Sandra Lang

Biography

Sandra Lang is a Hong Kong singer whose original name is 梁玉姬, born in 1943 in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation. Her mother was of Eurasian descent and her father was a Chinese musician named 梁午初. She grew up in a poor family and was raised by her elder sister 桃丽絲 after her mother died of breast cancer when she was ten. She began her singing career in the 1960s as part of the duo "The Chopsticks" with Amina, performing English pop songs. After the duo split, she went solo and achieved fame in the 1970s with the jingle 《兩個夠曬數》 and the TV drama theme song 《啼笑因緣》， which made her considered a turning point in Cantopop. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 but continued singing and performing in concerts until her later years.