Shanghai Lounge DivasBefore the Communist regime took full force in 1949, Shanghai was known as the “Hollywood of the East” and the “Paris of Asia”. Shanghai in the ‘30s and ‘40s was a city dripping with sophistication and decadence: showgirls, cocktails, intrigue, avant-garde artists, and the Shanghai Lounge Divas who cooed in whispers over jazz and swing. Their voices would have remained whispers in the past, if not for a discovery in 2003 when over 1,000 original recordings of the Shanghai divas were saved from dusty obscurity in an Indian studio. The songs were resurrected into two albums: Shanghai Lounge Divas Volume I (2004) and II (2006), both a blend of the original divas’ voices remixed with electronica, jazz, blues, drum’n’bass, traditional Chinese opera and folk music.Shanghai Lounge Divas Vol. 1DOWNLOADCD1 - Original 1930’s Sessions Remixed for Today01. Li Xiang-lan / 李香蘭 - Plum Blossom / 梅花
02. Bai Kwong / 白光 - Waiting 4 U / 等著你回來
03. Li Xiang-lan / 李香蘭 - If Only… / 恨不相逢未嫁時
04. Chow Hsuan / 周璇 - Stop Singing / 不要唱吧
05. Bai Kwong / 白光 - The Pretender / 假正經
06. Chang Loo / 張露 - All the Stars in the Sky / 滿天星
07. Yao Lee / 姚莉 - This Love is Not for Me / 得不到的愛情
08. Bai Hong / 白虹 - Listen Up / 且聽我說
09. Bai Kwong / 白光 - Autumn Evening / 秋夜
10. Chow Hsuan / 周璇 - The Wandering Songstress / 天涯歌女
11. Chang Loo / 張露 - The Plough Song / 鋤頭山歌
12. Chow Hsuan / 周璇 - Ye Shanghai / 夜上海
CD2 - The Original Recordings01. Li Xiang-lan / 李香蘭 - Plum Blossom / 梅花
02. Bai Kwong / 白光 - Waiting 4 U / 等著你回來
03. Li Xiang-lan / 李香蘭 - If Only… / 恨不相逢未嫁時
04. Chow Hsuan / 周璇 - Stop Singing / 不要唱吧
05. Bai Kwong / 白光 - The Pretender / 假正經
06. Chang Loo / 張露 - All the Stars in the Sky / 滿天星
07. Yao Lee / 姚莉 - This Love is Not for Me / 得不到的愛情
08. Bai Hong / 白虹 - Listen Up / 且聽我說
09. Bai Kwong / 白光 - Autumn Evening / 秋夜
10. Chow Hsuan / 周璇 - The Wandering Songstress / 天涯歌女
11. Chang Loo / 張露 - The Plough Song / 鋤頭山歌
12. Chow Hsuan / 周璇 - Ye Shanghai 2003 / 夜上海
13. Gong Chio-xia / 龔秋霞 - Longing for You / 秋水伊人
14. Man Ping / 曼萍 / Lingering Love / 愛的流連
15. OuYoung Fei-ying / 歐陽飛鶯 - Shangri-La / 香格里拉
16. Zhang Yi-wen / 張伊雯 - Shanghai Miss / 上海小姐
17. Gu Ying / 谷鶯 - Love That’s Gone / 霓裳恨
18. Wang Ren-mei / 王人美 - Song of the Fisherman / 漁光曲
19. Lang Yu-xiu / 郎毓秀 - Harmonious Couple / 鸞鳳諧鳴
20. Li Li-hua / 李麗華 & Yan Hua / 嚴華 - Hundred Birds / 百鳥朝凰
21. Lu Min / 璐敏 - Fallen Petals / 落花飄零
22. Lu Ming / 路明 - Heavenly Spring Dream / 天堂春夢
23. Chow Hsuan / 周璇 - The Blossom Youth / 花樣的年華
24. Pei Ni / 佩妮 - The Night Is Too Beautiful To Last / 良夜不能留
Bai Kwong -Waiting 4 U (Ian Widgery Remix)