Dick Lee
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Richard "Dick" Lee Peng Boon (born 24 August 1956) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, playwright and film director.
Early life
Lee was born to a Peranakan father, Lee Kip Lee, (who wrote for The Straits Times) and his wife , Elizabeth Tan. He was the eldest child in the family of five, with three brothers and a sister (now deceased). He received his early education at St. Michael's School (now SJI Junior) and his secondary education at St. Joseph's Institution.
Personal life
Lee is a Roman Catholic. In 1992, Lee married jazz singer Jacintha Abisheganaden. They divorced in 1997 .
Career
Dick Lee began his career at the age of 15, participating in numerous talent competitions with the group Harmony and (teaming up with his siblings) the group Dick and the Gang. In 1974, he released Life Story, which featured his own compositions.
Lee advocated the use of Asian elements in pop music in the 1970s and 1980s. Life in the Lion City (1984), his pioneering album, gained international attention. However, The Mad Chinaman, a 1989 release that gained national fame, was not the album that earned him regional fame.
Lee received several awards in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan for his early artistic efforts.
In addition to his recordings, he co-produced and contributed keyboards to Zircon Lounge's debut album Regal Vigour, which was released in 1983.
Lee moved to Japan in 1990, where he continued to develop the new Asian identity through his solo work, as well as collaborations with top Asian artists such as Tracy Huang, Sandy Lam, and the Japanese group Zoo. He has authored numerous songs for top singers in Asia.
Transit Lounge, Sony's latest product, gained both critical and music enthusiasts' esteem at the same time as he served as the regional vice president of Artiste and Repertoire for Sony Music Asia, which is based in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2000. Everything, which was released in November 2000 also by Sony Music, features a collection of his articles from the 1970s. Lee and his buddy Leonard T contributed to a charity compilation in December 2001: Love Is The Answer To Kids With Aids, KK Outreach for Kids Fund. On Singapore's radio stations, the song "It All Begins With Love" is a hit.
Lee has written several staged musicals including Beauty World (1988), Fried Rice Paradise (1991), Sing to the Dawn (1994), And The People (1995), Nagraland (1992), Puteri Gunung Ledang (2006) and P. Ramlee (2007). Lee has been Associate Artiste Director of the Singapore Repertory Theatre since 1998.
Lee wrote the songs for the Singapore President's Star Charity Drive in 2000, a highly popular sitcom. The musical was produced and broadcast by Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS). The musical was raised over a record-breaking $2 million.
He wrote and co-directed his first dance performance for Singapore Repertory Theatre Young Company (SRT Young Company), As well as a specially commissioned work, Forbidden City: Portrait of An Empress, one of Singapore's most popular new cultural center, The Esplanade Theatre, was a popular re-run in September 2003 and another in 2006. It was produced by Steven Dexter and will go on tour around the world in 2008, with the first stop being London's West End.
Lee was named Creative Director of Singapore's 2002 National Day Parade. He's also been chosen to be the parade's 2002 theme tune, "We Will Get There." Stefanie Sun performed the song and later included it in her own top-selling album. This was his second National Day theme song, after writing "Home," which Kit Chan performed in 1998.
He penned the English lyrics of "Body The World," The Japan Foundation's image song, in 2003. This song was performed by artists from Japan and ten ASEAN nations for the campaign in English and their respective native languages. Lee was given the Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize in July 2003 by the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize committee to honor an individual's contributions to Asia's vibrant arts scene.
In 2004, Lee wrote The Adventures of the Mad Chinaman, an autobiography.
He appeared on Singapore Idol as a judge alongside fellow Singaporeans Florence Lian and Ken Lim in 2004. In 2006 and 2009, he returned as a judge for the second and third seasons.
Life Stories at the Kallang Theatre, on December 17, 18, 2004, was held on the 17th anniversary of Lee's performance of Life Stories. Taufik Batisah and runner-up Sylvester Sim, Kumar, ex-wife Jacintha, Koh Chieng Mun, Hossan Leong, and others were among the guests included.
He wrote the theme song for the APEC Singapore 2009 summit, which was performed by Kit Chan during the Singapore Evening at the APEC Singapore 2009 summit on the Bay in 2009, as he spoke to world leaders such as Barack Obama by Kit Chan. He was also the producer of a 30-minute musical extravaganza involving 376 Singaporean artists, which culminated in a concert extravaganza enhanced by multimedia projections.
Lee was the Creative Director of Singapore's 44th National Day Parade in 2010.
Lee returned to Adventures of the Mad China man, a film, and Beauty Kings, an original comedy performance, in 2011.
In 2012, Lee launched MAD (Modern Asian Diner) in Singapore. It's a 5-way partnership with four other local businesses, including Tung Lok group, Bakerzin, Bar Stories, and Top Wines. On the Bay's 10th anniversary celebrations, Lee appeared — and was a character — in TheatreWorks' National Broadway Company's National Broadway Company production for the Esplanade - Theatres.
Lee returned to musicals in 2013 by composing the 90-minute LightSeeker, which premiered at Resorts World Sentosa. He was also named a Steinway Artist and took over as the Creative Director of the newly redesigned Rediffusion Singapore radio station.
In 2014, Lee held a tribute to Dick Lee: Celebrating 40 Years In Music, at the Drama Centre. A refreshed version of his 1997 musical Hotpants was restored in the same year. Lee will return to lead 2015's golden jubilee parade after his third stint as National Day Parade's Creative Director, and he has been asked to write the next big National Day song.
Lee was the creative director of Singapore's 50th National Day Parade in 2015, where he composed the NDP theme song "Our Singapore," performed by JJ Lin.
Lee made his directorial debut with his autobiographical musical film Wonder Boy in 2017.
Lee's interest in fashion began at 16 when he planned for his mother's boutique Midteen after studying fashion at Harrow School of Art in London.
He created his own labels for his boutique Ping Pong as well as Hemispheres, the first young designer store to open with a partner.
Display Director for Tangs departmental store in 1984, fashion reporter of Female magazine in 1986, and one of the Society of Designing Arts' founders, which pioneered the introduction of Singapore designers to the local fashion industry.
Lee owned Runway Productions, a boutique event production company that specialized in fashion and tourism events, from 1982 to 1990. His company was also involved in the creation of the Boom Boom Room, a cabaret that featured drag comedian Kumar.
Lee chaired the 2011 Audi Fashion Festival, and in 2014, he was named brand ambassador for Audi Singapore.