"Silver Voice" Yao Li's rose life

Yao Li left quietly, with an eternal and sweet smile. Her singing was still in her ears, as if I saw her charming smiling face again.

Rose roses are the most delicate

Rose roses are the most gorgeous

Long summer blooms on the branches

Rose Rose I love you

……

The vow of the heart, the affection of the heart

The radiance of holiness shines on the earth

Listening to this beautiful song "Rose Rose I Love You", it is like traveling to the Yangtze Hotel in the 1940s, and in the accompaniment of the band, the charming singing voice of the charming "Silver Voice" Xiao Yaoli is heard...

On July 19, 2019, Ms. Yao Li, a generation of singers, passed away in Hong Kong at the age of 96. She left quietly, with an eternal and sweet smile.

Yao Li's life can be described as happy and complete. Shanghai writer Chunzi wrote: "On the Shanghai Star Roster, not many people have attained the consummation of merit. Therefore, the resume of the singer Yao Li has the meaning of a textbook. ”

There is a group photo of several big singers that is very attractive. At that time, Yao Li, together with Zhou Xuan, Bai Hong, Bai Guang, Gong Qiuxia, Li Xianglan, Wu Yingyin, etc., was known as the "Seven Great Singers" of the Shanghai Beach Song Circle. People often call Zhou Xuan "Golden Voice" and Yao Li "Silver Voice". With the departure of Yao Li, the seven major singers are no longer in the world, leaving these memorable songs: Zhou Xuan's "Tianya Song Girl", "Song of the Four Seasons", Yao Li's "Rose Rose I Love You", "Suzhou Riverside", Li Xianglan's "Night Incense", "He Rijun Again", Bai Hong's "Lang is the Spring Wind", "And Listen to Me" and so on.

In 1935, 13-year-old Yao Li entered the Huaxin Radio station to do broadcasting, and by chance, she participated in charity programs, performed several songs of Zhou Xuan, and met the idol Zhou Xuan, who knew that this performance was appreciated by Zhou Xuan and Yan Hua. Yan Hua was Zhou Xuan's husband at the time, introduced Xiao Yaoli to sign a contract with EMI Records, and recorded her first record "Selling Lovesickness", and she became popular all over the beach with this song. Years later, she proudly recalled: "In the alleys of Shanghai, whenever the radio was turned on, my voice was very happy, and this song was heard all over China." ”

A woman's success is inseparable from the help and support of others, and Yao Li is the same. First of all, I want to thank Yan Hua, she met him, that is, Maxima met Bole. Thanks also to her brother Yao Min, without the silent support of her brother, her career in the show business circle would not be so peaceful and stable. The most important thanks are Chen Gexin, an important mentor and friend on her artistic path, Mr. Chen composed several classic famous songs for Xiao Yaoli, such as "Rose I Love You" and "Suzhou Riverside".

Travel back in time to 1934, a year to remember. In this year, many landmark buildings were born in Shanghai, and they have become excellent historical buildings in Shanghai, inheriting the cultural memory of the city. For example: the tallest international hotel in the Far East, the Shanghai Tower by the Waibaidu Bridge, the Bicardi Apartment on Hengshan Road, and the Yangtze Hotel. Yao Li's most popular song "Rose Rose I Love You" originated from the Yangtze Hotel.

Yangzi Hotel is a hotel full of legends and historical stories, and is now a Yangtze Boutique Hotel in Shanghai. Designed by French architect Li Pan and built by Pan Rongji Construction Factory, the hotel adopts the most popular Art-Deco (neo-decorative style) of the 1930s, is the first hotel invested by Chinese businessmen and designed by Chinese people, once known as the "third largest hotel in the Far East", and is also a social place where famous movie stars such as Ruan Lingyu and Hu Die compete to appear.

"Rose Rose I Love You" is an episode of the movie "Tianya Song Girl", sung by Yao Li, which was popular in Shanghai Beach and popular in Southeast Asia. In 1951, the song was covered by American singer Frankie Lane as the English version of "Rose, Rose I Love You", which topped the National Music Pop Chart, became popular all over the world and has been sung to this day.

When Chunzi went to Hong Kong to interview Yao Li, she said that the manager of the Yangtze Hotel was her fan, and when Yao Li's contract with Cirlus expired, she hired her to sing at the Yangtze Hotel, and finally she became the daughter-in-law of his eldest son. Of course, I would like to thank Yao Li's mother for her good vision and make up her mind. Yao Li married at the age of 25 and lived a stable family life after marriage. Yao Li felt that she was lucky to have a happy family, and she had been with her husband Huang Paul for sixty years.

Yao Li's widely circulated songs are also "Congratulations and Congratulations", which was first a song celebrating the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and today Chinese people all over the world will sing this song during festive seasons.

The song was still in my ears, as if I saw her charming smiling face again. Yangzi Hotel has her splendor, her love, and her memorable moments. She is the eternal rose in the Yangtze Hotel. (Zhou Peiyuan)