Seven Great Singing Stars
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The Seven Great Singing Stars were seven singers of China in the 1940s.
Five of the seven stars. Left to right: Bai Hong (白虹), Yao Lee (姚莉), Zhou Xuan (周璇), Li Xianglan (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) (李香蘭/山口 淑子), Bai Guang (白光). The last one, Qi Zhengyin (祁正音), is not one of the seven stars. Missing in the picture are Wu Yingyin (吳鶯音) and Gong Qiuxia (龔秋霞).
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
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Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States.
Seven Great Singing Stars
…as Shidaiqu (時代曲). 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…
Yamaguchi in the 1940s
Yoshiko Yamaguchi in 1933
Li Hsiang-lan & Kazuo Hasegawa
Yoshiko Yamaguchi with comedian Entatsu Yokoyama in 1948