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From the Wikipedia Mandopop entry:

1930s-1940s: The Seven Great Singing Stars era

The original "Seven Great Singing Stars" of the Republic of China essentially paved the way for the industry. Their individual style was unique to any Chinese music before it. The young film industry benefited greatly with their acting and soundtrack roles. Zhou Xuan is generally considered the most remarkable Chinese popstar of the era due to her successful dual singing and film career. By the end of this generation, female singers went from "song girls" to "stars". The era, however, would be short lived as Shanghai became occupied with the Second Sino-Japanese War and eventually World War II.

I've downloaded some compilations and tracks of these glamorous "1930s Shanghai Lounge Divas." I've uploaded the 2nd CD from this one. I believe the first CD is just a bunch of "remixes for today," which I am not too interested in.
This is uploaded into two zips because of megaupload restrictions.

Various Artists: Shanghai Lounge Divas
part 1
part 2

Labels: 1930s, glamorous, international

Posted by: Kara Mae 12/09/2008 09:57:00 PM