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Teresa Teng (sometimes spelled Teresa Tang or Teresa Deng; Traditional Chinese: 鄧麗君; Simplified Chinese: 邓丽君; Hanyu Pinyin: Dèng Lìjūn; Wade-Giles: Teng Li-chün, popular in Japan as テレサ・テン or Teresa Ten) (January 29, 1953 - May 8, 1995) was one of the most famous singers in East Asia, from Taipei, Taiwan.

She was born in Tienyang, a village in Yunlin County, Taiwan to a mainlander family originating from Hebei province. She was educated at Ginling Girls High School, and commenced her professional singing career in 1967 with Universal Records.

She recorded several famous songs, including "When Will You Return?" (Simplified Chinese: 何日君再来; pinyin: Hé Rì Jūn Zài Lái). In addition to her Mandarin repertoire, she also recorded songs in the Taiwanese dialect (a variant of Min Nan), Cantonese, Japanese, Indonesian (in 1977) and English.

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