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The song was brought back to England by broadcaster Wilfrid Thomas in 1951 after doing commentary on the war in Malaya. When he played it on his BBC program he received a barrage of requests for a repeat and he played it again in several more programs. The song is also known under the titles "Shanghai Rose" and "China Rose."
Chen was the composer of famous mid-20th century popular standards such as "Shanghai Nights" (夜上海) and "The Blossom of Youth" (花樣年華), both sung by Zhou Xuan. His song Rose, Rose, I Love You , sung by American singer Frankie Laine in 1951, is the only major popular music hit in the United States by a Chinese composer.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Yao Lee's high, soft singing style was typical of Chinese popular music of the time (influenced by her superstar idol, Zhou Xuan).She performed numerous popular standards, such as Wishing You Happiness and Prosperity (恭喜恭喜), "I Can't Have Your Love" (得不到你的愛情), and "By the Suzhou River" (蘇州河邊) with her brother Yao Min, arguably the best ...
Amongst the earliest of the stars to emerge in the 1930s were Zhou Xuan, Gong Qiuxia, Yao Lee, and Bai Hong. In the 40s, Bai Guang, Li Xianglan (Yoshiko Yamaguchi), and Wu Yingyin also became popular, and these seven were grouped as the seven great singing stars of the period. Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese starting from 1937 to 1945.
2024 Santiago de Chile. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, and music by Jimmy Roberts. It is the second-longest running Off-Broadway musical. [ 1] The musical was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Off-Broadway musical in 1997.
The song epitomized the "death disc"; songs with lyrics focusing on suicide, murders and fatal crashes, which were popular from the late 1950s until the mid-1960s. [ 8 ] After the sudden success of "Remember (Walking in the Sand)", The Shangri Las were called upon to make personal appearances, which required them to leave high school.
"On A Slow Boat to China" is a popular song by Frank Loesser published in 1948. The song is a well-known pop standard, recorded by many artists, including a duet between Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby (for their album Fancy Meeting You Here (1958)), Ella Fitzgerald, Joni James, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Jimmy Buffett, Fats Domino and Liza Minnelli.
Nat King Cole - also recorded a cover of this song for his 1954 EP Nat King Cole Sings: this EP peaked at #5 in the US. Solomon Burke included a version on his album Like a Fire (2008). Wright Brothers - this charted briefly at the #25 spot in 1954. Cliff Richard recorded the song for Columbia Records UK 1965 EP "Look In My Eyes Maria" SEG 8405