John Klass
Singaporean musician
John Klass is a Singaporean, singer, producer and songwriter.
Career
Klass was the singer of the group Kick!, along with keyboardist Dinesh Bhatia and guitarist Jai. The group won awards for Best Local Group! & Best local song “Jane” in the 1994 Radio Music Awards.
Klass was also a producer and present with the Singapore branch of the radio station Rediffusion.
As a soloist, Klass wrote & produced the soundtrack of The Teenage Textbook Movie. He scored a string of No.1 songs on the airplay charts across Singapore including an update of the Abba song "Honey Honey", a duet with a TV actress, Jamie Yeo.
In 1995, Klass acted in Singapore's first English drama series Masters Of The Sea, produced by Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS).
In 1997, he represented Singapore to sing in the ASEAN Song Festival.
In 1998, Klass wrote three songs for the Singaporean film The Teenage Textbook Movie.
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