Dalena
| Dalena | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Muncie, Indiana |
| Genres | Vietnamese Pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Website | http://www.dalenanet.com/ |
Dalena Morton better known as simply Dalena, is an 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 has sung in Vietnamese communities around the world. [1]
During the 1990s, she performed on Paris By Night.
During the mid-2000s she was signed with Asia Music Corporation and performed on the company's live shows under their Asia Entertainment Inc subsidary
Dalena was featured in Nguyen Tan Hoang's documentary, Cover Girl: A Gift from God (2000).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Seth Mydans (1993-09-19). "Miss Saigon, U.S.A.". New York Times. 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 978-0-8166-5020-0.
- ↑ Alexandra Juhasz; Jesse Lerner (2006). F is for phony: fake documentary and truth's undoing. University of Minnesota Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-8166-4251-9.