Lệ Thu

Lệ Thu (1943- 2021) was one of the most famous singers in South Vietnam from the 1960s up until the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Born in Hải Phòng as Bùi Thị Oanh, she and her mother would leave their home in the communist North for a new life in South Vietnam when she was just 10 years old. At age 16 while still in high school, she and a few friends decided to stop by Bồng Lai Nightclub in Saigon one night where she went up on stage to sing a song during open mic.