# Eddie Chin

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**Eddie Chin** (born **Yung Fook Chin**, 3 November 1948 – 25 June 2023) was a Singaporean-born Malaysian-American-British musician who was bassist with the British rock and pop band [The Tourists](/source/The_Tourists).[1]

## Biography

Chin was born in [Singapore](/source/Singapore) on 3 November 1948. As part of his early career, Chin joined the [skiffle](/source/Skiffle) group, the [Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra](/source/Pigsty_Hill_Light_Orchestra) along with fellow musician [Robert Greenfield](/source/Robert_Greenfield).[citation needed]

In 1976 Chin was introduced to [Annie Lennox](/source/Annie_Lennox) and [Dave Stewart](/source/Dave_Stewart_(Eurythmics)) and The Tourists were formed.[2][3]

After the Tourists disbanded in late 1980,[4] guitarist [Peet Coombes](/source/Peet_Coombes) and Chin began a new project named Acid Drops[5] but this met with little success.[citation needed]

Chin died on 25 June 2023, at the age of 74.[6]

## References

1. Ellis, Lucy (2009). [*Annie Lennox: The Biography*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BzwKfkQS1QwC&dq=bass+eddy+chin+born&pg=PT93). [Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press). p. 93. ISBN 978-0857121141.

1. Mason, Stewart. "Biography: The Tourists". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

1. Donna White (11 May 2003). "I LOVE HIM BUT I CAN'T LIVE WITH HIM; ANNIE LAID BARE". Sunday Mail.

1. Colin Larkin (ed.) (1997). *[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)*. Concise ed. [Virgin Books](/source/Virgin_Books). p. 1186. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.

1. Rose, Cynthia (7 March 1981). ["Eurythmics: We're Not Tourists, We Live Here"](http://www.eurythmics-ultimate.com/interview-1980-03-the-tourists-were-not-tourists-we-live-here-nme). *NME*. TI Media Limited. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

1. Baess, Mike (13 July 2023). ["Bass instinct"](https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/bass-instinct). Islington Tribune. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

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