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Shirley Wong (album)
''Shirley Wong'' is a 1989 album recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong, then using the stage name Shirley Wong. This is her debut album with Cinepoly.Stan Jeffries ''Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980-2001'' 2003 p224 "When Wong was sixteen her debut album, Miss Charming, was released to little notice. Within twelve months another two albums were on the market, but again the public showed little interest in the young singer's unchallenging pop music. ... Her first album for the new company, Shirley Wong, released in November 2, 1989, featured synthesized pop dealing with love and loss. Within a year she released two other albums, Everything (June 1990) and You 're the Only One (December 1990), focusing on similar material. Thereafter Wong, disappointed at the lack of interest her music was creating, moved to New York" Track listing #無奈那天 (Mou Noi Naa Tin) - ''However That Day'' #藉口 (Ze Hau) - ''Excuses'' #有緣的話 (Jau Jyun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Wong
Faye Wong ( zh, 王菲; born Xia Lin on 8 August 1969) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong. Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and her debut album '' Shirley Wong'' (1989) came to public attention in the early 1990s by singing in Cantonese, often combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. Since 1994, she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin. In 2000, she was recognised by Guinness World Records as the "Best Selling Canto-Pop Female". Following her second marriage in 2005, she withdrew from the limelight, but returned to the stage in 2010. Hugely popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Singapore, she has also gained a large following in Japan. In the West she is perhaps best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films ''Chungking Express'' (1994) and ''2046'' (2004). While she has collaborated with international artists such as Cocteau Twins, Wong recorded only a few songs in Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantopop
Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade. Cantopop then reached its height of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s before slowly declining in the 2000s and experiencing a slight revival in the 2010s. The term "Cantopop" itself was coined in 1978 after "Cantorock", a term first used in 1974. In the eighties Cantopop has reached its highest glory with fanbase and concerts from allover the world, especially from Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. This is even more obvious with the influx of songs from Hong Kong movies during the time. Besides Western pop music, Cantopop is also influenced by other international genres, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinepoly
Cinepoly Records (新藝寶) is a Hong Kong-based record label founded in 1985. It was a subsidiary of PolyGram Records and the film company Cinema City. Ownership of Cinepoly Records switched to Universal Music Group after Universal acquired PolyGram Records in 1998 and albums are distributed by Universal Music Hong Kong starting from 2017. Many of Hong Kong's popstars and brands were under this label including: * Leslie Cheung (1987-1990) * Beyond (1988-1991) * Tai Chi (1985-1986,1999-2001) * Louis Lau (1990-1991) * Brian Cheng (1991-1993) * William So (1993-2003) * Faye Wong (1989-1997) * Softhard (1991-1996) * Priscilla Chan (1998-2001) * Julian Cheung (2000-2004) * Miriam Yeung (2001-2003) * Eason Chan (2004-2017) * Kay Tse (2007-2012) * Mr. (2008-2016) * Prudence Liew (2008-2017) * Swing (2009-2012) * Kary Ng (2011-2017) * Pong Nan (2014-2017) See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything (Faye Wong Album)
''Everything'' (no Cantonese title) is a 1990 Cantonese album recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong and recording under the Cantonese name: 王靖雯 Wong Ching Man (Shirley Wong).Stan Jeffries ''Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980-2001'' 2003 p224 "Her first album for the new company, Shirley Wong, released in November 1989, featured synthesized pop dealing with love and loss. Within a year she released two other albums, Everything (June 1990) and You're the Only One (December 1990), focusing on similar material. Thereafter Wong, disappointed at the lack of interest her music was creating, moved to New York to stay with relatives and enrolled in singing and dancing classes. " The title song is a Cantonese version of Jody Watley's 1989 hit of the same name. "Wailing Wall" is a cover of Marilyn Martin's 1988 B-side "Quiet Desperation". Track listing # 巴黎塔尖 (Baa Lai Taap Zim) - ''Paris Eiffel Tower Tip'' # "Everything" # 遊蕩 (Jau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a " piano duet" or " piano four hands". A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a " piano duo". The term ''duet'' is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. A musical ensemble with more than two solo instruments or voices is called trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc. History When Mozart was young, he and his sister Marianne played a duet of his composition at a London concert in 1765. The four-hand, described as a duet, was in many of his compositions which included five sonatas; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wong (musician)
Paul Wong Koon-chung (born 黃貫中; 31 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Wong, is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He achieved fame in Asia as the lead guitarist of the rock band Beyond until the band disbanded in 2005. After the lead vocalist Wong Ka Kui's death Paul Wong became the lead vocalist and main songwriter for Beyond. He also earned the award "The Best Rock Singer" in Hit Awards in 2012. Biography 1964–2005: Early life and Beyond Paul Wong was born on 31 March 1964, growing up with father, mother and two younger brothers in Kowloon City. Still, his mother later lived separately from her husband and children as his parents divorced. As a juvenile he was the champion at a couple of art contests. Until he majored in design at Hong Kong Polytechnic College, he was invited by drummer Yip Sai Wing to handle a design project for Beyond's first concert. Later he became friends with them as well as a member replacing the former lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torn Between Two Lovers
"Torn Between Two Lovers" is a song written by Peter Yarrow (of the folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary) and Phillip Jarrell that speaks about a love triangle, and laments that "loving both of you is breaking all the rules". Mary MacGregor recorded it at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in 1976 and it became the title track of her first album. Chart performance "Torn Between Two Lovers" reached No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart in February 1977 and achieved the same position on the Easy Listening chart in the final week of 1976 and first week of 1977. It also hit No. 1 on the Canadian charts, and peaked at No. 3 on the country charts of both nations. In March 1977, it was No. 4 in the United Kingdom. Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Cover versions In 1977, Gracie Rivera made "Torn Between Two Lovers" the first track for her first album, ''Gracie''. The song became a hit with Hongkongers and carved her name in their music scene in the 70's. "Torn Between Two Lovers" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Debut Albums
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake rect 200 0 400 200 World Wide Web rect 400 0 600 200 Exxon Valdez oil spill rect 0 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Wong Albums
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Cinepoly Records Albums
Cinepoly Records (新藝寶) is a Hong Kong-based record label founded in 1985. It was a subsidiary of PolyGram Records and the film company Cinema City. Ownership of Cinepoly Records switched to Universal Music Group after Universal acquired PolyGram Records in 1998 and albums are distributed by Universal Music Hong Kong starting from 2017. Many of Hong Kong's popstars and brands were under this label including: * Leslie Cheung (1987-1990) * Beyond (1988-1991) * Tai Chi (1985-1986,1999-2001) * Louis Lau (1990-1991) * Brian Cheng (1991-1993) * William So (1993-2003) * Faye Wong (1989-1997) * Softhard (1991-1996) * Priscilla Chan (1998-2001) * Julian Cheung (2000-2004) * Miriam Yeung (2001-2003) * Eason Chan (2004-2017) * Kay Tse (2007-2012) * Mr. (2008-2016) * Prudence Liew (2008-2017) * Swing (2009-2012) * Kary Ng (2011-2017) * Pong Nan (2014-2017) See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
