In the 1930s and 1940s, the first seven queens of the songs appeared in Shanghai.
They are Zhou Xuan , Baihong , Bai Guang, Li Xianglan, Gong Qiuxia, Wu Yingyin and Yao Li , but now we only seem to remember Zhou Xuan.
(The photo is missing Gong Qiuxia and Wu Yingyin)
This woman who sings " Night Shanghai " and " Tianya Song Girl " has had glorious eras and glorious moments in her life, but she is amazed because of her miserable life experience.
After the 1950s, most of the seven songs developed in Hong Kong. Especially after Zhou Xuan became famous in Shanghai, she went to Hong Kong and became famous in Hong Kong.
(Zhou Xuan) But after entering the 1950s, the Hong Kong music scene has undergone tremendous changes. The proportion of male and female singers is unbalanced, and female singers continue to appear. (Who can you recognize?) At this time, five major songs were born in the music scene in Hong Kong. They were: Pan Xiuqiong , Cui Ping , Gu Mei , Jingting , Pan Dihua . Pan Xiuqiong sings are famous for her alto singing. She became famous as early as 18 years old for singing " Lover's Tears ". Later, Tsai Qin and Lin Yilian have covered this song, and even Cai Qin deliberately imitated Pan Xiuqiong. In fact, Pan Xiuqiong was a Chinese who grew up in Singapore . Later, he went to Hong Kong to sign a contract with Eighteen Records Company . . Pan Xiuqiong
In the Hong Kong film industry in the 1950s, Huangmei-tuned movies became popular. Some movie stars did not know how to sing, so they could only use behind-the-scenes singing.
Pan Xiuqiong often sings behind the scenes because of her excellent midrange voice. The popular movie star Ye Feng and others have looked for her.
There has never been a shortage of excellent singers in Hong Kong, and Pan Xiuqiong is a foreign singer. It is really rare to be popular.
. Cui Ping
Many people may not know who Cui Ping is, but you may have heard it or can sing these three songs " Nanping Night Bell ", "Heart Love" and "Take more care tonight" .
The original singer is Cui Ping, a female singer who became popular in the 1950s.
Cui Ping was born in Harbin, Northeast China, but when she was 12 years old, she followed her family to settle in Hong Kong.
Cui Ping, who has loved singing since she was a child, often uses radio to listen to songs. She likes to sing the songs of Zhou Xuan, Zhang Lu , and Bai Guang .
5 years old, Cui Ping was invited to sing a song in a nightclub. The boss admired her very much, so he signed a contract and became a singer.
1971, Cui Ping withdrew from the music scene after her marriage, but she occasionally participated in some old friends' performance invitations, such as Huang Zheng , Wu Yingyin , etc.
Gu Mei, known as Xiao Yunqian, she is the sister of Huang Zheng’s old partner Gu Jiahui . . Gu Mei
Gu Mei's representative work of fame is "No Love", because it is too classic, and later there were Teresa Teng , Cai Qin, Xu Xiaofeng and others covered it.
But Gu Mei is not a full-time singer. In the 1960s, she began to practice painting again, and by 1971 she had already started to hold a solo art exhibition.
Therefore, Gu Mei is a versatile actress, and her younger brother Gu Jiahui has also played a great role in the development of her music and painting circles.
. Jingting
Jingting, original name Xi Jingting , is the famous " universal queen sing " among Hong Kong singers. Why is this?
Because Jingting has super singing skills, like Pan Xiuqiong, she is a famous "singing behind the scenes".
But Jingting's behind-the-scenes singing is even stronger. In the heyday of Hong Kong Huangmei Opera movies, she sang for actresses such as Lin Dai , Ledi , Yu Suqiu , Ye Feng, Zheng Peipei , Li Lihua and other actresses.
Jingting not only has super strong singing skills, but also she can read scores very quickly. She can also perform whether it is Huangmei Opera, local opera, minor tune and other types.
It is precisely because of her super high singing skills that Jingting has a high status in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. During the heyday of EMI, she had the reputation of " Hong Kong Chief Queen of Songs ".
. Pan Dihua
949, Pan Dihua came to Hong Kong to settle down.
In order to make a living, she went to a nightclub to do singing work. Later, she was signed to by the famous British record company EMI, and was the first Chinese actress.
Pan Dihua later founded her own music company, but she also loves acting.
The most accomplished movie in the film industry should be the movie " A Fei Zhengshi " co-starring with Wang Kar-wai . The movie made her win the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Asia-Pacific and Golden Horse Awards .
Because she was born in Shanghai, Pan Dihua's usual dress is also very elegant , with a charm of a Shanghai woman in her bones.
Now, although these song queens have long since retired from the entertainment industry and become an old lady. You may not know the names of
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But their glorious years, is a page of that the entertainment industry will always remember.
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