One of the top actress and songstress of the time, Zhou Xuan's image and songs typified the tastes of Shanghai in the 1930s.
She was known by many as the "golden voice" and she was forever remembered for singing "Season's Song" (Si4 Ji4 Ge1) and "Wandering Sonstress" (Tian1 Ya2 Ge1 Nu3) in the 1937 movie Street Angles (Ma3 Lu4 Tian1 Shi3).