He once became popular with Mao Ning and his fame overpowered Liu Huan, and was the first king of The History of Chinese Pop Music.
He was called "Amorous Xu Xiaofeng" by virtue of his exquisite singing style, but "Amorous Xu Xiaofeng" loved only one woman in his life.
At the peak of his career, he withdrew from the music scene due to his body, and left this world forever after only 4 years of his second comeback.
Here is a small love letter from the movie, today we come to talk about the former popular singer - Chen Rujia
01
Chen Rujia was born in 1964 to a working-class family in Lychee Bay, Guangzhou.
There are 5 children in the family, 3 sisters and 1 brother, and the old man in his family has had the love of this older brother and sister since he was a child.
Her parents' work and music can be said to be completely unrelated, but Chen Rujia has a natural interest in music, and is talented and self-taught.
When he was only 10 years old, Chen Rujia entered the District Junior Choir, and at the age of 13, he was again selected by the Guangzhou Children's Palace Choir, which shows his high talent.
At that time, the family had no conditions or consciousness to find a music teacher for Chen Rujia, and Chen Rujia taught music theory by herself with her love for music.
After graduating from high school, Chen Rujia did not choose to enter the university due to his dedication to music, but joined the Red Cotton Music Team, at that time, the band's performance remuneration was still relatively high, and with economic security, Chen Rujia was more determined in his choice.
Chen Rujia's learning ability is really strong, relying on tapes to study the singing methods of other singers every day, so many years later he joked that his music teacher was a tape.
At that time, Hong Kong culture was prevalent, and Chen Rujia was also influenced by Hong Kong culture, he began to learn English, he also named himself Jerry, and then he came to the song hall of a hotel in Zhuhai City to sing.
Because of his handsome appearance, Chen Rujia, who was stationed at that time, was already a little famous, and many people came to the scene in order to listen to his singing.
Once, a friend invited a Shenzhen boss to the scene where Chen Rujia sang, and the boss saw the audience's support and love for Chen Rujia and said a sentence that affected Chen Rujia's life:
"If you want to be red, go to Shenzhen to develop, there will be no development here." It was also this sentence that influenced Chen Rujia's singing career.
Chen Rujia understands the deep meaning of this sentence, and he has a pursuit of singing. So, in 1984, Chen Rujia came to Shenzhen alone with her bags on her back and started his singing career.
It can be said that Chen Rujia was the first generation of singers who went to Shenzhen to develop, and later Mao Ning and Yang Yuying, who are familiar to us, have not yet determined their career direction.
And this year, Mao Ning was still studying at the Liaoning Provincial Sports School, and was still working hard to stay in school after graduation;
This year, Yang Yuying was still looking for a way to enter the Jiangxi Song and Dance Troupe;
Liu Huan is still studying French literature.
But Chen Rujia has begun to break into Shenzhen.
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After Chen Rujia came to Shenzhen alone, he entered a dance hall under the introduction of a friend, and it was at this time that he had the titles of "Amorous Xu Xiaofeng" and "Second Xu Xiaofeng".
At that time, Xu Xiaofeng was popular in Hong Kong, and the song "Wind and Rain on the Same Road" set a new high in sales, and set a mythical record of 43 concerts in a row.
Chen Rujia, who sang in Shenzhen, imitated Xu Xiaofeng's subtle slight warp.
At that time, Chen Rujia had her own fans, and many viewers came to Shenzhen from Hong Kong in order to listen to Chen Rujia singing, just to listen to Chen Rujia singing.
In 1986, Chen Rujia's popularity had gradually spread to Hong Kong, and the 22-year-old Chen Rujia was invited by Atv Hong Kong to sing the theme song of the TV series "Crazy Man Heavenly Proud Witch".
In 1987, Chen Rujia became the Vocale of Shenzhen Phoenix Art Troupe by imitating Xu Xiaofeng's singing style by himself, but he was also the only singer in the troupe who did not receive professional training, but the audience really liked him the most, and every time his performance was the moment of flowers and applause.
At that time, Chen Rujia accompanied the troupe to travel to European countries to perform for local overseas Chinese, which left a deep impression on the audience, so he also became the first singer in the Chinese pop music scene to visit Europe to sing.
1987 can be said to be a turning point in Chen Rujia's career, he got the opportunity to sing in a high-end nightclub in Shenzhen, Xiangjiang Restaurant Triumphal Arch Dance Hall, and became a professional singer, at that time his monthly salary was 2,000 Hong Kong dollars.
He also participated in the "Xinyuan Cup" Mandarin Singing Contest, which was also held for the first time in Shenzhen.
It was only in the place where the dream began that his father died of illness, and he was performing in Shanghai at that time, and when he got the news, the father who told him that "boys are going to go to the world by themselves" had left him forever.
Not seeing his father for the last time was a regret in his life.
03
The preliminary round of the "Xinyuan Cup" was held at the end of 1987, and the final came to 1988, this year, Chen Rujia defeated 463 players and ushered in the first place of his life with a song "Dusk Cattle Herding".
This time, in addition to winning back the piano, Chen Rujia also greatly increased his fame and let more audiences recognize him.
It was also in this competition that Chen Rujia received the attention of Shenzhen Television, and Shenzhen Television Directly recommended Chen Rujia to participate in the National Young Singers Competition.
This is exactly this competition, Chen Rujia had the honor to meet Fu Lin, a music producer with nearly a thousand masterpieces such as "Little Conch" and "Mother's Kiss".
Fu Lin even gave Chen Rujia the recently created "Love in the Old Garden".
In the end, Chen Rujia also lived up to expectations, unanimously obtaining the highest peak of 9.7 points in the whole field, winning the first place in the popular singing group competition, and receiving unanimous praise from the judges on the spot.
The judges in this session are the famous singer Li Shuangjiang, who we have very much combed, and the famous singer Li Guyi, who brought out Mao Amin, Sun Nan, Na Ying, etc.
In this competition, Chen Rujia won the tide brand Ariston refrigerator and Wuzhou brand bicycle at that time.
However, this competition made hundreds of millions of viewers across the country remember this big boy from Guangdong, and even Chen Rujia received thousands of love letters.
Shenzhen TV also tailored two albums for Chen Rujia, "Chen Rujia 88 Popular" and "Chen Rujia 88 Grand Prix". In just 3 months, the album sold more than one million copies.
This year, Chen Rujia was only 24 years old, and he was already a leading figure in the singing industry in Guangzhou.
In 1988, Chen Rujia, who has a strong beauty and deep eye sockets, received an invitation from the Pearl River Film Studio, and they invited him to be the male number one in "Women's Street".
However, Chen Rujia did not choose to change careers, he hoped that he could focus on music, so he declined the invitation of the crew.
04
In 1989, Chen Rujia once again released the album "89 Chen Rujia", and this album won the best-selling album of the year, and even sold out of stock, many printing companies can only distribute orders to other companies due to short supply.
Therefore, this album also appeared in the market two kinds of printing effects.
This year, Chen Rujia was also invited to participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala that year, with the blessing of the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Rujia's fame can be said to have reached the peak, it can be said that everyone knows everyone.
This year, Chen Rujia also held his own concert, in that era, Chen Rujia's concert tickets were 15-20 yuan a piece, and a worker's monthly salary was 70-80 yuan, equivalent to a quarter of the salary, but even so, Chen Rujia's tickets were also full.
This concert also set a record for a concert in Guangzhou at that time, the production cost of this concert was 200,000 yuan, and the publicity fee was as much as 40,000 yuan, which made an unprecedented stage effect in that era.
Chen Rujia is actually the first person Chinese mainland to sing original pop songs, especially "Late Autumn" and "Crooked Moon", I believe that many viewers are now familiar with Mao Ning and Liu Huan's versions of these two songs.
In fact, Chen Rujia is the original singer of these two songs.
In 1988, Xu Jianqiang, a musician who later composed "If Heaven Has Love" for Andy Lau, wrote a song for Chen Rujia called "May You Keep Your Heart", but this song did not promote Chen Rujia's singing career.
However, in 1992, Hong Kong singer Huang Kaiqin came out of the trough of her career with this song, when Huang Kaiqin's economic company bought the overseas copyright of "May You Keep Your Heart" for 6,000 yuan, and adapted it to name it "Late Autumn".
In 1993, Chen Rujia, who was at the peak of integrity, fell seriously ill because of the end of her relationship, and finally chose to quit the music scene, while recuperating her body, while studying in Australia.
In the same year, a song "The Sound of the Waves" made Mao Ning a hit, and it was also this year that Guangzhou New Era Records bought the copyright of "Late Autumn" for Mao Ning, which also became Mao Ning's classic track.
In 1989, the musician Li Haiying created the song "Crooked Moon", which was also sung by Chen Rujia, who was just red, and after not causing too many waves, he found Liu Huan, who was still a newcomer at that time.
In 1989, Liu Huan swept the country with the song "Crooked Moon", which opened the era of Liu Huan's singing.
05
Years later, Chen Rujia frankly talked about her love life.
In May 2000, Chen Rujia participated in the recording of "Happy Base Camp", and the program team invited Miss Zheng Puyu without Chen Rujia.
Miss Zheng Puyu was once the director of Shenzhen Television Station, but also Chen Rujia's career of the noblewoman, she supported Chen Rujia all the way to the peak of her career, just when everyone thought that the two people would be together, Chen Rujia said: I prefer girls younger than me, completely hurt Zheng Puyu's heart.
Because she was 2 years older than Chen Rujia, but at that time, Chen Rujia did already have a girlfriend named Wu Yanyun.
However, Wu Yanyun prefers Chen Rujia to settle in Shenzhen, but Chen Rujia's work can only run in Guangzhou and Beijing, and the two people cannot see each other several times a month.
Coupled with Zheng Puyu's affair, Wu Yanyun was insecure about this relationship, and in August 1993, she directly ended their relationship with a phone call.
2000 is also the year of Chen Rujia's comeback, but in 2000, everyone didn't know him very well.
This year, Chen Rujia kept participating in variety shows, including "Super Winner" and "Happy Base Camp", which were very popular at that time.
However, his era has passed, he still has not ushered in the grand situation of that year, and Chen Rujia, who has left the music scene for 7 years, seems to have found an audience.
Fast forward to 2004, Chen Rujia suddenly died of a heart attack, and he left us forever.
This year, he was only 40 years old, he had never been married in his life, he had no children, he was alone, and he gave more time to his singing career.
He has been brilliant and confused.
On January 12, 2004, he left this world, and on this day his idol Mui Yanfang was also buried in Hong Kong.
He had too many regrets in this life, just wishing he had no regrets in another world.
In 2006, a record label sorted out Chen Rujia's work before his death, and he sang a total of 32 songs in his lifetime, leaving classic moments for audiences who loved him.