Sunday, September 19, 2010

JACK IN THE BOX (Irene Ryder)

From WIKIPEDIA:
Irene Ryder was a popular Eurasian Hong Kong English pop singer in Hong Kong during the 1960s. In 1966, she attained the unofficial title of Go Go Queen after winning a talent quest. Her first single was To Sir With Love. Among the other singles that she recorded was a duet with Robert Lee, former member of Hong Kong beat band The Thunderbirds and the younger brother of Martial Arts star Bruce Lee. The single was called Baby Baby. In 1969, she was the only female singer chosen to represent Hong Kong at the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan

Saturday, September 18, 2010

THE VOICE OF LOVE (Joe Junior)

From WIKIPEDIA:
Joe Junior (Real name Jose Maria Rodrigues Jr.) is a popular English pop singer from Hong Kong during the 1960s. He has since been in a number of TVB drama series in the 1990s and 2000s playing older character roles. Joe Junior is his stage name. Regularly appeared on TV music programs as host and as performer. Some of his hits gain great popularity on the chart are: Here's a Heart, Voice of Love, The End, I Got To Find a Cupid, ....
Rodriques' family is from Macau and is of Macanese (mixed Chinese and Portuguese) ancestry

Saturday, September 11, 2010

LOVING YOU (Teresa Carpio)

From WIKIPEDIA:
Teresa Carpio is a Hong Kong English pop and Cantopop singer, actress and singing teacher, born in Hong Kong, known for her powerful voice, diverse repertoire and bubbly personality, who has enjoyed substantial popularity in Hong Kong and other countries, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s. She is the mother of singer T. V. Carpio. Carpio's father is Filipino and her mother Chinese (Shanghainese). Born into a musical family (her grandfather was a concert violinist and jazz guitarist, her father Fernando, a noted jazz drummer, and several uncles were also professional musicians), Carpio began her career as a child star, winning Hong Kong's first Amateur Talent Quest in 1963 at the age of 6.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

WE CAN`T GO ON THIS WAY (Teddy Robin and The Playboys)

From WIKIPEDIA:
Teddy Robin and the Playboys was a 1960s HK English pop band. The most notable members were Teddy Robin (vocal and guitar), who has a successful career as a singer/songwriter and as actor/filmaker; and Norman Cheng (father of actor/singer Ronald Cheng) (lead guitar), who later in the 1970s went on to become a top executive in charge of the Southeast Asian operations of Polydor Records. Teddy Robin Kwan's two brothers were also part of the band, with Raymond Kwan on rhythm guitar and William Kwan on bass.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

I THINK OF HER (TV) (The Kontinentals)

Anders Nelsson and the Kontinentals on HK RTV in 1986. "I Think of Her" was a big hit in Hong Kong and Macau in 1964/5.