Joseph Koo used the pen name Moran for Mandarin songs early in his career.
10 Facts About Joseph Koo
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Joseph Koo was born in Canton, China and migrated with his family to Hong Kong in 1948.
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Joseph Koo began learning music at age 17 by taking piano lessons from a Filipino music teacher, who was already giving singing lessons to Joseph Koo's sister.
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Joseph Koo was sponsored by Sir Run Run Shaw to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston in the early 1960s.
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Joseph Koo joined TVB as their director of music in 1973, where from the late 1970s until immigrating to Canada in the 1990s, he collaborated with the lyricist Wong Jim on many memorable TV theme songs.
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Joseph Koo has composed over 1,200 songs in his career, many of which are.
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Joseph Koo only has 2 notable works as a lyricist, both very short in length and total number of words.
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Joseph Koo was appointed Member of Order of the British Empire in 1982.
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Joseph Koo immigrated to Canada in the 1990s but continued his work in Hong Kong music.
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Joseph Koo died in Richmond, Canada on 3 January 2023, at age 92.