Tan Kun-giok (; 1905 – 4 March 1963), also known as Chen Chun-yu in

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

, was a Taiwanese songwriter and author born in

Dadaocheng Dadaocheng is an area in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was also known as Twatutia (a transliteration of the Taiwanese Hokkien ''Tōa-tiū-tiâⁿ''), Daitōtei during Japanese rule, and Tataocheng (Mandarin) during the Kuomintang era. ...

. He wrote many

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songs such as ''Thiau Bu Si Tai'' (跳舞時代) and ''Siu Be Toa Kang Tiau'' (想要彈像調), and had served as an officer of the

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, a Japanese-owned disc company. Tan could speak

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fluently, he was an introducer of

to postwar

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. Chen died from hepatic cancer in 1963.

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Taiwanese songwriters 1905 births 1963 deaths Musicians from Taipei {{Taiwan-musician-stub