About
Active Period
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Genre
Popular — C-pop
Subgenre
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Geographic Location
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Ban Ling; 白玲
About
Bai Ling in 1968. Image provided by Ross Laird.
1960s Singapore pop singer
Genre
Popular — C-pop
Dates
Birth Date:
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Death Date:
–
Last Active Date (Active Till):
1967
Debut Date (Active From):
1969
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Kinship and Relationship
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Other Work (hasWork)
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Routes
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Support (hasSupport)
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Associated Performance(s)
No associated performance recorded.
Media
Bai Ling in 1968. Image provided by Ross Laird.
Sources
No source recorded.
Contributor
Last Updated on:
April 15, 2026 at 7:17 pm
Contributors:
Ross Laird
To Cite:
, and Laird, RossRoss Laird.
2025. “Bai Ling“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
Venue
Colonial and Empire Networks
Music — Western Classical
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Independent Singapore (1965 onwards)
Japanese Occupation of Malaya (1941-1945)
Postwar pre-independent Singapore (1945-1963)
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
Person
Colonial and Empire Networks
Comedy
English theatre
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
Person
Circus
Tight rope dance
Oceania and Pacific Islands, pre-Federation Australasia (1835–1899)
Oceania and Pacific Islands, pre-Federation Australasia (Up to 1899)
1835–1867: British Straits Settlements and Colonial Expansion
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
Person
Colonial and Empire Networks
Acrobatics
Circus
Revue or Variety — Animal Acts
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
Person
Circus
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
Person
Global Entertainment Circuits and Touring Variety
Theatre — Bangsawan
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Dutch East Indies (Up to 1949)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Person
Music — Popular
Popular — Pop Yeh Yeh
Malaysia, including Singapore (1963–1965)
No context indicated yet
Person
Music — Popular
Malaysia, without Singapore (1965 onwards)
1963–1965: Malaysia Formation
1965–1975: Singapore's Independence and Cold War SEA
Person
Music — Popular
Malaysia, without Singapore (1965 onwards)
1965–1975: Singapore's Independence and Cold War SEA
Person
Revue or Variety
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Postwar pre-independent Singapore (1945-1963)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1941-1945: Japanese Occupation
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform