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Teddy Robin and the Playboys was a
1960s File:1960s montage.png, Clockwise from top left: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War; the Beatles led the British Invasion of the U.S. music market; a half-a-million people participate in the Woodstock, 1969 Woodstock Festival; Neil Armstrong ...
Hong Kong English pop Hong Kong English pop () is a genre of music consisting of English-language songs that are made, performed and popularised in Hong Kong. It is known as simply English pop by Hong Kongers. The height of the English pop era in Hong Kong was from ...
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band. The most notable members were
Teddy Robin Kwan Wai Pang (; born 20 March 1945 in Guilin, Guangxi), known professionally as Teddy Robin (), is a Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer. He began his music career in mid 1960s when Hong Kong English pop ...
(vocals/guitar), who has a successful career as a singer/songwriter, actor, and filmmaker; and Norman Cheng (lead guitar), who later became a top executive in charge of
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' Southeast Asian operations in the 1970s, and is the father of actor/singer
Ronald Cheng Ronald Cheng Chung-kei (born 9 March 1972) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and songwriter. Life and career Ronald Cheng was born in Hong Kong. Originally intending to work behind the scenes as a songwriter and a producer, Cheng did odd jobs at his ...
. Other members included Teddy Robin's two brothers, Raymond and William Kwan, on rhythm guitar and bass, respectively; Frederick Chan on drums; and later, Ricky Chan on keyboards. Their first EP, "Lies" b/w "Six Days in May", was released in 1966. Other popular cover hits included " Pretty Blue Eyes", "Lies", and "Carousel".


Discography


Studio albums

* 1967 - ''Not All Lies'' * 1967 - ''Breakthrough'' * 1968 - ''365 Days'' * 1968 - ''Memories''


EPs

* 1966 - "Lies" b/w "Six Days in May"


Compilations

* 1969 - ''The Best Of...'' * 2005 - ''The 'In' Sounds of Hong Kong!'' * 2008 - ''Teddy Robin & The Playboys''


References

Hong Kong rock music groups Hong Kong pop music groups Diamond Records (Hong Kong) artists {{HongKong-band-stub