Lee Yee: (李逸) Part 2: Late Singer From Johore Malaysia: Tributes

Two letters honouring the late Lee Yee...

Forty three years after his death in a road accident, Lee Yee is still remembered by his family, neighbours, friends and fans. Here are two letters taken from his 2017 posting on this music blog, where two readers wrote in last year (2022) to pay their tribute. This singer is one of the most popular, truly...

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Letter 1

李逸和婷婷的朋友， 苏先生 [28.06.2022] wrote:

Thank you for your very detailed write up on Lee Yee, the No: 1 Male Singer in the 70s. To be honest, not much had written about 李逸 in English; yours is probably the most detailed write up about him that I have read so far. 

I had known Lee Yee since about 1975, he and Ting Ting moved into their new house only meters from our house when they got married in mid 1975. Still remember clearly that it was soon after the release of the famous concert play, (唐伯虎点秋香) and his probably most famous and popular No: 3 album (唱首情歌给谁听)。

There are still thousands of fans following and listening to his music on YouTube, Facebook, etc. There are up to a dozen of his fan clubs on social media, some boasting more than 10,000 members。

Letter 2:

👍T.J. Magsakay [1.10.2022] wrote:

Lee Yee was a famous Malaysian Mandarin Singer during the 60s-70s decade. Ke Ai De Ma (Lovely Horse) was adapted from a Japanese Enka Ballad Tassha Dena (See You Soon) originally sung by Michiya Mihashi (1920-1996) a famous Enka singer from the 1940s-1950s era. 

Lee Yee was born Lee Kim Peow on January 10, 1942 in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. He started his career in the RTM Green Network Singing Contest in 1961. And Chang Shou Qing Ge Gei Shui Ting (Whom Can I Sing This Love Song) was released in 1964. He had lots of albums and concerts. 

Lee Yee died of a road rage accident in 1980 while the World Tour of Eric Clapton started in the Hall. He is a Henghwa with ancestral roots from Putian, Fujian, China. He is the son of a farmer and fisherfolk Lee was buried in Nirvana Memorial Park on April 30, 1980 after a wake was held on 27-29 of the same month which is before May of that year. 

He was a graduate of Tunku Abdul Rahman University, Chung Leng High School, St John's Insititute in Johor, Malaysia and worked in a ceramic company as a manager of the boss which happened to be Yee Hock Tong Trading Sendirian Berhad （余学堂留易股份有限公司）in Johor Bahru, Johor, near Pengerang his hometown; which was founded in the 1950s by Goh Tuk Heow （吴铁球 1903-1981) born in Sarawak and died in Las Vegas, Nevada of a heart attack and where he had migrated to because of overpopulation. 

Readers can read the original 2017 post by clicking the link below:

https://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2017/10/lee-yee-malaysian-hearthrob-not.html

It has up to 12,000 views.

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李逸 Lee Yee - 祝你順風 Zhu Ni Shun Feng 

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