I know it sounds like a stretch, but here goes. The late Lan Roberts may well have had a lasting influence on Taiwan thanks to his time on the air there.
My favourite local Chinese restaurant always runs a Taiwan radio station that they stream off the Internet as background music. You occasionally hear the IDs.
Every hour or two, they play one English language song. Invariably by the Carpenters. Today, it was "Yesterday Once More".
Lan's favourite singer of all time was Karen Carpenter.
I guess I'll never know for sure. Sure miss you, Lan! Hard to believe that it has been 8 1/2 years since his death.