Wing (singer)

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Wing Han Tsang (2016)

Wing Han Tsang (詠 韓 曾, * 1960), better known as Wing , is a former singer from New Zealand . Growing up in Hong Kong, she emigrated with her family to New Zealand in the 1990s, where she initially worked as a nurse before working as a singer from 2001 to 2015. Due to her peculiar singing style, which brought her comparisons with Florence Foster Jenkins , she gained national and later international fame.

For the joy of singing , Wing performed for hospital patients and retirement home residents in and around Auckland . Her first album, Phantom of the Opera , developed from the suggestion that she should bring out a CD . In it she sang pieces from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera . Further CDs followed with cover versions of well-known songs such as the Beatles or ABBA . With the release of Everyone Sings Christmas Carols with Wing , her music began selling internationally. Wing has been a guest on various television shows such as the Australian talk show Rove Live .

In June 2015, she announced on her website that she would no longer be active as a singer.

She achieved a high degree of fame through an episode named after her in the South Park series from March 2005 (episode 128, the third episode of season 9), in which excerpts from her songs were played.

Discography

  • Phantom of the Opera
  • I could have danced all night
  • The Sound of Music and the Prayer
  • Wing Sings All Your Favorites
  • Everyone Sings Christmas Carols with Wing
  • Wing Sings the Songs You Love
  • Beatles Classics by Wing
  • Dancing Queen by Wing
  • Wing One Voice
  • Too Much Heaven
  • Beat it

literature

  • Jens Raschke: Disco Extravaganza. A journey into the wonderland of strange tones . Ventil Verlag, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-931555-79-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wing
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wing Han Tsang (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese singer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century