Top 10 famous female singers on the stage of Paris By Night

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Thai Thanh

Nostalgia through the singing of NS Thai Thanh

Thai Thanh (birth name: Pham Thi Bang Thanh; August 5, 1934 – March 17, 2020 (11:50 am California time, March 18, 2020 Vietnam time) was named "The song that transcends time" time" – is a famous female singer, considered as one of the most representative voices of Vietnamese new music. She sang and succeeded since the age of 14 in the resistance area, famous with the Thang Choir. Long of the family, before officially adopting the stage name Thai Thanh in the 1950s. She is often considered as the "First famous singer" of the pre-war music as well as Southern love music from 1954 to 1975, and her name is Her age is also especially associated with the compositions of musician Pham Duy.

Although she did not attend any professional music classes, only practicing her voice from a young age according to the folk songs of the Northern Delta and French music books, Thai Thanh has created a separate school that blends operatic nature. Western music with Vietnamese folk music, influenced many female singers of the next generation such as Mai Huong, Quynh Giao, Anh Tuyet...

After 1975, she stayed in Vietnam until 1985, then moved to the United States. There she continued to perform and record until her retirement in 2002. She died on March 17, 2020 in Orange County, Southern California.

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Le Thu

Singer Le Thu's voice

Le Thu is a famous singer, one of the biggest vocalists of Vietnamese new music. Although Le Thu's singing is not associated with any musician, she is a very successful performer of many songs by Pham Duy, Cung Tien, Doan Chuan, Trinh Cong Son, Pham Dinh Chuong, Truong Sa... like many other pre-war songs and love songs from 1954-1975.

Le Thu gradually became famous and became an important singer of big discos in Saigon. During the years 1968 to 1971, Le Thu's singing was one of the factors that brought guests to the Queen Bee, Tu Do and Ritz discos. In 1968, Le Thu returned to collaborate with the Jo Marcel program at Queen Bee discotheque. In addition to singing every night, she also signed a recording contract with Jo Marcel, starting the most golden period in her singing life. In mid-1969, Le Thu and the program Jo Marcel moved to the Ritz discotheque on Tran Hung Dao street. In 1970, Le Thu returned to Tu Do discotheque until it exploded more than a year later.

Le Thu participated in music programs on Saigon radio stations, Military radio stations and Mother Vietnam and recorded for many music tapes. Along with Khanh Ly, Thai Thanh, Le Thu was one of the most famous singers of Saigon until 1975. After the first marriage broke down, Le Thu married journalist Hong Duong, but the two broke up after their first marriage broke down. has a daughter named Thu Uyen.

During the events of April 1975, Le Thu decided to stay in Vietnam because she still had her mother, although on April 28 she went to the airport, walked to the plane, but then returned. Le Thu joined the Kim Cuong troupe to perform. At that time, Le Thu sang new songs and also had successes such as the song "Hanoi of faith and hope" by Phan Nhan. Around 1978, Le Thu opened a coffee shop named after her youngest daughter Thu Uyen on Phan Ton Street, Tan Dinh with the collaboration of Thanh Lan and musician Le Van Thien.

In November 1979, Le Thu and her youngest daughter crossed the sea to Pulau Bidong, then to the US in mid-1980. Two years later, Le Thu's two eldest daughters also crossed the border and reunited with Le Thu in Southern California.

In the United States, Le Thu continued to sing and reunited with the audience in a special performance held by Nam Loc at Beverley Hills. Then she collaborated with discos such as Tu Do, Lang Van and Maxim's. In 1981, Le Thu made her first music tape abroad called Singing on the road to death. Next are the tapes that Thu sings for people including many songs that have been associated with her name.

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Khanh Ly

Singer Khanh Ly

Khanh Ly (real name: Nguyen Thi Le Mai, born March 6, 1945) is a Vietnamese-American singer, known for her alto voice. Starting her singing career in the 1960s, associated with the songs of Trinh Cong Son, Khanh Ly is one of the most typical voices of Vietnamese new music. Khanh Ly is also very successful with pre-war songs and many other musicians such as Pham Duy, Tram Tu Thieng, Vu Thanh An, Nguyen Dinh Toan... Her stage name Khanh Ly was created from the names of two characters Khanh Ky. and Yao Ly in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

After 1975, Khanh Ly left Vietnam and settled in Cerritos, California, USA. In 1979, Columbia Nippon again invited Khanh Ly to Japan to record music by Trinh Cong Son. In 1982, Bunka Honso Radio invited Khanh Ly to participate in the Asian Music Festival with many artists from many Asian countries. In 1985, Khanh Ly and her husband, journalist Nguyen Hoang Doan, opened their own record label Khanh Ly Productions. In 1987, Khanh Ly returned to Japan to record the film Boat Man (Boat Man).

In 1988, being a devout Catholic, Khanh Ly was invited to the Vatican for the canonization of Vietnamese martyrs. During this event, Khanh Ly met Pope John Paul II. In 1989, after the Berlin Wall was demolished, Khanh Ly and Thanh Tuyen sang in the first music show in East Germany. In 1992, Khanh Ly was invited to World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado (USA), and for the second time she met Pope John Paul II. In 1996, NKH Television in Japan selected Khanh Ly as one of 10 famous characters to make a documentary about Khanh Ly's life and family.

Currently, Khanh Ly continues her singing career and is a mainstay diva of Thuy Nga Center. To celebrate 50 years of singing, Khanh Ly and friends held a free concert at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California on November 30, 2012, and then pulled For several months, she "accompanied many young singers to many churches across the United States to donate CDs of hymns". She also said that she will spend the rest of her life doing charity work

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Khanh Ha

Swing medley with vocalist Khanh Ha - Tuan Ngoc

Khanh Ha (born March 28, 1952) is a famous Vietnamese female singer.

She is also the wife of another famous Vietnamese male singer, To Chan Phong.

Her full name is La Thi Khanh Ha, also known as Lu Khanh Ha, born on March 28, 1952 in Da Lat. Her father is musician Lu Lien. Due to the influence of her father, besides her, her 6 siblings later all followed the singing career and all became famous singers abroad, including Bich Chieu, Tuan Ngoc, Anh Tu, Thuy Anh, Lan Anh. and Luu Bich.

The first mark in her musical career was at the age of 16, when she performed for the first time in a cultural program to perform the National Lottery at Thong Nhat theater with the song "Soldier of my heart". . In 1969, she first appeared with young music in the program "Hippies À GoGo" organized by Truong Ky weekly at Queen Bee discotheque on Nguyen Hue Street, Saigon. In the same year, she officially came to young music with Anh Tu, after being encouraged by drummer Dung and joined the band The Flowers to perform in American clubs. Later that year, she joined the band The Blue Jets with Anh Tu and Thuy Anh. Later, she and Anh Tu and Thuy Anh formed a trio group Thuy Ha Tu

In 1972, she and some brothers formed the band Uptight.

In March 1975, she left Vietnam for the United States as a tourist. After the events of April 30, 1975, she officially settled in the United States.

During her first time abroad, she often performed with French, English, etc. Until 1980, she returned to Vietnamese music with the birth of the music tape "Calling an old dream", released in in 1981 by herself with technical help from Tung Giang.

In the years 1986-1987, she organized a private music program known as "Khanh Ha Center", performed at Sea Palace, Tung cafe in Monterey Park and later the dance hall "Chez Moi" ". In addition to the videos made by Khanh Ha Center herself, she was also one of the first singers to collaborate with Thuy Nga Center while she was still active in Paris.

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Y Lan

Y Lan's voice on Thuy Nga's stage

Y Lan is an overseas Vietnamese-American female singer. Her full name is Le Thi Y Lan, born on January 1, 1958 in Saigon, in a family of famous artists: Mother is singer Thai Thanh, father is actor Le Quynh. Singer Y Lan is the eldest daughter in a family of 5 sisters. Y Lan has many siblings (blood and surname) who are famous artists - one of whom is the same age as her - singer Thai Hien.

She attended primary and secondary school in Saigon. Although her family has an artistic tradition, she entered the professional music industry quite late: in the late 1980s she became a professional singer and released her first music CD.

Singer Y Lan currently lives in California (USA)

Music products.

In overseas

DVD The Best of Y Lan from Paris By Night (Thuy Nga, 2010)
DVD The Best of MTV Music Vu Khanh - Y Lan (Old Diem, 2004)
CD Singing for Life - with Quang Tuan (Y Lan Productions, 2008)
Pham Duy Love Song CD - Don't Lay Me Down for Life (Y Lan Productions, 2007)
CD Asking Love (Italy Lan Productions, 2006)
CD Want to Ask Why (Ya Lan Productions, 2006)
CD Lam Phuong Love Song - Love Song Without End (Y Lan Productions, 2004)
CD Lying Moss (Thuy Nga, 2004)
CD A Day Like Every Day (Italy Lan Productions, 2003)

Above is a list of 10 extremely famous female vocalists of Center Thuy Nga Paris By Night. They are all precious talents of the Vietnamese music industry. Surely their voices will leave you with unforgettable memories. Who impressed you the most? Please leave comments by Vote! Good bye and see you again!!