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Dalena Origin Muncie, Indiana Genres Vietnamese Pop Instruments Vocals Website http://www.dalenanet.com/ Dalena Morton better known as simply Dalena, is a Caucasian American recording artist known for singing songs in Vietnamese, a language she does not understand.[1]
Dalena grew up in Orlando, Florida and worked as a ticket seller at Disney World. She originally learned Cantonese from rented Chinese martial arts movies. She memorized a song in Cantonese, and, at the suggestion of an acquaintance, then learned a song in Vietnamese.[1] She first picked up Vietnamese music while working at a restaurant in Orlando and learned the songs from the jukebox.[2]
She began performing at Vietnamese weddings and parties. In 1991, she regularly performed at a nightclub in Little Saigon and received her first recording contract from a small Vietnamese studio. Since then, she has released multiple albums and have sung in Vietnamese communities around the world.[1]
During the 1990s, she performed on Paris By Night.
Dalena was featured in Nguyen Tan Hoang's documentary, Cover Girl: A Gift from God (2000).[3]
References
- ^ a b c Seth Mydans (1993-09-19). "Miss Saigon, U.S.A.". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/19/style/miss-saigon-usa.html. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ^ George Lipsitz (2007). Footsteps in the dark: the hidden histories of popular music. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 185–186. ISBN 0816650209, 9780816650200.
- ^ Alexandra Juhasz; Jesse Lerner (2006). F is for phony: fake documentary and truth's undoing. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 219. ISBN 0816642516, 9780816642519.
Categories:- Living people
- American female singers
- American pop singers
- Vietnamese-language singers
- Musicians from Orlando, Florida
- American pop singer stubs
- Asian singer stubs
- Vietnamese people stubs
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