Artist description TINA.YONG:VOCALS\KEYBOARDS\BEN.HAMAR DELABRETONIERE:LYRICIST\THEO.KREIS:KEYBOARDS\VARIOUS SYNTHESIZERS

Music Style contemporary\easy listening\jazz\love songs\lounge music\crooners\vocals\jazz vocals

Musical Influences ELA FITZGERALD\SARAH VAUGHN

Similar Artists none

Artist History TINA,YONG WAS BORN MARGARETHA,AUGUSTINA BREGARD IN 1930.JAKARTA,INDONESIA.SHE BEGAN SINGING AT THE TENDER AGE OF 15 TOWARDS THE END OF WORLD WAR II.SHE MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS[EUROPE]IN 1961.IT WAS THERE THAT HER PROFESSIONAL SINGING CAREER STARTED TO TAKE OFF,SHE FORMED A BAND, AND A YEAR LATER GOT A RECORD DEAL THRU COLUMBIA/EMI RECORDS.HER MUSIC AT THAT TIME,INDONESIAN LOVE SONGS WAS VERY POPULAR.SHE RELEASED 2 ALBUMS,AND 3 SINGLES,ALL DID VERY WELL.IN 1967 TINA IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA WITH HER HUSBAND AND 2 CHILDREN.SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF A.S.C.A.P IN 1969,AND CONTINUES TO BRING HER SINGING TALENT TO EVENTS.HER WRITING PARTNER AND DEAR FRIEND FOR THE PAST 30YRS IS BEN HAMAR,DE LABRETONAIRE.THEO KREIS,ALSO A DEAR FRIEND HAS BEEN PLAYING WITH TINA FOR 25YRS.THEO HAS BEEN IN NUMEROUS WELL KNOWN BANDS THROUGH OUT SO.CAL,THE MOST RECENT BAND THAT HE IS IN IS CALLED THE SOUNDS UNLIMITED PLAYING A VARIETY OF GENRE

Group Members TINA.YONG:LEAD VOCALS\KEYBOARDS\THEO.KREIS:KEYBOARDS\VARIOUS SYNTHESIZERS\BEN HAMAR:LYRICIST

Instruments ROLAND KEYBOARDS\KORG KEYBOARDS\BEYER AND TELEFUNKEN MICROPHONES

Location ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA - USA

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