Dick Lee

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.

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Name (English)

Dick Lee

Name (Japanese)

ディック・リー

Reading

でぃっく・りー

Born

August 24, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Singapore, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / playwright / singer / composer / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
• 2021 Asia's Most Influential Singapore

• Official sitehttps://www.dicklee.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dickleeparadise/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Lee
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710609

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• playwright
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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