Brief introduction and detailed information of Li Qianyun

Li Qianyun's family members

He has four sons and a daughter, namely,,, and Xu.

Son Samuel Hui.

A male singer or dancer in a musical.

Roman pinyin: Hui Koon-kit

English name: Samuel Hui.

Nickname: Sam, God of Songs.

Native place: Panyu, Guangdong

Born:1September 6, 948 (1948-09-06) singer and actor.

Language: Cantonese, English

Education: University of Hong Kong

Religion: Catholicism

Spouse: Rebecca Fleming

Music type: Cantonese pop, English pop.

Musical instruments: guitar, electric bass, piano, violin, harmonica and drum.

Place of birth: Hong Kong

Since1970s, Samuel Hui has started the trend of Cantonese pop music, and many actions are performed under the popular Cantonese lyrics. In the Hong Kong music scene, he is known as "God of Songs", "Star of Hong Kong Music", "Founder of Hong Kong Pop Music" and "originator of Cantonese songs".

He has two sons, Xu Huaixin and Scotto Hui. Together with his brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying, he was called the Four Masters of Hui nationality.

Samuel Hui's father Xu Shichang is an amateur musician, and his mother Li Qianyun once sang Cantonese opera in Guangzhou. When Samuel Hui was two years old, he immigrated to Hong Kong from the mainland with his father and family, settled in Diamond Hill, and then moved to Su Wu Village. Samuel Hui also entered the middle school (St. Ji Fang College (junior high school)). From 65438 to 0964, he and his friends formed "harmonicks Band", playing bass guitar and acting as the lead singer. He performed in the hotel and Lily's The Sound of Music. When 1965 dissolved, "harmonicks" joined "Bar Six" and sang in the artillery bar in the dungeon of the Presidential Hotel. 1966, Baliu was renamed Lotus "Lotus Band", and its members included Zhang Junying (drummer), Su Xiong (bass guitar), Li Songjiang (melody guitar) and Zhou Huanian (lead guitar). Samuel Hui was the lead singer, and later recorded the first albums "Just a Little" and "I'll Wait" for Diamond Records. However, due to the signing of the contract with Wireless, it was hidden by the record company despite the opposition of the agent lal dayaram. From 65438 to 0967, Lotus began to host youth programs "Star Show" and "Star Youth Program" five times a week for wireless, which was very popular. After the band was forced to break up, it began to develop independently. After graduating from Huaying College, 1969 was successfully admitted to the Department of Psychology of HKU, and 1972 completed the course. On February 30th of the same year, he married his mixed-race girlfriend of five years in a church in San Diego, California.

In 197 1 year, he signed a contract with Polaroid Records and released the albums "Lady April" and "Time of the Season".

1972, he and Xu Guanwen appeared in TVB's "Double Star Good News" program in Hong Kong, and together with the theme song of TVB TV series, they became the "founders" of Cantonese pop music in Hong Kong, also known as "God of Songs".

1976 On September 3rd, his first son, Xu Huaixin, was born. 1February 4, 978, he became his father again, and his second son was renamed Scotto Hui.

Some of Samuel Hui's songs are adapted from the melodies of western pop music, but many of them are original. The works range from 1970s to 1980s, and the lyrics are co-written with Li Bide, which mainly reflect the daily life of Hong Kong people and the current social situation at that time, often with irony. The lyrics are written in popular and friendly Cantonese, which is very "smooth" to sing. In addition, he talked about the daily chores and worries of many citizens in the economic take-off at that time, so it has been widely circulated, such as "Half a catty and eight taels", "Selling Deeds" and "Ghost Horse and Happy Everyone". Lyrics and melodies also show fun and a positive attitude towards life, which has been talked about by people up to now.

From 65438 to 0979, Samuel Hui took part in the 8th Tokyo Music Festival as the first representative singer from Hong Kong, and the importance of it was even shown by the live satellite broadcast on wireless TV. Samuel Hui won the TBS Award for You Make Me Shine. This song is included in the album World Music Festival.

/kloc-in the mid-1980s, Samuel Hui was transferred from Polaroid Records Company to Kangyi Yin Cheng Records Company, which coincided with the rise of Hong Kong-made "idols".

/kloc-The "early strength singers" (including Samuel Hui) in the 1970s began to lose the market for young people because of their older age. Samuel Hui also made a new attempt in image, adding rock elements in1980s, which broke away from the "ghost horse image" in Jin Baoli era. From 1970 to 65438,

Samuel Hui is more involved in filming. For example, Ghost-Horse Binary Star (1974), Genius * * (1975), Half a catty of eight Liang (1976), Deed of Sale (1978), and so on. 1982, the Hsu brothers developed separately, and Samuel Hui even made a sensation in the film industry with a salary of 2 million (at that time, the cost of a small film was about 1 million yuan). ), participated in the filming of the film "Best Partner" produced by the New Art City Film Company composed of Mai Jia, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming. The superb performances of Samuel Hui and Mai Jia echoed each other from afar, creating the highest box office record since the opening of the port at that time with a box office of 26 million. Because of its success, there are as many as five sequels to Best Partner.

1On May 5th, 983, Samuel Hui became the first singer to hold a concert of 10,000 people in Hung Hom Gymnasium, which reflected his appeal and popularity in the music scene at that time and created a precedent for singers to hold large-scale concerts in Hung Hom Gymnasium in the future.

Samuel Hui announced his retirement at the beginning of 1992, during which there were private guest performances, including the stage play A Midsummer Night's Rhapsody (1999 February) and the movie The Big Winner (65438+October 2000). Then he came back in early 2004 and wrote "Blessing You in 04", which was broadcast in March 2004 and opened the curtain of his comeback. After the comeback, the first stop was to hold 48 "Keep smiling" concerts in Hong Kong, and the tickets were sold out immediately, which opened a nostalgic upsurge in the music world. Later, he toured many cities in the mainland, and toured many cities in the United States and Canada from the end of 2005 to June 2006 at 5438+ 10.

In 2007, he signed a contract with an international entertainment record company and released the album It's a Wonderful Life. At the end of 2007, the "Live Concert at Samuel Hui Harbour Stadium" was held at the International Entertainment Spring Stage. Samuel Hui's performance spanned different eras, singing 66 golden songs and cheering with more than 30,000 spectators.

Before him, Cantonese songs were generally regarded by Hong Kong people as vulgar works, not as good as English songs and Chinese songs. Until 197 1, Samuel Hui, a graduate of HKU, did not shy away from popularity, and wrote many songs in Cantonese to reflect the social situation, describe the helplessness of wage earners and talk about the mood of playing sparrows. Some are love songs, but more are satirical and inspirational works.

According to Hong Kong media reports, Li Qianyun, the mother of Samuel Hui, the "God of Songs" in Hong Kong, died in Hong Kong on June 22nd, 2009. Her second son, Xu Guanwu, said that her mother had been ill for some time, and when she left, her descendants were with her. The wife of the eldest son, Xu Guanwen, also revealed that all her children and grandchildren were with her when her mother-in-law left: "My mother-in-law died at the age of 89, and my sons all had their own achievements, so there is nothing to worry about.