Thanh Tùng (15 September 1948 – 15 March 2016) was a Vietnamese pop music composer and

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. He was born in

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, Khánh Hòa, but moved to

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at age 6. Thanh Tùng graduated from the

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Conservatory in 1971 and worked for

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from 1971 to 1975. After the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, he returned to Saigon, now

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, and contributed to the establishment of Ho Chi Minh City Television's orchestra. He also worked as conductor and art manager of Bông Sen (Lotus) music company. He worked for Ho Chi Minh City Association of Musicians. Thanh Tùng composed his first pop song, "Cây sầu riêng trổ bông", in 1975. Since then, he has written over 200 songs."Famous composer’s live show to resound in Hanoi"
. VietNamNet, April 25, 2008. His songs are very popular"Seeing Double? That's the Intention"
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) among Vietnamese young people, for example "Hát với chú ve con", "Hoàng hôn màu lá", "Chuyện tình của biển", "Lời tỏ tình của mùa xuân", "Ngôi sao cô đơn", "Câu chuyện nhỏ của tôi", "Hoa tím ngoài sân", "Em và tôi", "Phố biển", "Mưa ngâu", "Lối cũ ta về". The song "Một mình" has a chorus which resembles that of a

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. Tùng was also a businessman, who had interests in

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businesses, and real estate. He owned a

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"Musicians growing rich"
. VietNamNet, January 6, 2006. and opened a restaurant called The Twins in July 1998 in Ho Chi Minh City. He died on 15 March 2016 at the age of 67.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thanh Tung 1948 births 2016 deaths Musicians from Ho Chi Minh City Vietnamese musicians People from Khánh Hòa province