Name Dalena Morton Origin Muncie, Indiana Instruments Vocals | Genres Vietnamese Pop Role Musical Artist | |
Albums Chut an tinh mong manh, Le da, Co ua, Hoai mong, Oh My Sweet Love: Love Songs 7: Cho nguoi tinh dau yeu Similar People Don Ho, Elvis Phuong, Thai Chau, The Son, Y Nhi | ||
[SBTV] Interview with artist Kiri Dalena
Dalena Morton better known as simply Dalena, is an American recording artist known for singing songs in Vietnamese, a language she does not understand.
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Dalena grew up in Orlando, Florida and worked as a ticket seller at Disney World. She originally learned Cantonese from rented Chinese martial arts movies. She memorized a song in Cantonese, and, at the suggestion of an acquaintance, then learned a song in Vietnamese. She first picked up Vietnamese music while working at a restaurant in Orlando and learned the songs from the jukebox.
She began performing at Vietnamese weddings and parties. In 1991, she regularly performed at a nightclub in Little Saigon and received her first recording contract from a small Vietnamese studio. Since then, she has released multiple albums and has sung in Vietnamese communities around the world.
During the 1990s, she performed on Paris By Night.
During the mid-2000s she was signed with Asia Music Corporation and performed on the company's live shows under their Asia Entertainment Inc subsidiary
Dalena was featured in Nguyen Tan Hoang's documentary, Cover Girl: A Gift from God (2000).
Songs
Tau ve que huong
Cuoc doi van dep sao
Hoai mong
Tuyet roi
Nguoi yeu dau
Long me
Giot mua tren la
Lien khuc: Dua nhau vao coi an tinh
Den voi em dem nay
Noi buon co don
Lien khuc: Lanh tron dem mua
Giong ca di vang
Within You'll Remain
Canh buom xa xua
Le da
Bien buon
Nguoi tinh Johnny
Tinh dep nhu mo
Xin mot ngay mai co nhau
Khi da yeu
Chieu hoang vang
Lien khuc: Dinh menh
Ða Lat hoang hon
Co ua
Tay trong tay
Words
Mot doi co nhau
Holy Night
Tuoi hong
Tinh sau
Hoang vang
Xin mai gan nhau