Yao Lee
Yao Lee | |||||||||||||
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Yao in the 1940s | |||||||||||||
| Born | Yáo Xiùyún (姚秀雲) September 10, 1922 Shanghai, Republic of China | ||||||||||||
| Died | July 19, 2019 (aged 96) Hong Kong, China | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Singer | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 1930s–1970s | ||||||||||||
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| Also known as | Silver Voice (銀嗓子) | ||||||||||||
| Genres | Mandopop, shidaiqu | ||||||||||||
| Labels | Pathé / EMI | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 姚莉 | ||||||||||||
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Yao Lee (Chinese: 姚莉; 10 September 1922 – 19 July 2019), also credited as Yao Li, Yiu Lei and Hue Lee, was a Chinese singer active from the 1930s to the 1970s. She was the sister of Yao Min, also a famous singer and songwriter. She was considered one of the Seven Great Singing Stars of Shanghai in the 1940s.