Thanh Hà (singer)

Thanh Hà performing at the Mohegan Sun, Connecticut

Trương Minh Hà (born Đà Nẵng), known under the stage name of Thanh Hà, is a Vietnamese-American singer.[1]

Her mother is Vietnamese, her father was an American soldier named Bill Williams who died at Chu Lai when she was two years old.[2] She went to school in Đà Nẵng and as a child sung on Đà Nẵng radio. After completing school year 12 she moved to Saigon, and in 1991 emigrated, via a boat people refugee camp in the Philippines,[3] to America under the Vietnamese Amerasian American Homecoming Act.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ giadinh.net.vn Ca sĩ hải ngoại Thanh Hà trải lòng về hôn nhân đổ vỡ 18/03/2011
  2. ↑ VT News Ca sĩ hải ngoại Thanh Hà: Đã tự hỏi mình "Tôi là ai?" Article and interview (Vietnamese) "Who am I?" 20/03/2011
  3. ↑ Vietscape biography: Thanh Hà "In 1991, during a beauty contest in a refugee camp in the Philippines, she sang for the first time in front of an audience as part of the talent competition. She won a $150 prize and discovered to her surprise that many people liked her voice."
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