Quốc Anh

 Quốc Anh (1948-2021) was a famous overseas Vietnamese singer.

He was born in Vietnam on October 2, 1948 to a Vietnamese mother and a Martinican father originally from the island of Martinique of the French West Indies in the Carribean Sea.  Prior to the Fall of Saigon, Quốc Anh had served in the military of South Vietnam known as ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam).  In 1977, he left Vietnam to resettle in Normandie, France.  A year later, Quốc Anh embarked on his career as a professional Vietnamese singer for the overseas Vietnamese community in Paris.  In 1983, Quốc Anh along with other artists including Julie Quang, Hương Lan and Thanh Mai appeared on the very first volume of Paris By Night, produced by Thúy Nga.  On the first volume of Paris By Night, Quốc Anh performed Tình Có Như Không, a song written by Nhật Trường.  Throughout the 1980s and well into the early 1990s he remained as one of the most popular performers on the Paris By Night series.  Among the most well-received songs performed by Quốc Anh on the Paris By Night series include Hoa Cài Mái Tóc (written by Thông Đạt), Gặp Nhau Làm Ngơ (written by Nhật Trường), Nàng and Và Tôi Cũng Yêu Em (written by Đức Huy).

Toward the end of the 1980s decade, Quốc Anh resettled to Southern California.  For many years, he headlined weekly at various Vietnamese nightclubs and cabarets throughout Orange County, California such as Au Baccara, Diamond, Tao Nhân and Can Club.  In the early 1990s, Quốc Anh appeared on volumes 6, 7 and 8 of the popular Hollywood Night video series produced by Mây Productions performing the following songs, Tiếng Dân Chài (written by Phạm Đình Chương) as a quartet with Như Mai, Công Thành, and Tuấn Đạt, Tiếng Hò Miền Nam (written by Phạm Duy) as a quartet with Công Thành, Tuấn Đạt and Mỹ Huyền, Lối Về Xóm Nhỏ (written by Trịnh Hưng) as a quartet with Công Thành, Tuấn Đạt and Sơn Ca and his most popular, Tình Ca Người Đi Biển (written by Trường Hải), his solo.  In 2000, Quốc Anh made his return on the Paris By Night stage performing in a comedy sketch along with the late Kiều Linh, Mỹ Huyền and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên.  Quốc Anh has formed his own music label, Quốc Anh Productions, which has released over ten of his solo studio albums.  He has performed at live shows for overseas Vietnamese audiences all over the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.  Among his most requested songs at live performances include Les Fuellies Mortes, Comment Ca Va, I Love You More Than I Can Say, Bánh Xe Lãng Tử (written by Trọng Khương), Cho Anh Xin Số Nhà (written by Nhật Trường), Sầu Đông (written by Khánh Băng) and Hận Đồ Bàn (written by Xuân Tiên).  He is also an accomplished songwriter, his most famous written song being Ngày Xuân Vui Cưới.

Lilian and Quốc Anh in Virginia (July, 2016)

Quốc Anh had fathered two grown children.  His last studio album, Bên Đời Phiêu Lãng, was released on May 25, 2017 held at the Majesty Restaurant in Orange County, California.  Quốc Anh passed away on February 10, 2021 after being stricken with Covid-19.  

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