The song, A Dance Era, was written by Chen Chun-yu (
The program not only contains an abundance of old music. There is also Grandma Ai-ai, a former singer for Columbia records, recounting her experiences and the many stories of romantic affairs between the singers and the song writers, many of them young Taipei college students.
"It is these songs that established the basis of Taiwan's music industry. It also goes to prove that we had a local music industry long before the five major music labels set up here in the 1980s," Lee said.
The Dance Era came to an end with the war in the Pacific, but Lee believes that even from this period, there is still plenty more to collect. He is intending to publish more work about Taiwan's early music and also said that a number of record company's have since expressed interest in republishing these Taiwanese songs.
"If all goes well, people will be able to dance to this music again by September," said Lee excitedly.
For your information:
Episode 1 of A Dance Era will be screened on Public Television Service (PTS) tonight at 10pm. The second episode of the two-part series goes to air May 1 at 10pm. The program will be replayed Apr. 25 and May 2 at 10pm for Episodes 1 and 2 respectively.
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