Sun-sun (singer)

Sun-sun (Chinese: 純純; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sûn-sûn; kana: ジュン ジュン; romaji: junjun; 1914 - January 8, 1943), born Lâu Chheng-hiong (劉清香), was a Taiwanese popular singer.

Sun-sun
Born	Lâu Chheng-hiong 1914 Taiwan under Japanese rule
Died	8 January 1943 (aged 28)
Occupation	Singer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	純純
Transcriptions
Musical career
Genres	Taiwanese pop

An original disc of Bang Chhun Hong labeled with "Sun-sun" (純純).

Biography

Sun-sun was born in 1914 and joined a troupe at the age of 13.[1]

She was active in the 1930s and early 1940s, and sang many Taiwanese or Japanese popular songs which had just been published at her time, such as the Bang Chhun Hong, U Ia Hoe, Goat Ia Chhiu, and the Tho Hoe Khi Hiat Ki (桃花泣血記), a song used for advertising at Taiwan for a Shanghai film of same name which had an English title called "The Peach Girl".[1]

In popular culture

Her biography has been dramatized, as a main character, in the 2003 film Viva Tonal - The Dance Age (跳舞時代),[2] and a musical named April Rain (四月望雨).[3]

See also

• Cinema of Taiwan
• Taiwanese pop

References

1. 純純桃花泣血的一生 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
2. 台灣唱片黃金年代－跳舞時代，從純純開始 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
3. 人物介紹 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-02.