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In 1966, the girl band ‘All Stars’ was formed centered on drummer Kitty (Jun-im Lim), a third-year high school student. They left the country with an understanding that they were going to perform in Southeast Asia. However, they arrived and put on a spot to perform, sometimes risking their lives, for the soldiers on the battlefield of Vietnam. Kitty was recognized for her musical talent, and formed the five-member girl band ‘Korean Black Eyes’ in Bangkok in 1971. The band moved onto Beirut as their base and toured throughout the Middle East and Africa, including Egypt and Nigeria. When they entered Spain in 1973, they went on a concert tour with Cliff Richard, Julio Iglesias, and others. They recorded an album in Portugal at the suggestion of a local producer, but had to quickly escape the country when the military revolution broke out. Wherever they went, including Vietnam and Lebanon, they encountered turbulent scenes of modern history.
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00:03I'm a drummer and singer.
00:07I was born in 1968.
00:18I said, I'm going to go to Singapore.
00:22I'm going to go there.
00:23I'm going to go there.
00:33I'm going to go there.
00:38I went to Nigeria.
00:42I went to Spain and we were like,
00:51I'm going to go there.
00:54I'm going to go there.
00:55We were a lot of people.
00:57I'm going to go there.
01:00We didn't have a girl band.
01:04We were unique.
01:07We're unique.
01:13I went to Spain.
01:15I went to Yoshi mehr.
01:15I'm going to go there.
01:16We were kitsch,
01:16You know,
01:17you would not give a gig or not.
01:20Go there.
01:21Go there.
01:22Go there.
01:23Go there.
01:25Go that go.
01:27Go there.
01:28Go there.
01:29Go there.
01:29Go there.
01:30Go there.
01:31Go there.
01:36Go there.

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