In the 1980s and 1990s, there were three godfathers in the Taiwanese music scene, the first two of which were very familiar to the public, namely Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng. The remaining one, if you only say the name, I am afraid that not many people know, he is Chen Huanchang.
But if you mention his stage name "Little Bug", more people will know, because this name often appears in the lyricist and composer columns of well-known pop songs, such as Ren Xianqi's "Heart Is Too Soft" and Zhang Huimei's "Can I Hold You".
Especially for the song "Too Soft heart", the creative process can be described as bizarre.
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At the end of the last century, Xiao Worm was often compared with Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng, and some people collectively referred to them as the "Three Great Musical Godfathers of Taiwan", and some people made a "big middle (Zong) small" group according to their names.
It is not difficult to see from the ranking of "large, medium, and small" that in the eyes of people at that time, among the three major musicians, Luo Dayou was a well-deserved big brother, Li Zongsheng was behind him, and Xiao Worm was at the bottom. Even so, being able to compare with Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng shows the status of Xiao Worm (Chen Huanchang) in the Chinese music scene.
Chen Huanchang was born in 1958, 4 years younger than Luo Dayou, and the same year as Li Zongsheng. In 1983, the 25-year-old Chen Huanchang composed the first song of his musical career, "The Time is Coming, The Little Rain Came", which was written for zheng Yi, a popular singer at the time, and was also the title song of the album of the same name.
As soon as this song was launched, it exploded throughout the Chinese music scene, and the musician bugs were also known at once, which is the so-called "no sound, a blockbuster".
It's not too early for a musician to make his debut at the age of 25. However, in terms of music career, for the little worm, it can be traced back to 6 years old. He had an aunt who worked as a cleaner in the church, and when he was 6 years old, The Little Worm went to church with his aunt, was attracted by the piano in the church, and fell in love with music ever since.
When composing the song "The Rain Came just in time", when the aunt unfortunately died, the sadness in the little worm's heart had nowhere to vent, so it turned into a trace of inspiration, which led to the famous song of the people.
After a hit, Bugs began the explosive period of his musical career. From 1983 to 1999, in the past 16 years, Xiao Worm has cooperated with famous singers such as Huang Yingying, Li Lifen, He Chaoyi, Ren Xianqi, Zhang Huimei and so on.
In 1994, he composed "Love Jiangshan more love beauty" for Li Lifen, "Heart is too soft" for Ren Xianqi in 1996, and "Can I Hold You" composed for Zhang Huimei in 1999, each capital is a classic song with wide circulation.
It can be said that the entire 90s was the peak of Chen Huanchang's career. Unfortunately, after entering the new century, Chen Huanchang's creative strength has weakened sharply, and after 2012, he has disappeared, which is why he is far less famous than Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng today.
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Speaking of Chen Huanchang's "Heart Too Soft", there is another interesting thing. It is said that Chen Huanchang at that time somehow fell into the vice of gambling and often mixed with major casinos in Taiwan.
One day, one of his gamblers at the same table was a young girl who looked very beautiful and suddenly attracted Chen Huanchang. He deliberately put water on the girl when gambling, hoping that this would help the girl win more money to win the other party's favor.
Who knew that he and the girl's luck was very bad that day, even if there was Chen Huanchang's release of water, the girl could not win the money, and what was more tragic was that Chen Huanchang lost the money he brought with him.
After returning home that night, Chen Huanchang thought more and more depressed, he looked back at the scene at the gambling table, felt that if he did not put water on the girl, he would certainly not lose so badly, thinking of this, he began to blame himself for "too soft heart", can't bear to see the beautiful girl lose money.
At this moment, an aura suddenly flashed, Chen Huanchang quickly took out a pen and paper, and in the next 3 minutes, he worked hard to write the popular "Heart Is Too Soft".
After writing this song, Chen Huanchang was more and more satisfied with it, so he decided to give him to his circle friend Ren Xianqi to sing. Chen Huanchang and Ren Xianqi have known each other for a long time, and the two have always cooperated, and 5 songs of the same name in the album of the same name of "Heart Too Soft" were written by Chen Huanchang.
Chen Huanchang and Ren Xianqi may not have imagined at the time that it was this song that took 3 minutes to write after losing money in gambling, which set a record for album sales in the Chinese music scene, and this record has not been broken so far.
Of course, this is mainly because after entering the information age, the habit of buying albums and listening to songs has gradually disappeared, otherwise it would be impossible for "Too Soft Heart" to maintain sales records.
Speaking of which, how much did the "Heart Too Soft" album sell? This depends on the caliber of the statistics. If only the genuine sales are counted, the sum of the mainland plus overseas sales is about 4 million copies, and if the sales of pirated copies are counted, it is between 14 million and 26 million, because the sales of pirated albums are difficult to count, and can only be estimated. But even at the lowest value, the 14 million sales are staggering.
The great success of "Heart Too Soft" is of course due to Ren Xianqi's singing skills and his own popularity, but also thanks to Chen Huanchang's creative talent, especially the title song of the same name, "Heart Too Soft", which has become a business card of Ren Xianqi, and has dominated the KTV hot list until today.
At that time, the "three godfathers of Taiwan's music scene" belonged to the 63-year-old Chen Huanchang's lowest profile. This may also be his own choice, after all, when he was most popular, he was known for his low profile and rarely participated in variety shows. For a musician, this is not necessarily a good result, because the work is the best yardstick for evaluating a musician.