Khánh Ly

Credited on the record as カーン・リー.

ユエの子守唄 [Ca dao mẹ]

1979 · Columbia LK-126 · Tokyo, Japan

ユエの子守唄 [Ca dao mẹ] – Khánh Ly (Picture sleeve (front))

Artist
Khánh Ly
Credited on the record as
カーン・リー
Title
ユエの子守唄 [Ca dao mẹ]
Release
美しい昔 / ユエの子守唄 [Diễm xưa / Ca dao mẹ]
Year
1979
Label
Columbia # LK-126
Format
7" · Single
Language
Japanese / Vietnamese
Country
Tokyo, Japan
Songwriter
Trịnh Công Sơn
Genre
Vietnamese Music · Nhạc vàng
Primary theme
Post-War

Notes

Columbia LK-126 (LK-126-A / LK-126-B), stereo, 45, ℗ '79·12, JASRAC, "Made in Japan by Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd."; both songs are "トリン・コン・ソン作詩・作曲" with guitar by 福本憲 and the コロムビア・オーケストラ: side 1 "美しい昔" (DIEM XUA), Japanese words 高階真, 2:47; side 2 "ユエの子守唄" (CA DAO ME), Japanese words 浅川しげる, 3:01. Sleeve and side-1 label carry the line "NHKドラマ人間模様「サイゴンから来た妻と娘」から" (from the NHK drama series "The Wife and Daughter Who Came from Saigon"); the front shows a smiling man in a white suit with a woman and a girl, and the back a photograph of カーン・リー holding a flower, a melody score of "美しい昔", and the Japanese lyrics of both songs, with Vietnamese lines of "Diễm xưa" printed in handwriting. ¥600; Nippon Columbia company sleeve. The lyrics are a mother's lullaby soothing her baby to sleep, praying to a star to protect them on their wandering journey and hoping for peace someday. [From the record…

About the artist

Born 6 March 1945, Hà Nội, Vietnam. Vietnamese singer, the principal interpreter of Trịnh Công Sơn's songs, later based in California. [Source: Rate Your Music]

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · South Vietnamese · Peace · Child

In collections

Japanese Songs · Other Vietnamese Songs