Yellow Pearl

Yellow Pearl were a 1970s folk rock band based in New York City. The band's name is a play on words based on the anti-Asian phrase "yellow peril". Yellow Pearl was a prominent part of the growing Asian American movement in the 1970s, and is often called the first Asian American band. Its members were Chris Iijima (acoustic guitar, vocals), William "Charlie" Chin (acoustic guitar, di zi, vocals) and Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto on vocals.