Muda Manja - Puan Sri Saloma (Official Audio)

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Salmah Ismail was born on January 22, 1935, in Pasir Panjang, Singapore. She started singing professionally at the tender age 13, under the tutelage of her stepfather, Mum Yusoff, a keroncong musician. Mum introduced Salmah to his colleagues at Radio Malaya; on a fateful day, when Rokiah Wanda, a renowned singer at that time, failed to appear at the scheduled broadcast for Radio Malaya, young Salmah was asked to fill in, and a young star was born. She made more singing appearances with Radio Malaya’s in-house orchestra; alas, her singing career did not take off as what she had wanted, so she accepted an offer from Nusantara Film.

As a film actress, Salmah appeared in a number of films, such as Pelangi, Perkahwinan Rahasia, Chinta Murni, Norma, and Sesal Ta’ Sudah. After she gave birth to her only child in 1953 (and subsequent divorce from her first husband, A.R. Tompel), Salmah joined a performance troupe and toured Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo. Upon her return, Salmah was offered a recording deal from Pathe Company (an EMI subsidiary). Her first recordings were “Pandang Kasih” and “Jika Tak Berjumpa”. Under Pathe, Salmah began to release more hit records, such as “Burong Ponggok”, “Senyuman Ta’ Berbalas”, “Jauh Malam”, “Menanggung Rasa”, “Hujan Lebat” and “Inang Baru”, her first cooperation with the legendary P. Ramlee, who would later marry her in 1961.

After signing with Malay Film Productions and appeared in more films such as Azimat, Adek-Ku and Kaki Kuda, Salmah adopted a new stage moniker, Saloma. She performed at a number of prestigious nightclubs in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Melbourne, Australia; in Melbourne, she had appeared in a television variety show, performing “Lipstick on Your Collar”. In the 1960s, Saloma’s popularity soared to a higher echelon; she still recorded for EMI Singapore (rechristened from Pathe, and stayed with the company until 1977) and appeared in Seniman Bujang Lapok. She relocated to Kuala Lumpur, and released more hit recordings such as “Biarlah Aku Pergi”, “Selamat Pengantin Baru”, “Bila Larut Malam”, “Bunga Tanjong”, “Yang Di Tunggu Tak Tiba” and “Aku Dia Dan Lagu”. Meanwhile, she continued to act in films (Sabaruddin Tukang Kasut and Ahmad Albab), this time under Shaw Organisation’s Setudio Merdeka. Simultaneously, she became a regular performer on both RTS (in Singapore) and RTM, appearing in TV programmes such as Istana Pesta, Kalong Senandong, and Konsert Perdana Bersama Orkestra RTM.

After the tragic passing of P. Ramlee in 1973, Saloma returned to recording 1974 after a lengthy period of grief and depression that took a toll on her health; she released Airmata Di Kuala Lumpur and Sesudah Suboh in the same year. The former contained P. Ramlee’s final composition (the title track) and their final duet, “Uda Dan Dara”. In 1975, she released Kelohan Saloma, her final album for EMI; she also appeared in her weekly programme on RTM, Saloma Show, and continued performing with Orkestra RTM. In 1978, Seniman awarded Saloma with the honourable title “Biduan Negara”; at this time, Saloma rarely made public appearances as she was secretly battling blood cancer. In 1981, she released her final album Biduan Negara Saloma, this time under the independent company Indra Rekod. After a long battle, she succumbed to her illness (reported as liver failure associated with jaundice) on April 25, 1983. She was buried at the Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery, next to her beloved husband P. Ramlee.

Author: Dr Ahmad Kamal Basyah Sallehuddin.

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