Sun-sun (singer)

Sun-sun (Chinese: 純純; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sûn-sûn; kana: ジュン ジュン; romaji: junjun; 1914 - January 8, 1943), born Lâu Chheng-hiong (劉清香), was a Taiwanese popular singer.

Sun-sun
Born
Lâu Chheng-hiong

1914
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Died8 January 1943 (1943-01-09) (aged 28)
OccupationSinger
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese純純
Musical career
GenresTaiwanese pop
An original disc of Bang Chhun Hong labeled with "Sun-sun" (純純).

Biography

Sun-sun was born in 1914 and joined a troupe at the age of 13.[1]

She was active in the 1930s and early 1940s, and sang many Taiwanese or Japanese popular songs which had just been published at her time, such as the Bang Chhun Hong, The Torment of a Flower, Goat Ia Chhiu, and the Tho Hoe Khi Hiat Ki (桃花泣血記), a song used for advertising at Taiwan for a Shanghai film of same name which had an English title called "The Peach Girl".[1]

She died at age 28 after contracting tuberculosis from her husband, a Japanese surnamed Shiraishi.[2]

Her biography has been dramatized, as a main character, in the 2003 film Viva Tonal - The Dance Age (跳舞時代),[3] and a musical named April Rain (四月望雨).[4]

See also

References
  1. 純純桃花泣血的一生 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  2. "新台灣新聞週刊 - 台灣第一代女歌星 純純 桃花泣血的一生". 2016-04-19. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  3. 台灣唱片黃金年代－跳舞時代，從純純開始 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  4. 人物介紹 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-02.


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