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My Take
Dick Lee is one of those cultural figures I think deserves far more recognition outside Asia. The Singaporean singer-songwriter built a sound that fused Asian melodies with Western pop, won the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, and was awarded Singapore's Cultural Medallion in 2005. He was also genuinely active in Japan, releasing material there during the bubble years. Beyond music he writes plays and directs films, which is a staggering range. To me he was a pioneer of Asian artists expressing Asian pride on their own terms, refusing to just mimic the West. A genuine polymath, and I'm always impressed by that breadth.
Overview
Dick Lee (born Richard Lee Peng Boon; 24 August 1956) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, playwright and film director. Lee was awarded the Cultural Medallion, Singapore's pinnacle arts award, for music in 2005.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dick Lee
- Name (Japanese)
- ディック・リー
- Reading
- でぃっく・りー
- Born
- August 24, 1956 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Singapore, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / playwright / singer / composer / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
- 2021 Asia's Most Influential Singapore
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.dicklee.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dickleeparadise/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.