On July 19, the latest news came from the media, and Yao Li died at the age of 96. Maybe today's young people don't know who she is, but when the familiar melody sounds, you will suddenly have a big understanding. Her song "Rose Rose I Love You" was not only widely sung by many stars on both sides of the strait, but also by American singer Frankie Lane on the other side of the ocean, once ranking third on the charts.
"Rose roses are the most delicate, roses are the most gorgeous, long summer blooms on the branches, roses I love you, roses and roses are affectionate...", the voice in the depths of memory drifted past with this series of words, and it was only in a trance that it was already the Shanghai Beach in the 40s, and the complicated "nightclub" in the storm always fluttered this music, and with the departure of the original song, this classic song was also interpreted again.
Yao Li, formerly known as Yao Xiuyun, was one of the well-known female singers of the Shanghai Beach period, along with Zhou Xuan, Bai Hong, Bai Guang, Gong Qiuxia, Li Xianglan, Wu Yingyin, etc., and was known as the seven major singers of the Shanghai music scene in the 1940s. His best friend Shao Yinyin confirmed the news by posting a statement on social networks today, in which Shao Yinyin said: "Before going to Malaysia to shoot a movie, I want to visit you, you are hospitalized, only the work is completed, I will go to see you after returning to Hong Kong, you are gone!" Good way to go! ”
It is reported that 96-year-old Yao Li has a high fever due to a lung infection, followed by respiratory infections, and since she was admitted to the hospital, she has been chaotic and has not opened her eyes, and she is relatively peaceful when she leaves. In the 1950s, due to various historical reasons, Yao Li moved to Hong Kong, and with "Rose Rose I Love You", she became a popular singer and the highest-selling singer of the year.
After that, many of the songs have idolized her, including Teresa Teng, Xu Xiaofeng, Pan Dihua, etc., and because of her cover of many Patti Page songs, she also has the title of China's Patti Page. Yao Li has been in the music scene for decades, and in addition to "Rose Rose I Love You", her representative works include "unobtainable love, spring breeze kissing my face, Suzhou Riverside, congratulations, peach blossom river, autumn nostalgia" and so on.
Although Yao Li's life was very popular, there were no special regrets. But according to her friend Shao Yinyin, her only regret is the early death of her brother. It is reported that Yao Li's ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang, and her sister Yao Ying (Yao Xiuying) and brother Yao Min (famous composer) established the "Datong Music Society", at first the three cooperated seamlessly, but in 1967, Yao Min suddenly passed away, Yao Li gradually faded out of the music scene, becoming the regret of that generation.
After quitting the music scene, Yao Li has rarely appeared, and after that, invited by the owner of EMI Records (the former record business of the French and Commercial EMI Film Company, which was acquired by EMI and still uses this name), she served as a supervising producer for many singers and cultivated excellent singers, including "Pan Xiuqiong, Cui Ping, Jingting, Liang Ping" and so on. At the age of 90, she once again stepped into the studio at the age of 11 and sang the classic gospel poem "Dear Lord", which also became her last work.
Today's generation of singers returned to heaven, and I believe that everywhere will infect all people with songs and sing the most beautiful songs of that era.