Ahmad Syech Albar (27 September 1927 – 17 December 1974), better known by his stage name Bing Slamet, was an Indonesian singer, songwriter, comedian, and actor.

Ahmad Syech Albar was born in Cilegon, West Java (today in Banten province) on 27 September 1927[1] to Rintrik Achmad and his wife.

In 1944, he joined the Pantja Warna stage group and travelled through Yogyakarta, Malang and Surabaya.

Aside from singing, he also began to participate in comedy, forming the "Los Gilos" comic group together with Tjepot and Udel.

On 29 July 1953, he won a comedy competition in the Jakarta Art Building, which gave him the nickname "Bintang Pelawak" ("Star of Comedians"), and two years later he was chosen as the best radio entertainer by the Radio Republik Indonesia branch in Jakarta.

[3] In 1972, then-Governor of Jakarta Ali Sadikin gave Slamet a lifetime achievement award for his musical career.

[3] After Slamet's death, Titiek Puspa wrote "Bing" in 30 minutes on the airplane she was riding as a tribute to him.

His cover of "Gendjer-Gendjer", written by the Lekra-affiliated M. Arif, was ranked 105th; it was noted as being popular during the later years of Sukarno's rule, but deliberately ignored during Suharto's New Order regime.