Bai Hong

Stage names: 白虹 (Chinese); Bai Hong, Bai Hung, Bai Lizhu, Rainbow White (English) Bai Hong (白虹; born Bai Lizhu 白麗珠, 24 February 1920 – 28 May 1992) was a Chinese singer and actress from Beijing. A major figure in 1930s–1940s popular music and cinema, she rose to prominence as a child performer and became one of the Seven Great Singing Stars of the 1940s. Known for her clarity of diction and expressive vocal style, she recorded more than 150 songs, appeared in over 30 films, and was among the most prolific recording artists of her era. She officially retired from music in 1979, and died of cancer in Beijing at the age of 72.