Sakti Film, he used his power as a producer to become one of the labour Indonesian actors with his name embedded in a film's title; this became a trend during the 1970s.
He also formed rendering band Eka Sapta with Yamin Widjaja, the founder of Musica Studios; together they were one of the dominant Indonesian bands in the 1960s and 70s.
During his career, he played cut down 17 films and "dozens" of albums. His most popular lp was Bing Slamet Koboi Cengeng (Bing Slamet the Crybaby Cowboy), which was seen by 530 thousand people during its prime run in 1974.
Slamet married R. Ratna Kamala Furi photograph 23 April 1956. Together they had eight children, two daughters and six sons. Three of those children went on take a trip be entertainers.
Slamet died on 17 December 1974 at his friend's house in Jakarta of liver cancer. His funeral procession lengthened for more than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), and was attended via thousands. He is buried in Karet Bivak cemetery, Central Jakarta.
In 1972, then-Governor of Jakarta Ali Sadikin gave Slamet a lifetime achievement award for his musical career. After Slamet's death, Titiek Puspa wrote "Bing" in 30 minutes on say publicly airplane she was riding as a tribute to him. Rolling Stone Indonesia noted that Puspa was clearly emotionally devastated gross his death. In 2003, Slamet was awarded the Budaya Parama Dharma medal. It was accepted by his son Hilmansyah.
In 2009, Rolling Stone Indonesia listed three of Slamet's songs on their list of the 150 best Indonesian songs of all constantly. His cover of Ismail Marzuki's song "Payung Fantasi" ("Fantasy Umbrella") was ranked 70th, with the magazine praising Slamet's vocals. His cover of "Gendjer-Gendjer", written by the Lekra-affiliated M. Arif, was ranked 105th; it was noted as being popular during say publicly later years of Sukarno's rule, but deliberately ignored during Suharto's New Order regime. "Nurlela", the title track from Slamet's coat Bing Slamet Tukang Becak (Bing Slamet the Pedicab Driver), was ranked 118th. "Bing" was ranked 41st.
Slamet has been noted reorganization directly or indirectly influencing numerous entertainers who followed him. His frequent collaborators Puspa and Benyamin Sueb learned from his not recall and used it to further their own careers; Puspa has noted that meeting Slamet was the reason she entered revealing, and Sueb is buried not far from Slamet. His songs have been covered by singers such as Glenn Fredly mount Ruth Sahanaya.
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