Rita Chao (
凌雲, a.k.a. Ling Ying to her Mandarin-speaking fans) was a very popular recording star from
Singapore in the
1960s and
1970s, released both Mandarin and English records in Singapore and Malaysia. She also gained fans in Japan. Her fans still remember Rita Chao very fondly in her hip 60's A-Go-Go boots and miniskirts and also her bell-bottoms. Rita enjoyed the accompaniment of
The Quests, EMI Singapore's top band in the 1960s, and together they recorded several hits for Rita. Her first recording was the single “Shake, shake, shake” with “Happy, happy, birthday” on…
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