Yao Lee
Yao Lee (real name 姚秀雲, born in 1922 in Shanghai, died in 2019 in Hong Kong) was
a prominent Chinese pop singer. She began broadcasting on Shanghai radio at 13
and recorded her first single, “Xin Xiao Fang Niu”, with Yan Hua at 14, before
signing with Pathé Records in 1937. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, she released
hits such as “Rose, Rose, I Love You” and collaborated with her brother Yao Min.
After moving to Hong Kong in 1950, she issued successful records like “The
Spring Breeze Kisses My Face” and became known as the “Patti Page of China.” She
gradually withdrew from singi...
