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Dương Triệu Vũ
Dương Triệu Vũ (born January 1, 1984 in Cam Ranh, Vietnam) is the stage name of Tuấn Linh, a singer on the popular Vietnamese diaspora music show '' Paris By Night''. Born into a family of six children as the youngest, Tuấn Linh showed an early interest in reading and music, especially an ability to remember lyrics and music of songs. His parents were originally from Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam, but due to economic difficulties, moved to Đồng Nai and then to the South Central Coast city of Cam Ranh, where his mother ran a maternity hospital Phương Trâm. In 1993, his entire family immigrated to the United States when he was just nine years old, forcing each family member to face the difficulties of living in an unfamiliar country with an unfamiliar language. He was a shy boy, preferring to read rather than socialise. Although Orlando, Florida did not have a large Vietnamese community, the Tết and Tết Trung Thu festivals allowed him to compete i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cam Ranh
Cam Ranh () is a city in southern Khánh Hòa Province, in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. Geography It is the second-largest city in the province, after Nha Trang. It is located on Cam Ranh Bay. As of 2009 the city had a population of 121,050 and covered an area of 316 km². File:P1060933 Cam Ranh, strada.jpg, Street in Cam Ranh File:P1060926c ufficio postale di Cam Ranh.jpg, Post office Infrastructure *Cam Ranh International Airport *Ba Ngòi Port Climate Cam Ranh has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification: ''As''). References External links Cam Ranh, Populated places in Khánh Hòa province Districts of Khánh Hòa province Cities in Vietnam {{KhanhHoa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Me Softly With His Song
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart. The song has been covered by many other artists. In 1973, it became a number-one hit in the United States, Australia and Canada for Roberta Flack, and also reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In 1996, Fugees recorded the song with Lauryn Hill on lead vocals, their version became a number-one hit in twenty countries. The version by Flack won the 1974 Grammy for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 1988, it appeared on Al B. Sure’s debut album, In Effect Mode, which sat atop the Billboard R&B charts for 7 weeks. The version by Fugees won the 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Propel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese Pop Singers
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21st-century Vietnamese Male Singers
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1984 Births
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Bằng Kiều
Nguyễn Bằng Kiều (born 13 July 1973 in Hanoi), is a Vietnamese ballad singer. He is a former member of bands including Golden Keys, Frangipani, and Watermelon. In 2000, he became a solo artist. In 2002, he relocated to America and married female singer Trizzie Phuong Trinh. From 2004 to 2008, his Vietnam citizenship was revoked due to an unresolved dispute. Today, he is one of the exclusive singers of Thuy Nga Center.. He is a tenor. His contemporaries include Lam Truong, Minh Thuan, Phuong Thanh, My Linh, Duong Chi Linh, Quang Linh and Minh Tuyet. In September 2012, he visited Vietnam and was granted allowance perform from October to December 2012 by the Bureau of Art Performance. Early life Kiều is the youngest son of his father's third wife. His mother is Vietnamese opera singer Luu Nga, while father Nguyen Bang Bui is a doctor. The family lived in a small loft on Ngo Si Lien Street in Hanoi. His father worked at a hospital and his mother sold ''pho'' when not p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khánh Hà
Khánh Hà (born 28 March 1952 in Đà Lạt) is a Vietnamese singer. Her older brother is Tuấn Ngọc.Popular music and communication - Page 223 James Lull - 1992 "Linda Trang Dai, who along with Khanh Ha and Ngoc Lan are the Vietnamese community's most famous singers, ..." Two of her songs appear in the film ''Gleaming the Cube''. Early life Her full name is Lã Thị Khánh Hà, also known as Lữ Khánh Hà. She was born on February 28, 1952 in Da Lat. Her father, Lữ Liên is a musician. Due to the influence of her father, she and her 6 siblings later followed a career in singing and became famous singers abroad, including Bích Chiêu, Tuấn Ngọc, Anh Tú, Thúy Anh, Lan Anh and Lưu Bích. Career At the age of 16, Khánh Hà performed for the first time for the National Lottery event at Thong Nhat theater. In 1969, she appeared in the "Hippies À GoGo" program organized weekly at Queen Bee discotheque on Nguyen Hue Street, Saigon. Later that year, she joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khánh Ly
Khánh Ly (born as Nguyễn Thị Lệ Mai; 6 March 1945 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese-American singer. She performed many songs written by Vietnamese composer Trịnh Công Sơn and rose to fame in the 1960s. She married South Vietnam journalist Nguyễn Hoàng Đoan in 1975. Life and career Early life Khánh Ly was born to a traditional family and grew up in Hanoi. As a child, she would fall asleep to her father's soothing voice. His serenades planted inside her a love for music, which grew stronger every day against her family's wishes. In 1954, at the age of 9, she entered a small contest in the city of Hanoi singing Thơ Ngây; she did not win. By 1956, she accompanied her mother to the southern regions of Vietnam. At the end of that very same year, she secretly entered a children's talent-search contest produced by Pháp-Á production at Norodom Stage in Saigon. Mai traveled to the contest by sneaking into the back of transport trucks and hitching a ride from Đà Lạt City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chí Tài
Nguyễn Chí Tài (August 15, 1958 – December 9, 2020), stage name Chí Tài, was a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese comedian, musician, and singer. Initially starting as a singer in the 90s, he later became a comedian celebrity when he participated in several comedy acts alongside his well-known stage partner Hoài Linh. Biography From 1976 to 1977, Chí Tài co-founded ''Lướt Sóng'' band. He played as a guitarist during the ''Ca khúc chính trị'' (Political Songs) movement of the Youth Union in Phú Nhuận District, Ho Chi Minh City. In 1981, Chí Tài migrated to the United States. He intended to lead a new life in the US by studying English and computers, as well as taking a break from his musician career. However, he still kept his passion toward music despite his family's objections. Later, Chí Tài take a local piano class and a jazz class. His father withdrew part of his pension to buy for Chí Tài an electronic audio system, including a drum set as well as oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phạm Duy
Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one thousand songs to his credit, he is widely considered one of the three most salient and influential figures of modern Vietnamese music, along with Văn Cao and Trịnh Công Sơn. His music is noted for combining elements of traditional music with new methods, creating melodies that are both modern and traditional. A politically polarizing figure, his entire body of work was banned in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and subsequently in unified Vietnam for more than 30 years until the government began to ease restrictions on some of his work upon his repatriation in 2005. Life Phạm Duy was born Phạm Duy Cẩn, on 5 October 1921, in Hanoi. His father Phạm Duy Tốn was a progressive journalist and writer, and one of the earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
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