Yoon Bok-Hee (윤복희, 尹福姬, March 9, 1946 - ) is a South Korean singer, musical actress, and songwriter. Her father is Yoon Bu-gil, a popular comedian and her mother is Sung Kyung-ja, a well known classical ballerina. She is known for being an early adopter of the miniskirt in

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in the 1960s and for her songs "Everyone" and "I'll Follow You".

Career

She debuted in 1951 at age five with the ''Nak-Rang Music Troupe'' in the Joong-Ang Theatre. Her first oversea was Manila and Guam in early 60th.

Stage performances

She performed on stage in musical theatre and was an Ambassador for the Musical Festival. In 2006, she starred in ''Maria, Maria'' which premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival on September 22 through October 15, and was one of the original twenty-five member Korean musical cast which won four awards including the Best Musical, the Best Actress, the Best Book & Lyrics and the Best Composing awards at the

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in 2004. The popular musical, a story about religious fanatics trying to kill Jesus and a local prostitute Maria, continued its run for over twelve years, showing at the Geochang International Festival of Theater, KIFT in 2014, and included performances by actress Lee So-jung, the first Korean actress to debut on Broadway in the 1990s.

Concerts

On May 3, 2014, she performed with many other popular Korean entertainers at the 12th Korea Times Music Festival in the United States, just weeks after the national tragedy, the

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, and thousands of yellow commemorative ribbons were passed out to the audience.

Korean Kittens

Yoon Bok-hee was the leader of the Korean Kittens that toured with

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and the

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bases in 1966. The Korean Kittens went international in 1964 after being on the

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television's '' Tonight programme'' in

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, singing ''

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. On January 6, 1967 they arrived in the

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to tour. Many compared them to

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the other Korean girl group. Korean Kittens' US shows included '' The Reg Varney Revue'' in 1972, '' The Mike Douglas Show'' in 1967, '' The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show'' in 1966 and The Wahlparty 65 TV Special in 1965.londonkoreanlinks.net Yoon Bok-hee: a Korean Kitten in Kingston, by Philip Gowman, 17 Jun 2009
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