Sai Htee Saing

In this Burmese name, Sai is an honorific, not a given name.
Sai Htee Saing
စိုင်းထီးဆိုင်
Birth nameSai Tin U
Born(1950-09-23)23 September 1950
Langkho, Shan State, Burma (Myanmar)
Died10 March 2008(2008-03-10) (aged 57)
Yangon, Myanmar
GenresPop rock
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • guitar
  • vocals
Years active1969–2008
Formerly ofThe Wild Ones

Sai Htee Saing (Burmese: စိုင်းထီးဆိုင် [sáɪɰ̃ tʰí sʰàɪɰ̃]; 23 September 1950 – 10 March 2008; born Sai Tin U) was a distinguished Burmese singer and songwriter of Shan descent, which featured prominently throughout his music career. Throughout his career, he recorded two to three Shan language albums and 30 to 40 Burmese language albums.[1] He was especially known for composing country music. Vital composer of Sai Htee Saing's songs is Sai Kham Leik.[2]

Sai Htee Saing was born in Langkho, Shan State to Nang Ein and U Nanda. He studied at Mandalay University, where he became one of the founding members of The Wild Ones, an ethnic Shan band, in 1973. Sai Htee Saing began his music career in 1969, when he aired a Shan language song on the Burma Broadcasting Service.[3] The Wild Ones achieved major success in Burma throughout the 1970s and 1980s, known for composing their own songs in the Burmese language.[1][4] Sai Htee Saing was also prominent in the Shan literature movement to preserve Shan language education in Burma.[5] He died on 10 March 2008 in his home No.33[6] Dhamavihaya Road,Kyar Kwat Thit,Kyauk Myaung, Yangon, and is buried at Yayway Cemetery in Yangon.

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  3. ^ "Famous Singer Sai Htee Saing Dies". Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  4. ^ "Sai Htee Saing: More Than a Shan Songster". Archived from the original on 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  5. ^ Jirattikorn, Amporn (2010). "Shan noises, Burmese sound: crafting selves through pop music" (PDF). South East Asia Research. 18 (1). IP Publishing Ltd: 161–189. doi:10.5367/000000010790959875. S2CID 73594551.
  6. ^ myanmarmusician (2011-06-27), Interviewing with Sai Htee Saing's (စိုင္းထီးဆိုင္) family - Part I, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2019-04-20