Jo Bang-heon (; born February 16, 1953), better known by his stage name, Tae Jin-ah (), is a South Korean
trot
The trot is a two-beat diagonal horse gait where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It has a wide variation in possible speeds, but averages about . A very slow trot is som ...
singer and entertainer.
He debuted in 1973 with the song, "My Heart Express Train," and rose to fame soon after with the song, "Memory of a Blue Hill." Since 2002, he has hosted a radio program on
KBS Radio 2 called the ''Tae Jin Ah Show Show Show.'' He often appears on the
KBS 1TV '
Golden Oldies()'.
Personal life
Tae has two sons.
*
Eru (birth name Jo Sung-hyun),
K-pop
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singer-songwriter
*Jo Yoo-myeong, founder of
YMC Entertainment and CEO of
Swing Entertainment
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The la ...
Filmography
Film
Awards
Golden Disc Awards
Seoul Music Awards
Mnet Asian Music Awards
Ambassadorship
* Daesong (DS) SLK Group Ambassador (2021)
References
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South Korean male singers
Trot singers
1953 births
Living people
Musicians from North Chungcheong Province
People from Boeun County
South Korean male film actors
South Korean dance musicians
Grand Prize Seoul Music Award recipients