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The Seven Great Singing Stars refers to the seven most renowned singers of China in the early 20th century.

Background

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was occupied by the Japanese in the 1930s. World War II

World War II

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also had an effect on the economy at the time. Several of the stars acted in film

Film

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s, and their music played a prominent role in developing the Cinema of China

Cinema of China

The Chinese-language cinema has three distinct historical threads: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. Since 1949 the cinema of mainland China has operated under restrictions imposed by the Communist Party of China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and...

. They dominated the 1930s and '40s, up until 1949 when the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

denounced mandopop

Mandopop

Mandopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music." It is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Mandopop was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable industry. As the name implies, Mandopop features songs...

as pornography

Pornography

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The stars

English/Pinyin Name	Alternate Name	Chinese Name	Born	Died
Bai Guang Bai Guang Bai Guang was a famous movie star and singer. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars.-Biography:...	White Light	白光	1921	1999
Bai Hong Bai Hong Bai Hong was born in 1919 under the birth name in Beijing. She was a famous movie star and singer. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars.-Biography:...	White Rainbow	白虹	1919	1992
Gong Qiuxia Gong Qiuxia Gong Qiuxia was born in 1916 under the birth name in Jiangsu, China. She was a famous movie star and singer. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars.-Biography:...	"Big Sister"	龔秋霞	1916	2004
Li Xianglan Yoshiko Otaka , is a China-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars...	Yoshiko Ōtaka 大鷹淑子	李香蘭	1920
Wu Yingyin Wu Yingyin Wu Yingyin was a Chinese singer. By the 1940s, she became one of the seven great singing stars.-Biography:...	Queen of the Nasal Voice 鼻音歌后	吳鶯音	1922	2009
Yao Lee Yao Lee Yao Lee, also credited as Yiu Lei and Miss Hue Lee, was a Chinese singer from the 1930s to the 1970s and sister of Yao Min. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars.-Biography:...	Silvery Voice	姚莉	1922
Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan was a popular Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's seven great singing stars. She is probably the most well-known of the seven, as she had a concurrent movie career until 1953.-Biography:...	Golden Voice	周璇	1918	1957

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Songs by some of the seven stars

Background

The stars

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