Sun-sun (singer)

Sun-sun
Chinese name 純純 (traditional)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī Sûn-sûn (Hokkien)
Birth name Lâu Chheng-hiong
Born 1914
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Died 8 January 1943 (1943-01-09) (aged 28)
Occupation Singer
Genre(s) Taiwanese pop
An original disc of Bang Chhun Hong labeled with "純純" ("Sun-sun" in Chinese characters).

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.

Biography

Sun-sun was born in 1914 and joined a troupe while 13-year-old.[1]

She was active in the 1930s and early 1940s, and sang many Taiwanese or Japanese popular songs which had just published at her time, such as the Bang Chhun Hong, U Ia Hoe, 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]

In popular culture

Her biography has been dramatized, as a main character, in the 2003 film Viva Tonal - The Dance Age (跳舞時代),[2] and a musical named April Rain (四月望雨).[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 純純桃花泣血的一生 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  2. ↑ 台灣唱片黃金年代－跳舞時代，從純純開始 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  3. ↑ 人物介紹 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2011-03-02.


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