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Thanh Lan (born 1948) is an Vietnamese American popular songstress and actress.

Thanh Lan
Songstress Thanh Lan on THVN's show
Born
Phạm Thái Thanh Lan

(1948-03-01)March 1, 1948
Vinh, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Citizenship
  • State of Vietnam (1948 - 1955)
  • Republic of Vietnam (1955 - 1975)
  • SR. Vietnam (1976 - 1993)
  • United States (1994 - present)
OccupationSongstress, actress, scenarist, producer, MC
Years active1956 to present
Spouse1 (divorced)
Children1 daughter
AwardsNational Award of Literature and Arts (1970)
Websitewww.youtube.com/c/ThanhLanTL

Biography


Phạm Thái Thanh Lan was born on 1 March 1948 in (maybe) Vinh town, Nghệ An province of the State of Vietnam (now Vinh city, Nghệ An province, Vietnam). Her saint's name is Catherine, but known by her stage name Thanh Lan [note 1]. Follow the flashback from Thanh Lan's mother, she had been born prematurely in seventh month as her family had to flee from war.

Although both of Thanh Lan's parents were from Nghệ An (throat-clear voice's area) but she had lived in Northern community since her childhood, so she could only spoke the sound of Hanoi (nasal) and Saigon (tongue). Thereafter two sounds had much influenced her career.


1956–1969: My baby shot me down


When was a child, Phạm Thái Thanh Lan studied at Lycée Marie Curie. She started learning piano under Saint Paul school sisters's lead, then continued learning teachers as Trần Anh Đào (commposer Thẩm Oánh's wife) and musician Nghiêm Phú Phi. She joined Vietnamese Children band (ban Việt Nhi) to performed on the VTVN and Vũ-đức-Duy drama band (ban kịch Vũ Đức Duy) on THVN, thereafter Seagull band (ban Hải Âu) and finally Life Source band (ca đoàn Nguồn Sống). Thanh Lan had educated the French Literature Major of Saigon University of Literature. In addition, she also audited the classes as tranh, traditional and reformed music at National Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Right from the first year of Saigon University of Literature, Thanh Lan became very well-known young vocalist in whole South Vietnam, even some Northern artists knew her. By Thanh Lan's memoir, she often signed her portrait photographs, then stamped and sent to her adorers.


1970–1975: Flowers, presents...


In the early 1970s, Thanh Lan activated positively in the Young Music Festival as a free singer. She always performanced French high-fashioned songs anh sometimes English songs in Vietnamese version. At that time, French songs were only popular by municipal pupils so Thanh Lan often lively composed them to Vietnamese lyrics for more interested audiences.

In 1970, Thanh Lan roled a main character in coming-of-age movie Student's Singing (Tiếng hát học trò) by Alpha Films of her maternal uncle Thái Thúc Nha. So her nude scene marked noisily of Saigonese fame, even tabloids called her as the "sexy bomb" or the "princess of gifted arts".[1] However she won right away the Promising Actress from National Award of Literature and Arts. Thanh Lan had roled about 8 films, therein two telefilms which were aboriginal TV-series in Vietnam or total history of Vietnamese films. They also formed the pair of matching cards on South Vietnamese stage who was Nhật Trường and Thanh Lan.

About 1974, filmmaker Osada Norio flied to Saigon performed movie Number Ten Blues with some stars of Japan and Vietnam. Thanh Lan was suggested a main female character, because she had been well known in Tokyo since 1971 & 1973 Yamaha Music Festival. The film project had been complete in March 1975 while South Vietnamese situation was very bad. After April 30, Thanh Lan stucked in Saigon in the midst of panicking people.

Japanese filmmakers thought that Thanh Lan has missed or even died. While Number Ten Blues was not also released baucause the studio disbanded. However, the film title was converted into Goodbye Saigon to memorize a historical moment.


1976–1993: Everything in the square...


From the "campaign to proscribe corrupt cultural products"[note 2] under new regime, Thanh Lan was forbidden about 10 years for the effects of movie Student's Singing, some films about South Vietnamese soldiers and especially French & English songs. Her name was completely disappear in the sky of Vietnamese literature and arts during these hard times.

Into the Renovation cycle, Thanh Lan licensed filming and started performancing some songs which had been accepted by the offices of censorship. She returned as one of golden voices on HTV channel.

Thanh Lan only attended about 2 to 5 films, especially Cards on the Table (with Nguyễn Chánh Tín) and Behind a Fate (with Trần Quang), so both of them was extremely popular in whole Vietnam. Her character Thùy Dung of Cards on the Table who was admired by Northern young audiences.[1] However, Thanh Lan's principal job was a voiceover and vocalist. So during the 1980s, her Northern sound was very popular on Vietnamese televisions and movies, even she was attented by some Soviet filmmakers.

From 1991 to 1993, Thanh Lan focused on the development of her music, consists of singing and composing. She co-operated many studios for the recording, at the same time organized twice liveshow Thanh Lan's Singing (Tiếng hát Thanh Lan, 1991) and Thanh Lan's Music Night (Đêm nhạc Thanh Lan, 1992). In 1993, Thanh Lan came into United States to tour some states. Composer Trúc Hồ from Asia Entertainment suggested a contract, so she had decided settling in US ever since.


1994–2013: When I grew up and fell in love...


Thanh Lan had registed at the USCIS office as Catherine Pham (加大肋納•范). In the initial, Thanh Lan collaborated meistersinger Ngọc Lan and some amateur vocalists who could spoke French to performance French old and new songs. After the death of Ngọc Lan and especiall recession of pop française, Thanh Lan re-collaborated Trần Thiện Thanh in the songs of soldiers (dòng nhạc lính). So the overseas audiences got to watch again hero Nguyễn Văn Đương and his spouse Nguyễn Thị Lệ on Asia's stage.

Thanh Lan confessed to MC Jimmy Nhựt Hà from The Jimmy TV channel that she has started writing her memoir from 2003 while she has got free times.


2014 to present: Everytime I ask you that...


Scene of the soldiers coming to combat about March 1975 what makes me always thrilled although I watched the movie oftentimes. They was real warriors and also really into the battle, but nowadays no ones can answer that how was their fates after the fall of our Southern

— said her

About 2012, Number Ten Blues old tape was found and restored by NHK's experts. After looking for more information from Vietnamese persons who lived in Japan, NHK sent staffs to California. They showed Thanh Lan the restored version's DVD and invited her to attend the 2013 Fukuoka International Film Festival. In this event, she received the Audience Award for Number Ten Blues or Goodbye Saigon.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Thanh Lan could not fly to shows almost her times. However, Thanh Lan decided returning to Saigon for an attendance as the guest star in Happy Memories season 2 show of VTV3 channel.[2]

August 2022, songstress Thanh Lan published officially her first memoir The Storms of Life (Bão tố cuộc đời). Typescripts were primarily the English language, but author Thanh Lan had translated to Vietnamese by herself from 2018.


Personal life


Songstress Thanh Lan had ever gotten a short marriage when she was 19 and given birth to a daughter. Her husband - Mr. Dũng - was a Hanoian man (at Long Biên district), so his family had settled in Dalat from the Operation Passage to Freedom. After the divorce, Thanh Lan and ex-husband considered each other as the best friends from then until present.

Her maternal uncle Thái Thúc Nha was a famous and top filmmaker in Asia during the 1960-70s. He was also a president of Vietnam Cinema Society (Tổng-trưởng Hiệp-hội Điện-ảnh Việtnam) who started up the Vietnam Film Day. So his son Thái Thúc Hoàng Điệp was a promising film-director who marked 1974 known movie Green Age about Vietnamese hippie's lifestyle.

Thanh Lan was judged as a multi-talented "babygirl" (by movie star Trần Quang) or so friendly so kindly "miss" (by journalist Lại Văn Sâm). She confessed that is easily resentful. Moreover, she has got an especially favourite to Vietnamese literature.

The first event involved the appearance of a well-known and popular Vietnamese singer, Thanh Lan. Thanh Lan had been a popular singer for many Vietnamese in the 1970s and up to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Unfortunately, she was unable to escape and remained in Vietnam after the war. In 1994, with the sponsorship of a Vietnamese...

Hien Duc Do, The Vietnamese Americans 1999, page 113

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Records
Paris By Night
NBSongWithProgrammYear
1Tình (Văn Phụng)soloParis By Night 271994
2Yêu Thầm (Lam Phương)Paris By Night 28
3Dấu Vết Tình Yêu (Ngô Thụy Miên)Paris By Night 29
4T'aimerFranck Olivier
5LK Hai Sắc Hoa Ti-gônThái ChâuParis By Night 321995
6Con Quỳ Lạy Chúa Trên Trời (Phạm Duy, Nhất Tuấn)soloParis By Night 34
7Giàn thiên lý đã xa (LV: Phạm Duy)Paris By Night 361996
8LK Trả Lại Em Yêu, Kỷ Vật Cho Em (Phạm Duy)Joseph HiếuParis By Night 37
9Ru Đêm (Thanh Lan)soloParis By Night 401997
10Điệu Buồn Dang Dở (Hoàng Thi Thơ)Paris By Night 41
11Chiếc Bóng Bên Đường (Phạm Duy)Paris By Night 431998
12LK Nhạc Pháp: Histoire D'un Amour, Et Pourtant, J'entends Siffler Le Train (500 Miles), Je Sais, Mal, Si L'amour Existe Encore, Main Dans La MainElvis PhươngParis By Night 501999
Asia
NBSongWithProgrammYear
1Tình Trong Phút Giây (Ngọc Trọng)soloASIA 41994
2Một Ngày Vui Mùa Đông (Lê Uyên Phương)ASIA 6
3Huế Xưa (Anh Bằng)ASIA 101995
4Có Những Niềm Riêng (Lê Tín Hương)ASIA 111996
5LK Nhạc PhápJo Marcel, JulieASIA 12
6Chiều Winnipeg (Trần Chí Phúc)soloASIA 141997
7Nếu Vắng Anh (Anh Bằng)ASIA 15
8Đêm Khuya Trên Đường Canita (Trần Văn Trạch)ASIA 181998
9Thu Vàng (Cung Tiến)ASIA 20
10Người Ở Lại Charlie (Trần Thiện Thanh)Duy QuangASIA 21
11Que Sera SerasoloASIA 22
12Ngày Xưa Hoàng Thị (Phạm Duy)ASIA 23
13Bài Luân Vũ Mùa Mưa (LV:Trường Kỳ)Elvis PhươngASIA 261999
14Hoa Soan Bên Thềm Cũ (Tuấn Khanh)soloASIA 27
15Tưởng Như Còn Người Yêu (Phạm Duy)ASIA 292000
16Biệt Khúc Cho Tình Nhân (Trầm Tử Thiêng)ASIA 30
17Hội Trùng Dương (Phạm Đình Chương)Thanh Tuyền, Hoàng OanhASIA 31
18Nhân ChứngsoloASIA 322001
19Trầu Cau (Phan Huỳnh Điểu)ASIA 33
20Hòn Vọng Phu (Lê Thương)Hoàng Oanh, Duy QuangASIA 34
21Vắng Bóng Người Yêu (LV: Phạm Duy)soloASIA 35
22Hai Hàng Cây So Đũa (Nguyên Huy, Trọng Minh)ASIA 362002
23LK Tình Yêu Và Tuổi TrẻDuy QuangASIA 37
24Mẹ Việt Nam Ơi! Chúng Con Vẫn Còn Đây (Việt Dzũng, Nguyệt Ánh)Lê UyênASIA 38
25Mưa Ngâu (Thanh Tùng)Dạ Nhật YếnASIA 482005
26Anh Không Chết Đâu Anh (Trần Thiện Thanh)soloASIA 502006
27LK Em Đi Rồi, Cho Em Quên Tuổi Ngọc (Lam Phương)Diễm LiênASIA 51
28LK Đêm Nguyện Cầu, Nó, Một Ông Già (Lê Minh Bằng)Trung Chỉnh, Chế LinhASIA 52
29LK Mộng Sầu, Hối Tiếc (Trầm Tử Thiêng)Anh KhoaASIA 542007
30LK Tình Yêu Ôi Tình Yêu, Búp bê không tình yêuDoanh DoanhASIA 55
31LK Thôi, Ảo Ảnh (Y Vân)Tuấn VũASIA 56
32Người Chết Trở Về (Trần Thiện Thanh)Nhật TrườngASIA 582008
33LK Delilah, Je Sais, Mùa Tình Yêu, Một Thời Để YêuPaoloASIA 59
34Khúc Hát Thanh Xuân (LV: Phạm Duy)Ngọc HạASIA 60
35Bà Mẹ Trị Thiên (Trần Thiện Thanh)Vũ KhanhASIA 612009
36LK Trả Lại Em Yêu, Em Hiền Như Masour (Phạm Duy)ASIA 652010
37Kỷ Vật Cho Em (Phạm Duy)ASIA 66
38Nụ Tầm Xuân (Phạm Duy)ASIA 67
39Con Đường Tình Ta Đi (Phạm Duy)ASIA 682011
40LK Nhạc Pháp: Maman (LV: Thanh Lan), La Vie, C'est Une Histoire D'Amour (LV: Lê Hựu Hà), Elle (LV: Duy Quang)Sỹ Đan, Vũ Tuấn ĐứcASIA 712012
41Lòng mẹ (Y Vân)Lê Anh QuânASIA 722013
42LK Nghẹn Ngào (Lam Phương), Anh Biết Em Đi Chẳng Trở Về (Anh Bằng, Thái Can)Anh KhoaASIA 772015
43Tuổi Biết Buồn (Phạm Duy, Ngọc Chánh)soloASIA 782016
44 Xóm Đêm (Phạm Đình Chương) ASIA 82 2018
45 Giáng Sinh Phận Người (Lê Đức Long) Loan Châu ASIA Christmas Special 2020 2020

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Notes


  1. A pronunciations of "thanh-lan" and "[ca]therine" are quite similar each other. This is a tradition of Vietnamese Christian community.
  2. "chiến dịch bài trừ văn hóa phẩm đồi trụy"

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