Band from the 60s still hitting the right notes

Still got it: The Strollers 2 playing at Ol’Skool Bistro. Pictured are (from left) bassist Casper Tan, guitarist Adnan Hussein, drummer Hussein Idris, keyboardist Azlan Shaharbi and vocalist Rizal Zain.

The Strollers started as a Shadows-type instrumental band in the early 60s and eventually morphed into an outfit that played at Stadium Negara with self-composed hits like Silly Joke and I Wanna Thank You.

These songs are now considered classics. Netizen Lee Sep Yen commented on YouTube, “I listened to the band’s song (Silly Joke) when I was a teenager in the early 70s and always loved to hear it on radio.