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Discovering my mother was a Vietnamese rock'n'roll star

17/10/2023 GMT

Discovering my mother was a Vietnamese rock 'n' roll star

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A chance email led Hannah Ha to uncover her mother Tam’s forgotten musical legacy

A chance email revealed that Hannah Ha's mother, Phuong Tam, had been a teenage singing star in 1960s Saigon – and had kept it secret for years.

Hannah Ha knew her mother could sing. When she took the stage at karaoke, she always stole the show. But when a chance email revealed she had once been a recording artist called Phuong Tam in 1960s Saigon, she was stunned. Hannah embarked on a two-year hunt to track down her mother’s long-lost recordings – and her rock 'n' roll legacy. 

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Producer: Zoe Gelber

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