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ポンキッキーズ30周年記念アルバム ガチャピン&ムックが選ぶポンキッキーズ・ベスト30 (Album) by Dick Lee

Artist Biography For Dick Lee

Richard "Dick" Lee Peng Boon Simplified Chinese 李炳文 Pinyin Lǐ Bǐngwén Born 24 August 1956 Is A Singaporean Pop Singer Composer And Playwright. He Is Best Known As A Singapore Idol Judge But Often Too As Spokesperson For The New Asian Generation. He Was Born To A Peranakan Father Lee Kip Lee Who Writes For The Straits Times And A Chinese Mother Elizabeth Tan. He Was The Eldest Child In The Family Of Five With Three Brothers And A Deceased Sister. He Received His Early Education At St. Michael's School And His Secondary Education At St. Joseph's Institution. In 1992 He Married Jazz Singer Jacintha Abisheganaden And Divorced A Few Years Later. He Is A Roman Catholic. Dick Lee Started His Career 1971 When At The Age Of Fifteen Dick Participated In Various Talent Contests With The Group Harmony And Dick And The Gang Teaming With His Siblings . His First Album Life Story Featuring His Compositions Was Released In 1974.
Throughout The 70s And 80s Dick Championed The Acceptance Of Asian Elements In Pop Music. His Pioneering Album Life In The Lion City 1984 Won Acclaim For Just That. But The Album That Shot Him To Regional Prominence Was His 1989 Release The Mad Chinaman. Dick Has Also Won Several Awards In Singapore Hong Kong And Japan. Dick Is Also Passionate About Musicals. He Has Written Many Staged Musicals Including Beauty World 1988 Fried Rice Paradise 1991 Kampong Amber 1994 Sing To The Dawn 1996 Hotpants 1997 And Jacky Cheung's Acclaimed Snow.Wolf.Lake 1997 . Apart From Music Dick’s Other Passion Is For Fashion Having Studied Fashion Design At Harrow School Of Art In London. His Interest Began At The Early Age Of 16 When He Designed For His Mother’s Boutique Midteen.
His Fashion Career Has Taken Him To Carrie Models Where He Scouted And Trained The Top Singapore Models And Designing His Own Labels For His Boutique Ping Pong As Well As In Hemispheres The First Young Designer Store He Set Up With A Partner.
Other Forays In The Fashion World Include Display Director For Tangs Departmental Store In 1984 Fashion Editor Of Female Magazine In 1986 And One Of The Founders Of The Society Of Designing Arts Which Spearheaded The Introduction Of Singapore Designers To The Local Fashion Market. Note More Information On The Wikipedia Website .

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