"Good wine and coffee, I just have one drink." Remembering the past, I drank the second cup", I believe everyone is very familiar with this song "Wine and Coffee",
This song is very popular as Teresa Teng's famous work, and has been covered by other singers, and different singers have sung different styles.
Among them, the most recognized by the audience and the most resentful of Teresa Teng is gao Shengmei's version.
As a singer, Gao Shengmei's works are not only cover songs, she has appeared on 59 albums and sung more than 600 songs, which is a well-deserved prolific singer.
Because of her superior vocal conditions and sweet singing voice, she was once called "the next Teresa Teng", and also became a female singer of Qiong Yao's royal family, singing the theme song of "The Legend of the New White Lady".
At its peak, Gao Shengmei was indeed unanimously recognized by the audience as second only to Teresa Teng, but more than thirty years later, Gao Shengmei not only failed to take Teresa's class, but her music career also plummeted, and now at the age of 53, she is still alone.
Why did the former Queen of Sweet Songs not get paid attention to? What happened to Gao Shengmei? What is her current situation?
On January 27, 1969, Gao Shengmei was born in an aboriginal family in Tw Province, and her parents did not seem very happy about her arrival, on the contrary, the faces of Gao Shengmei's parents were filled with sorrow all day long.
Because their family is very poor, Gao Shengmei's father does not receive aboriginal subsidies because he is half Han Chinese, and the only source of income is his meager salary as a policeman.
Before Gao Shengmei was born, there were already three children in the family, and Gao Shengmei's birth undoubtedly made the burden on the family heavier.
Gao's father's salary as a policeman was very limited, and Gao's mother was trapped in housework and could not go out to work, so the family's life was very poor.
Before Gao Shengmei was five years old, the family did not even have a fixed residence. Father Gao took his children everywhere to rent a house, until the police team arranged a dormitory for them to have a more stable life, no longer have to drag the family from one rental house to another.
Although the housing problem is solved, but their family is still not rich, Gao Shengmei grew up watching her parents worry about money, and these children have an idea in their hearts: to make money early to make their parents worry less, to make more money to make the family's life better.
However, a few children can't shoulder their hands and can't mention what way to make money?
Gao Shengmei's sister Gao Qianping found her own advantage when she grew up - her voice, and after leaving her hometown, she played her musical talent as a singer, and her income was very impressive.
Gao Shengmei is the youngest child in the family, but she also has a heart that wants to share the worries of her parents, watching her sister's small fame in tw city can also supplement the family, Gao Shengmei can't help but start to yearn for it, and her little heart also has a singer dream.
Fortunately, she seems to be more talented than her sister, and at the age of eight, Gao Shengmei won the third place in a singing competition.
This made her more confident in herself, and Gao Shengmei decided since then: to follow the musical path that her sister has walked, to work harder to make her parents less hard.
After graduating from middle school, Gao Shengmei did not choose to continue her studies, but ran to the city to find her sister, she told Gao Qianping that she also wanted to be a singer.
Gao Qianping saw that her voice foundation was good and talented, and taught her some professional knowledge, Gao Sheng aesthetics is very fast, and can't wait to emerge.
In 1982, she applied for the Huashi Singing Training Class as a student, studied vocal knowledge more diligently, and waited for opportunities to find opportunities to make money.
On the road to learning music, Gao Shengmei also met a group of friends who also loved music, and there was a friend who wanted to sign a record company but was very timid.
Gao Shengmei then accompanied him to audition, and in 1985, Gao Shengmei accompanied her friends to Shanghua Records, a move that completely changed her fate.
Gao Shengmei is a thousand-mile horse in music, and on this day she met Lu Yanqing, who appreciated her own Bole.
Lu Yanqing is the owner of a record company, has won many new stars in the music industry, and has a high reputation in the music industry.
Such a person not only has the ability to create stars but also has the ability to detect stars, and when he tried to audition, he was stunned when he heard Gao Shengmei's voice:
What a sweet and pure sound. At that time, with the sweet singing voice of Teresa Teng Lijun has become the most popular female singer, Lu Yanqing looked at this girl with excellent appearance and sweet voice in front of her.
There was only one premonition in her mind: she would definitely be red, because she had the same style as Teresa Teresa, and perhaps she would be more famous than Teresa Teresa.
Gao Shengmei only accompanied her friends to the interview at the beginning, and was not prepared for her to be favored, and what surprised her was that Lu Yanqing seemed to be quite interested in her.
After understanding her situation, Lu Yanqing began to persuade her to sign a contract: "You are a very talented girl, if you can't finally walk the road of music, your talent will be wasted, and our company is the best road you can take, please believe my vision and judgment, as long as you sing well, I guarantee that you will be popular, more successful than your sister, and can make a lot of money to supplement the family." ”
These words immediately reached Gao Shengmei's heart, she felt that it was a good thing to be appreciated by the record company, so she did not hesitate to sign a contract with Shangge Records and became one of the earliest artists in the company.
In the early days, Shangge and Gao Shengmei both needed to use their works to open up their fame, so the company decided to praise Gao Shengmei and tailor-made her first album - "Edge",
Although it did not become a hit, Gao Shengmei's fresh and sweet voice left a deep impression on the audience, and she quickly found her own market positioning and style.
The company understands that if a singer wants to be popular, he must have a handy work, and if the period cannot guarantee the quality, then first raise the quantity.
In order to get Gao Shengmeiduo to compose songs, the company put forward a very tempting condition: as long as you produce a record, no matter how it sells, the company will pay you 100,000 Taiwan dollars.
The 16-year-old Gao Shengmei was indeed moved, and the money was enough for her family to live carefree for a long time, and for the 100,000 Taiwan dollars, Gao Shengmei began to create frequently.
Since then, every year she has a new musical work, has launched "Wishing you prosperity", "slow sound" and other albums, Gao Shengmei's fame is getting bigger and bigger, she even fired abroad,
It is precisely because of the high popularity of foreign countries that Shengmei has entered the field of vision of domestic media and began to have the opportunity to promote herself on the show.
The following year she released the album "Mountain Love Song", which soon sold more than one million, becoming a myth in the music scene at that time, and Gao Shengmei's agency said triumphantly and regretfully: "The hateful thing is that there are too many pirated records, if there is no pirated version, we can sell more." ”
After this, Gao Shengmei did not slacken off, she was still very diligent in writing songs, and the album "Seagull Flying in the Clouds" published in 1989 sold 600,000 copies, which was the first record sales in the mainland.
This album also allowed Gao Shengmei to enter the vision of Qiong Yao, who felt that Gao Shengmei's songs matched the creative concept of her own TV series, and began to try to cooperate with Gao Shengmei and let her sing the theme song of her OWN TV series.
The cooperation was very successful, Gao Shengmei used her strength to become a female singer of Qiong Yao, singing songs such as "Wangfu Cliff", "Qingqing Riverside Grass", "Millennium and So on" and other songs, music and plot cooperated with each other, the number of TV series played soared, and Gao Shengmei became more famous.
At her peak, Gao Shengmei's music has always maintained a tender and sweet style, so she was called "Little Teresa Teng" by the audience.
Everyone hopes that this new star in the music industry can achieve great musical achievements, but Gao Shengmei herself does not seem to be strong in music, she only cares about desperately creating, making a record to get 100,000 yuan to send to her family, and after earning money, she first settled down with her family.
Then he transferred his boyfriend, who was originally a chef, to his side as an agent, and enjoyed all kinds of conveniences brought by fame and fortune.
But this life did not last long, and soon Gao Shengmei found herself in a position by the agency:
When she first signed the contract, she was only 16 years old, did not know anything, heard that the record can take 100,000 yuan and desperately created, and now she finds herself releasing dozens of albums, only got the company's promised creation fee, and did not receive royalties.
She felt that it was unfair to raise objections, but the company did not have the idea of dividing with her, and the two parties chose to terminate the contract after fruitless discussions.
After leaving the record company, Gao Shengmei went downhill, her works and exposure were not as good as before, she was gradually forgotten in the fiercely competitive music scene, and her original boyfriend also went to break up, and her income and fame fell to the bottom.
In order to make money, Gao Shengmei no longer released new albums but chose to participate in ordinary commercial performances, "walking hole" performances everywhere, relying on the audience's memories and feelings to brush the sense of existence, until today is still constantly "walking holes".
Gao Shengmei chose this path for no reason, it is said that her appearance fee for a performance is as high as 200,000 yuan, and she earns a lot of money in a year alone from commercial performances, but in stark contrast to the huge wealth, Gao Shengmei's personal life is very lonely.
She did not continue to be in love after breaking up with her ex, and now at the age of 53, she is still unmarried and lives a single life.
Gao Shengmei said that she did not marry to facilitate the service of her elderly mother, and her current situation was lamentable. Honoring one's mother is important, but one must live for oneself after all.
Gao Shengmei finally failed to become the next Teresa Teng, she is just Gao Shengmei herself, perhaps for her, family and destination are not important, the past glory is not worth remembering, the most important thing is that it has been, life is an experience, the most precious is just memory.