rest in peace, loga (of alleycats)

loganathan arumugam (picture), one of the arumugam brothers who make up the bank ‘alleycats’ (together with a few other members), passed away yesterday morning in the mount miriam hospital.

many young bloggers might not know who this group of singers known as alleycats are. they were popular during the 70s and 80s and their hometown was in penang. i remember they used to frequent the game room (billard) of the church of the assumption in farquhar street (the church which i used to attend) in the 70s. sometimes i used to spy david (or loga maybe… both of them looked the same to me!) from a far distance.

i enjoyed most of their songs especially sekuntum bunga mawar and andainya ku pergi dulu. you can get the lyrics of their songs from this website.

while i was googling for alleycats, i notice my fellow blogger simon had once blog about them, where he asked, anyone remember the alleycats?

jeff ooi had posted up 3 videos of the alleycats in action.

my condolence to loga’s wife and children, and especially to david arumugam. eternal rest grant unto loga, lord, and may his soul rest in peace.