Khánh Hà (born 28 March 1952 in

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singer. Her older brother is

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Early life

Her full name is Lã Thị Khánh Hà, also known as Lữ Khánh Hà. She was born on February 28, 1952, in

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. 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,

, 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 Boulevard, Saigon. Later that year, she joined The Blue Jets band with Anh Tú and Thúy Anh. After the events of

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in 1975, she migrated to the

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. During the first few years abroad, she often performed music in French, English. In 1980 she returned to performing Vietnamese music. In the years 1986-1987, she organized her own music program known as "Khanh Ha Center", which was performed at Sea Palace, Tung cafe in Monterey Park. She was also one of the first singers to collaborate with Thúy Nga Center when she was performing in

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Personal life

Khánh Hà got married at the age of 18. However, despite having a son together, the couple soon broke up. In 1990, she performed in the "Hè 1990" (Summer of 1990) event held by Tô Chấn Phong and Lưu Huỳnh. It was on this occasion that she and Tô Chấn Phong got to know each other. Since then, they have lived together until today. The two had a child.

References

External links

Khánh Hà Productions official website
20th-century Vietnamese women singers 1952 births Living people People from Da Lat Vietnamese Roman Catholics Vietnamese emigrants to the United States {{Vietnam-bio-stub