For the Australian rules footballer, see Dick Lee.

Richard "Dick" Lee Peng Boon (李炳文) (born 24 August 1956) is a Singaporean pop singer, composer and playwright. He is best known as a Singapore Idol judge, but often too as spokesperson for the New Asian generation. A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... For the 1979 song by M, see Pop Muzik. ... Musical theatre (sometimes, although less often than not, spelled theater rather than theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Australian rules football (also known as Aussie Rules or Footy) is a game played between two teams of 18 players, generally played on cricket ovals during the winter months. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Lee was born to a Peranakan father, Lee Kip Lee, (who writes for The Straits Times) , and a Chinese mother, Elizabeth Tan. He was the eldest child in the family of five, with three brothers and a deceased sister. He received his early education at St. Michael's School and his secondary education at St. Joseph's Institution. In 1992, he married jazz singer Jacintha Abisheganaden and divorced a few years later. He is a Roman Catholic. Peranakan, Baba-Nyonya (峇峇娘惹) and Straits Chinese (土生華人; named after the Straits of Malacca) are terms used for the descendants of the early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region, including both the British Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Dutch-controlled island of Java among other places, who have... Image of The Straits Times The Straits Times is an English-language broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and owned by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), first published on July 15, 1845. ... There are several schools around the world that are known as St. ... Saint Josephs Institution (SJI) is a Catholic secondary school for male students in Singapore. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Career

Early Years

Dick Lee started his career 1971 when, at the age of fifteen, Dick participated in various talent contests with the group, Harmony, and Dick and the Gang (teaming with his siblings). His first album, Life Story, featuring his compositions, was released in 1974. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

Throughout the 70s and 80s, Dick championed the acceptance of Asian elements in pop music. His pioneering album, Life In The Lion City (1984), won acclaim for just that. But the album that shot him to regional prominence was his 1989 release, The Mad Chinaman. Dick has also won several awards in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

The 90s

In 1990 Dick moved to Japan where he continued to develop the new asian identity through his solo work, as well as collaborations with top Asian artistes like Sandy Lam from Hong Kong and Japanese group Zoo. He has to date, written countless songs for the top singing talents in Asia. This article is about the year. ... Sandy Lam, also known as Lam Yik Lin (Chinese: 林憶蓮) (b. ... Free monkeys islands at the São Paulo Zoo Panda enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo Visitors feeding and petting tamed marmots at the Parc Animalier des Pyrenées Aquarium with a dolphin at the Barcelona Zoo Sea lions at the Melbourne Zoo For other uses of the term Zoo... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Dick's album, Transit Lounge, released under the Sony Label, won both critical and popular praise during the same time when he was also the regional Vice-President of Artiste and Repertoire for Sony Music Asia, based in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2000. Dick's most recent album, Everything, released in November 2000, features a rare collection of his works written since 1970s. In December 2001, Dick and his friend Leonard T contributed a song in a Charity CD - Love Is The Answer For Kids With Aids, KK Outreach for Kids Fund. The song tile "It All Begins With Love" is heard frequently in Singapore's radio stations. Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758 , NYSE: SNE) is a global Japanese consumer electronics, financial services and entertainment corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Plays and Musicals

Dick is also passionate about musicals. He has written many staged musicals including Beauty World (1988), Fried Rice Paradise (1991), Kampong Amber (1994), Hotpants (1997), and Jacky Cheung's acclaimed Snow.Wolf.Lake (1997). Nagraland (1992) toured Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong in a sold-out season. Dick continues his love for theatre by being Associate Artiste Director of The Singapore Repertory Theatre, an appointment he has held since 1998. Beauty World is a musical about a young Malaysian girl who heads to Singapore in search of her father and winds up in a night club. ... Shorts are a garment worn by both men and women over their pelvic area and the upper part of the upper legs or more, but not the entire length of the leg. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

For 2000, Dick composed the songs to the musical of Phua Chu Kang, a highly popular sitcom, for the Singapore President’s Star Charity Drive. Produced and broadcast by Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS), the musical raised over a record-setting $2 million dollars. This article is about the year 2000. ... Phua Chu Kang, one of the main characters in the sitcom Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd. ... Logo of TCS The Television Corporation of Singapore, or more commonly known as TCS, was a private company that provide television broadcasting services in then monopolised media industry. ...

In 2002 he wrote and co-directed his first dance musical ­ re:MIX for Singapore Repertory Theatre Young Company (SRT Young Company), as well as a specially commissioned work, Forbidden City : Portrait of an Empress, one of the highlights of Singapore’s prestigious new cultural centre, The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay opening festival in October that year and a popular re-run in September 2003. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... The durian-shaped Esplanade (on the left) stands out in front of the Marina Square area Artwork on display within the Esplanade The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay is a waterside building on Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River, purpose-built to be the centre for performing... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The New Millennium

A dream come true for Dick was to be appointed the Creative Director for Singapore’s 2002 National Day Parade. Coincidentally, his song We Will Get There was selected to be 2002 theme song for the parade. Top Singapore-born Chinese pop superstar Stefanie Sun performed the song and also included it in her own top-selling album. This is his second National Day theme song, having written Home, performed by Kit Chan, in 1998. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Stefanie Sun (Simplified: 孙燕姿; Traditional: 孫燕姿; Teochew: Sng Yì-che; Mandarin: SÅ«n YànzÄ«) is a popular Singaporean professional pop singer. ... Home is a place where a person lives, perhaps spends much of the time, or where a person is comfortable to be. ... Kit Chan (Simplified: 陈洁仪; Traditional: 陳潔儀; Hanyu Pinyin: ; born September 15, 1972) was the pioneer generation of Singaporean singers to successfully break into the international market, marked in particular by her breakthrough into the competitive and highly critical Taiwanese market with her hit Mandarin album Heartache (心痛) in 1994. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In 2003, he penned the English lyrics of Treasure The World, the image song of J-ASEAN campaign by The Japan Foundation. Artistes from Japan and 10 ASEAN countries recorded this song for the campaign in English and their respective native languages. In July 2003, the highest honour to Dick’s works came in the form of the prestigious Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize, an award by the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes committee to recognise an individual’s substantial contributions to the arts scene in Asia. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Main languages See Languages of ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong of Singapore Area  - Total 4,480,000 km2 Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 550,000,000 122. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Lee wrote an autobiography about himself, The Adventures of the Mad Chinaman in 2004. An autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 17 December and 18 December 2004, Lee had a 30th aniversery concert which was titled Life Stories at the Kallang Theatre. There were also other guest stars such as Singapore Idol winner, Taufik Batisah and runner up, Sylvester Sim. His friends, Kumar, ex-wife Jacintha, Koh Chieng Mun, Hossan Leong, and many more. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Taufik sings the National Day Parade song Reach out for the Sky with Rui En. ... Sylvester Sim (born January 19, 1983) Shooting Stars TV Poster (Chinese 沈祥龙/沈祥龍, pinyin Shěn Xiáng Lóng) is a Singaporean singer who was the first runner-up of the talent contest Singapore Idol. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Hossan Tojing Leong Yuen Yu (10 July 1969), is a Singaporean stage and screen actor. ...

Fashion Interest

Apart from music, Dick’s other passion is for fashion, having studied fashion design at Harrow School of Art in London. His interest began at the early age of 16 when he designed for his mother’s boutique Midteen. The term fashion applies to a prevailing mode of expression. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ...

His fashion career has taken him to Carrie Models, where he scouted and trained the top Singapore models, and designing his own labels for his boutique Ping Pong, as well as in Hemispheres, the first young designer store he set up with a partner. Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ... The word hemisphere literally means half sphere or half ball; when used in the singular form, it refers to one of the halves of a spherical object. ...

Other forays in the fashion world include Display Director for Tangs departmental store in 1984, fashion editor of Female magazine in 1986 and one of the founders of the Society of Designing Arts, which spearheaded the introduction of Singapore designers to the local fashion market. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1982 to 1990, Dick also ran his own event company Runway Productions, which specialized in fashion and tourism events. His company also had a hand in the creation of the Boom Boom Room, a successful cabaret featuring the now renowned talents of drag comedian Kumar. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The term fashion applies to a prevailing mode of expression. ... Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. ...

In January 2004, his composition Sandarken won the Best Malay Pop from the Compass Awards. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Compass in a wooden box A compass (or mariners compass) is a navigational instrument for finding directions on the earth. ...

On the platform of his musical talent, Dick has always been actively involved in fund-raising projects for several beneficiaries including Singapore Repertory Theatre, KK Children’s Hospital, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Church of St Ignatius. The Singapore Repertory Theatre at Merbau Road, Robertson Quay The Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) was founded in 1993, and is one of the leading English language theatres in Asia. ... Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organisation that grants wishes to children with life threatening illnesses. ...

Achievements

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Discography

The Mad Chinaman (1989)

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External links

• Dick Lee's website