Sunny Low

Low formally assumed leadership of his father's dance studio in 1955.^[6] In September 1957, together with his sister, Betty, Low won the first calypso dance contest in Singapore.^[7] A year later, Low and his sister were dubbed the "King and Queen of Cha-Cha-Cha and Rock 'n' Roll" by the International Society of Teachers of Dancing.^[8]

In 1967, Low starred in a televised talent show titled Pestarama that was produced by Tony Yeow and broadcast weekly on TV Singapura.^[9] The same year, Low briefly worked as a dance choreographer for the Hong Kong television broadcasting company TVB.^[10]

In 1969, Low established the Sunny Low Dancers with Aleena Tan as the lead dancer. Low and Tan would then establish the Sunny Low Dance Studio in 1986.^[11] Both of them were also founding members of the Singapore Ballroom Dance Teachers Association.^[5] The Singapore International Ballroom Dancing Championships, which Low and Tan first organised in 1987, was held annually for 26 years.^[12]

Low married Aleena Tan (born c. 1955) in 1989.^[11] They had four sons: Alvyn, Melvyn, Kelvyn, and Jovyn.^[13] Low's father died of a heart attack on 31 December 2003, aged 91.^[14] Low himself died of a brain hemorrhage on 8 May 2022, aged 82. He was survived by his wife, three of his four children, seven grandchildren, including singer and actress Tasha Low, and seven great-grandchildren.^[2][5]