Malaysia Forever

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Malaysia Forever is a folk song written by Bobby Gimby in the early 1960s. It was written to celebrate the formation of Malaysian federation in 1963. Tunku Abdul Rahman, the then Prime Minister of the federation called the song Malaysia Forever as the unofficial national anthem of Malaysia.

Bobby Gimby received the nickname "The Pied Piper of Canada" after the Prime Minister nicked Gimby as "the Pied Piper from Canada".

The song was recorded in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

[edit] References

• History of Singapore. Discovery Channel.

[edit] External links

• A page concerning Malaysia Forever though Gimby's daughter as a correspondent