Moon Kim
Moon Kim Malonson (born 1931 in Korea , † January 2, 2008 in Apopka ) was an American rock 'n' roll singer.
Life
Ok Doo Ok, her Korean name, has been known as a singer in her homeland since 1947. In the late 1940s, Moon Kim emigrated to the United States and attended college there. Around 1954 she completed a journalism training. In 1957 she received a record deal from the US record company RCA Victor and released two singles. Their first single with the song "Oriental Hop" was released in 1957 on US-RCA 47-7196 and was released in Germany on the TELDEC label RCA, but without any noteworthy sales response. Their second single flopped, which led RCA Victor not to renew Moon Kim's record deal.
Moon Kim appeared in the US TV shows by Perry Como and Ed Sullivan around 1957 . After working as a musician, she worked as a reporter for the US magazine Voice of America from 1959 .
Moon Kim had lived in the Bahamas since the 1970s , where she devoted herself to orphans and street children as a social worker. Moon Kim died in January 2008 with her foster children in the Bahamas.
Web links
- Moon Kim at Discogs (English)
- Moon Kim "Oriental Hop" on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ^ The Bahamas Weekly: Child Care Fund Raiser Passes On. January 4, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moon Kim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ok Doo Ok (real name); Malonson, Moon Kim (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer from the genre "Rock and Roll" |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Korea |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 2008 |
| Place of death | Apopka |