
F&H backs Song brothers’ singing school
Ask Chinese music fans to name famous Singaporean exports, and they’re likely to mention Stephanie Sun and JJ Lin. Aside from both being hugely popular in China’s Mando-pop scene, what each of these singers has in common is that they were both trained by Lee Wei Song and Lee Si Song, themselves prolific performers since the 1980s.
The Song twins retired from the stage in the 1990s, and after more than a decade spent composing songs for the likes of Jacky Cheung, Gigi Leung and Sandy Lam, they founded a company that specialises in...
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