Singer Yao Li died at the age of 96. There is no "singer" in Shanghai since then
" Rose Rose I Love You " original singer Yao Li passed away on the morning of July 19 at the age of 96. Since then, no one has been alive in the "Seven Song Queens" in the Shanghai music industry in the 1940s.
His friend Shao Yinyin posted a post on social networking website to confirm the news. Shao Yinyin revealed: "I have a high fever, maybe I am old and have respiratory infection. After she was admitted to the hospital, she was chaotic all the way and didn't open her eyes. I left."
Yao Li's original name was Yao Xiuyun. She was born in 1922. She is from Shanghai. She is one of the well-known female singers in the Shanghai period. She is as famous as Zhou Xuan , Baihong , Bai Guang, Gong Qiuxia, Li Xianglan , Wu Yingyin , and is also known as the seven queens of the Shanghai music scene in the 1940s. At the age of 13, Yao Li was introduced to join Eidai Records because of her singing ability and was appreciated by Zhou Xuan and Yan Hua, and she began her singing career. Her representative work "Rose I Love You" is famous internationally, and "Congratulations" is still resounding throughout the streets and alleys during the Spring Festival and is highly popular.
In 1950, after going to Hong Kong with his family, Yao Li joined hands with her brother Yao Min , embarking on a new chapter in her career, becoming the most powerful actor in Hong Kong. Her idols, such as Teresa Teng, Xu Xiaofeng , and Pan Dihua . Works such as "Lovers' Tears", "Spring Breeze Kissing My Face", and "I Have a Love" created by Yao Min are all sung by Yao Li. In 1967, after losing his brother, Yao Li resolutely withdrew from the stage and lived behind the scenes and became a record producer.
At noon on July 19, a sad news came to my heart. The famous singer Yao Li passed away. As one of the seven major singers in Shanghai, she is also a living fossil in the music field. She is as famous as Zhou Xuan, Li Chunlan and others. She is also an idol of Teresa Teng and Xu Xiaofeng. The glorious life of this queen-level character ends here.
According to Hong Kong media reports, when Yao Li died, she was recuperating in a sanatorium in Tianwan. Yao Li lived in a peaceful life in her later years, and she had never experienced strong winds and waves. She was always healthy, but she did not change after occasionally falling and being injured. She died in her sleep when she died, so she did not feel much pain, and she died peacefully.
As a queen-level figure, Yao Li's works have always been active in the mid-to-late 19th century. It was such a legend that influenced many subsequent emerging legends, the typical representative is Teresa Teng. Teresa Teng grew up from Yao Li's music. Yao Li's representative works: Not getting love, the spring breeze kisses my face, Suzhou Riverside , etc. Among them, "Rose Rose I Love You" is even more popular in the world. It has entered the top three on the billboard pop chart and is the first Chinese song to successfully enter American pop music.
The older generation of musicians is gradually coming to an end, and a new generation of musicians is rising. Although most fans probably don’t know that there is a legendary figure like Yao Li, their influence on the music field can be seen. Netizens call him an artist in the music field, and his songs were even more classic among the classics at that time.
Yao Li: Born in 1922, she was appreciated by Zhou Xuan and Huayan at the age of 13 and joined the record company because of her extraordinary singing talent. She began her singer career and withdrew from the stage in 1967. She is well-known: Golden Voice, Yao Min and Yao Li have not actually received professional music training. Song Qi said in an interview that Yao Min first plays the rhythm, then hums the tune, and then records it with a piano. The Yao family was originally a wealthy family, but the family was in decline. The brother and sister became self-taught and performed everywhere to support the family. On one occasion, her performance was heard by Zhou Xuan. Yao Li's idol was also Yao Li's mentor. Zhou Xuan recommended Yao Li to Yan Hua, and Yao Li later introduced Yao Min to join, and the brother and sister officially joined the Chinese pop music industry. Yao Li also met her favorite composer Chen Gexin.
The Chinese Era songs had a very charming look at the time. They combined Chinese minor tunes with European jazz music and sang one "meaningful sound" after another in the Shanghai Concession surrounded by artillery fire.This is the first stage of Yao Li's singing career. Times Music entered thousands of households with the help of the developed entertainment industry in Shanghai at that time. Chen Gexin wrote famous songs "Rose I Love You" and "Suzhou Riverside". The former was chosen by American musicians and adapted into an English version. It ranked third on the US billboard rankings, and wrote about the glory of Chinese music. Unfortunately, the political situation changed, the Yao brothers and sisters went south to Hong Kong, and Chen Gexin was invited by Xia Yan to return to Shanghai. He was criticized and fought during the Anti-Rightist Movement and starved to death on the farm during the famine. Yao Li had been in the dance hall for five years, met and fell in love with Paul Huang, the son of the hotel manager at the time, and finally got married. Yao Li herself is indifferent to fame and fortune, has great relatives and filial piety, has a deep relationship with her brothers and sisters, and has two children. She moved to Hong Kong in 1950 and then spent her old age in Hong Kong.
0 time has passed. The older generation of the Seven Songs of Shanghai have all passed away so far. Since Li Xianglan passed away in 2014, only Yao Li has resurrected her. Yao Li's death is also announcing the end of Yao Li's era and heralding the beginning of the next era. I hope this song queen can still be charming in heaven!
Yao Li is a rare preview artist who has no singing and film among her peers, but she has not lost the support of the film media. With the right time, place and people in Hong Kong, Yao Li continued the myth of Shanghai. That experience of singing for Shaw Brothers Company was spread to thousands of households through the media of movies, and also touched Wong Kar-wai, , Tsai Mingliang, and others. After several years, they put this music into their own movies, passed it to new audiences and listeners, and ignited a new life for her works. Yao Min and Yao Li are grateful for their help. After arriving in Hong Kong, the composer and singing remuneration never increased.
When she first arrived in Hong Kong, she kept a low profile for a while, and soon became popular again through the trend of Mandarin films. "Peach Blossom River" kicked off the craze for Mandarin films, and its momentum was comparable to the theme songs of later TV series. Yao Min kept writing one popular work after another for her, and she was able to go from the era of singles to the album, and released several vinyl records in the 1960s.
Yao Li's representative works also have a large number of Western Chinese lyrics adaptations in addition to original Chinese songs. The River of no return sung by Marilyn Monroe was also popular in Chinese-speaking areas after being written by Hong Kong writer Situ Ming (Feng Fengsan). In 1999, Anita Mui , she took out this song as the main album and continued the classic again. When Yao Li sang this song, she had already put aside her past singing style in Shanghai due to her voice, and learned Patti Page, changing from a pure and mellow to a mellow tone, allowing the audience to recognize the charm of her alto.
1967 Yao Min passed away, and Yao Li quickly announced that her soulmate had gone and would no longer perform in front-scenes. The company's senior executives were invited to stay in the company and promote records for other singers, helping Southeast Asian red stars such as Cui Ping, , Pan Xiuqiong, , Jingting, , Chen Fenlan, , etc. to produce records, continuing the spark of the Mandarin era songs. Yao Li's production work officially resigned from EDA Records in 1978. She did not completely fade out of the public eye. Nine years later, Hong Kong Chinese Radio awarded the Chen Dieyi Golden Needle Award, Anita Mui took the lead in paying tribute, and Yao Li also came to congratulate her. To show her respect, stars gathered in her song "The Spring Breeze Kisses My Face", and the emcee invited her to the stage without any effort.
In 2003, EMI organized the warehouse of Indian publishers and found a large number of recording masterbings of famous Shanghai actors in the 1930s and 1940s. From London, electronic music producer Ian Widgery was invited to produce a remix selection of "EMI100 Years of Repairing the Old" and Yao Li's famous song "Love Unrequited" became sharp and pioneering under the background of electronic music and broken shots. At about the same time, Malaysian musician Yang Weihan became acquainted with Yao Li because of his love for Yao Min's works, and spent four years writing her biographies "Yao Li - The Rose that Blooms Forever".
In 2011, the Hong Kong singing group Zhong brothers met Yao Li because of the same beliefs and invited her to sing the gospel song "Dear Lord", which was the last time she released a new work during her lifetime. Two years later, a group of her-supported juniors prepared a classic Rose Legend concert for her.In 2015, EMI Records was acquired by Global, and the record company once again organized a large number of master tapes and published four replica albums for Yao Li in the "Worship of the Good Era" replica series. At this time, it has been more than 40 years since her last record "Fishering Song".
Yao Li has served in front and behind the scenes for more than 30 years, which happened to be the era of Chinese musical drama. From external display to domestic sales, her music has gone through ups and downs, and is a veritable song of the times. By chance, she calmly went through various changes, avoiding diseases and man-made disasters, and successfully transformed from a star into a producer, enjoying her old age. She is both a witness, a witness, and a survivor.
