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Artist
Anh Tú
12+ albums
vietnamese artistv-pop
about
Anh Tu (1950-2003) was a famous Vietnamese singer and the third eldest child of Lu Lien, a legendary singer/musician and founding member of AVT, the renowned singing trio of Northern Vietnamese folk music. Born as La Anh Tu on April 16, 1950 in Da Lat, South Vietnam, he was raised primarily in Saigon. He had come from a family of performers as all 6 of his siblings, Bich Chieu, Tuan Ngoc, Khanh Ha, Thuy Anh, Lan Anh and Luu Bich, would grow up to become established singers. Anh Tu began his career as a professional singer in Vietnam during the year of 1969 when he and his younger sister, Khanh Ha, began performing for nightclubs and venues which catered to mostly patrons of US military personnel where they would cover songs of popular world music in English and French. Their very first gig was an engagement performing for US GIs at the USO in Saigon alongside singer/actress Mai Le Huyen. Shortly thereafter, one other younger sister, Thuy Anh, would join them to form a pop music singing group based in Saigon called The Blue Jets. By 1972, they became known as the trio, Thuy Ha Tu, and later The Uptight, which included musicians Tung Giang and Quoc Thang. The Uptight headlined exclusively at the prestigious Queen Bee Nightclub in Saigon. Anh Tu and his two sisters recorded for various record labels while in South Vietnam such as Tung Giang, Nhac Tre and Nhac Hong. Among their most well received recordings during this period included covers of songs in both English and
