Sudirman bin Arshad, DSAP, JMN, AMN, AMP (25 May 1954 – 22 February 1992), better known by his stage name Sudirman, was a Malaysian singer and songwriter.
He had started his career after winning the Bintang RTM on 11 August 1976.
Also, he is the title holder of "Asia's No.
1 Performer" on 19 March 1989 as he won the '‘Asian Popular Music Awards'’ competition in Royal Albert Hall in London.
He was known as the "Singing Lawyer", the "People's Singer", the "Patriot Singer" and the "Elvis Presley and Claude François of Malaysia".
He was also a composer, lawyer, writer (memoir and children books), cartoonist, entrepreneur and actor.