Shiao Lih-ju

Shiao Lih-ju
Chinese name (traditional)
Chinese name (simplified)
Pinyin Xiāo Lìzhū (Mandarin)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī Siau Lê-chu (Hokkien)
Born Shiao Lih-ju ()
1955 (age 6263)
Chiayi, Taiwan
Alma mater Chinese Culture University
Occupation singer, television presenter
Years active 1974–1990
Genre(s) Mandopop, Hokkien pop, J-pop
Spouse(s)
Soon Yuan De (m. 1990)

Shiao Lih-ju (born 1955) is a retired Taiwanese singer and TV presenter who released more than 30 albums in the 1970s and 1980s. She sang in Mandarin, Hokkien, and Japanese.

Shiao rose to fame after singing the theme songs of many popular films based on Chiung Yao's novels, like Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain (1975), Everywhere Birds Are Singing (1978), and Love Under a Rosy Sky (1979). She also sang the theme songs of many TV series, like the Singaporean historical drama The Sword and the Song (1986). In the mid-1980s, she moved to Singapore, and retired after marrying a Singaporean man in 1990.

Awards

1984 Golden Bell Awards

  • Won—Best Female Singer

References

  • Chang Meng-jui (張夢瑞) (2003). "番茄姑娘 ──蕭孋珠" (in Chinese). Taiwan Panorama.



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