Consoling the displaced with songs such as “White Horse, Don’t Cry” and “The Carriage Goes to My Hometown”
Korea Singers Association Funeral Supervision
Senior singer Myung Kook-hwan. Provided by the Korean Singers Association
It was belatedly known on the 2nd that Myeong Kook-hwan, a veteran singer who was loved for singing songs such as “Arizona Cowboy” in the 1950s, passed away. He is 96 years old.
Myeong Kook-hwan passed away on the 19th of last month at a nursing hospital in Incheon. An official from the Korea Singers Association said in a phone call with Dong-A Ilbo that day, “I received news of the passing away of the deceased from the nursing hospital yesterday (the 1st) while I was inquiring about Mr. It is said that the deceased has been living alone for a long time.
After the Korean War in 1950, Myeong Guk-hwan was a first-generation Korean popular music singer who touched the sorrow of the displaced with his songs.
Impressive with his singing method, which freely goes up and down the low and high notes and sings savoryly, he released his debut song in 1956 after being discharged from the military, including his debut song ‘Baekma, don’t wooji’, and his song ‘The Carriage Goes to My Hometown’ that year. They released songs one after another to comfort the displaced.
Myeong Kook-hwan’s youthful appearance. Hankook Ilbo data photo
He gained popularity by singing ‘Wandering Poet Kim Sat-gat’, the theme song of the movie ‘Kim Sat-gat’ released in 1957. Myeong Kook-hwan’s music was loved beyond generations. His hit song ‘The carriage goes to my hometown’ was sung again by his junior, Kim Yeon-ja, and his grandson, Z-generation trot singer Jo Myung-seop, sang along with ‘Baek May, Don’t Uji’ on a recent broadcast. In recognition of his contribution to the development of traditional music and comforting the people in despair after the war through music, he was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit at the 2014 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards.
Myeong Guk-hwan, born in Hwanghae-do in 1927, came down to South Korea with his family when the Korean War broke out in 1950 and participated in several battles. An official from the Korea Singers Association said, “Mr. Guk-hwan Myeong was a man of national merit.”
The funeral home for the deceased will be set up at the funeral home of Hu & U Hospital in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do on the 3rd. The Korea Singers Association supervises the funeral. An official from the Korea Singers Association said, “Mr. The funeral was on the morning of the 4th, and Jangji is a member of the National Goesan Protection Bureau.
Seungjun Yang Reporter comeon@hankookilbo.com
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