李香蘭
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She was born Yamaguchi Yoshiko in 1920, in northeast China , from a Japanese family. Her father was a Japanese, working in the Manchurian Railroad and taught her chinese language, in addition to her native tongue, Japanese. She had two chinese godfathers and was given two chinese names. She uses one of them Li Xiang-Lan while in China. She was educated in Beijing and spoke Chinese as if that was her native tongue. She also received vocal training at a very early age from a Russian soprano. After the Sino-Japanese war, she returned to Japan and continued singing and making movies.
She is now 88 years old and going strong,although she quit singing and acting many years ago.
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Erkan-Yilmaz you may be interested in this: analysis of "seven great singing stars" at last.fm (Chinese music: 1930+)
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insomniacme sick
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bluebulgaria I discovered her on the Shanghai divas album from Shanghai Tang. Nice voice. I would never have guessed she is Japanese!
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LianaiGeming21 I thank everyday she's still alive. She's almost 90 and still kicking.
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waffleatewalter I LOVE HER MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF
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