Yao Lee

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Yao Lee (姚莉, 3 September 1922 – 19 July 2019), also credited as Yiu Lei and Miss Hue Lee, was a Chinese singer from the 1930s to the 1970s and sister of Yao Min. By the 1940s, she became one of the seven great singing stars. Born Yáo Xiùyún (姚秀雲), in Shanghai, Yao began performing with a radio appearance there in 1935 at the age of 13. She was signed to Pathé Records. Following the Communist seizure of power in China in 1949, popular music was considered ideologically suspect and Yao fled to Hong Kong in 1950 to continue her singing career. She stopped singing in 1967 with the death of her brother, but took an executive position with EMI Music Hong Kong in 1969. In 1970, she started performing again and traveled to Taiwan to perform there for the first time and sought unsuccessfully to sign Teresa Teng to EMI for the Hong Kong market. She retired officially in 1975 but remained supportive of singers such as Wakin Chau. During the 1930s and 40s, Yao Lee's high, soft singing style was typical of Chinese popular music. She performed numerous popular standards, such as Wishing You Happiness and Prosperity with her brother Yao Min. She is famous for her 1940 version of "Rose, Rose, I Love You", later recorded by Frankie Laine in the United States with English lyrics. (Her version was also released in the US and UK credited to "Miss Hue Lee"). Yao was known as "the Silver Voice" alluding to fellow Shanghai singer Zhou Xuan who was known as "the Golden Voice". With increasing We

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Shanghai Lounge Divas

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Shanghai Lounge Divas: The Original Recordings

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Shanghai Lounge Divas: Original 1930's Sessions Remixed For Today

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Shanghai Lounge Divas Vol. 2

Pathe 100: The Series 3 Yao Lee- Mei Gui Mei Gui Wo Ai Ni

Sen Lin Zhi Ge

The Pillow Book

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百代百年系列 3 姚莉 玫瑰玫瑰我愛你

Yao Lee Dian Ying Ge Qu Jing Xuan

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Shanghai Divas In Residence At Shanghai Tang

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Shanghai Lounge Divas - The Original Recordings

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Crazy Rich Asians (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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