Talking about Tan Yonglin, many young people are already ignorant, but in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century, Tan Yonglin can be described as a superstar in the sky, and the Tan Zhang controversy of that year was even more dominated by the headlines of various pages for a while, in the current buzzword, it is perennial domination of the Weibo hot search list, high, take a Weibo male god is not a word.
Today, let us walk into the life of Tan Yonglin and feel the superstars of that era, a different style.
Tan Yonglin in his youth
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On August 23, 1950, Tam Wing Lin was born in North Point, Hong Kong, the family is average, in addition to his parents, there are two sisters, three sisters, he is the only boy in the family, the parents are full of expectations for this only sister-in-law.
Tam Wing Lin's father, Tan Jiang Bai, is a football player. Influenced by his father, Tan Yonglin has loved football since he was a child, which also laid the groundwork for him to play football for many years, and Tan Yonglin, who entered the youth, followed the advice of his family to study economics in Singapore, which seems to have nothing to do with the lyrics.
But a sudden illness changed his life, and in his junior year, he suddenly contracted a vicious disease, almost unable to take human form. Tam Wing Lin's parents loved their son and immediately called their son back to Hong Kong for recuperation, and his studies could only be temporarily shelved. Tan Yonglin did not want to study anymore after his illness, so he began to work.
He found a job as a postman, getting up early and going to bed late every day; at dawn, he had to go out to work with two cloth bags full of letters, and he almost ran through the streets of Hong Kong Island all day, with a salary of only 220 Hong Kong dollars. Later, because she loved singing and had to go to a nightclub to take the stage at night, Tan Yonglin quit her job as a postman and went to the store to sell stationery.
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Loser Band period
In 1968, Tan Yonglin, Chen You, Peng Jianxin, Ye Zhiqiang, Chen Baixiang, Chen Baishen and others organized a band. In 1970, the band failed to participate in a music competition, went out to the door to find an entry form named Loosers Band, and then used this table to participate in the competition, and immediately won the championship award, so the band continued to use the Logos name and participated in a tvb music program "Star Show". When the band "Loosers" disbanded in 1971, Tam wing Lin remained an obscure musician until he joined the band Wenner and began to emerge.
The Wenner Band period
In 1973, Tan Yonglin, Chen You, Peng Jianxin, Ye Zhiqiang formed the Wenna Band; under the mediation of the manager, Zhong Zhentao joined, Wenna Five Tigers took off, there were not too many storms in the early days of its establishment, just filmed a youth song and dance film "Everyone's Music", until 1974, Wenna signed a contract with Polydor (the predecessor of Poly Gold), published the first small disc "SUN SHINER", soon became popular, and the Wenna Band really began to set off its own heat wave. In the same year, Wenner published the second disc , Sha-La-La-La - La-La , which far surpassed the first and responded more enthusiastically, occupying the top spot of the RTHK pop charts for three weeks. After that, Wenner finally published his first album, Listen to the wynners, and achieved good results in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
In 1975, the Band Wenner released two more albums, Love and other pieces, and Under the Lion Rock. The style of the Wen na band also gradually evolved from the early cover English songs to the later independent creation, Tan Yonglin was also creating independently at this time, forming his own style step by step, and many works came out.
In 1976, the band released albums such as "Same kind of magic" and "The wynners' special tv hits 75-76"; and starred in the movie "Wenna and the God uncle"; Tan Yonglin personally won the "Top Ten Singer Awards of overseas Chinese Daily". In 1977, the band Wenner released two albums, Making it and Face It.
In 1978, the band Wenner announced their dissolution, but the band had already brought Tan Yonglin a lot of attention and fans.
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In the 1980s, Tan Yonglin climbed to the peak, and it is not an exaggeration to say that tan Yonglin was an era.
In 1979, Tan Yonglin went to Taiwan to develop, and filmed in Taiwan for three years, making more than 20 films, most of which were love literary films. There were not too many waves, and in February 1979, Tam Wing Lin released his first solo Cantonese album "Anti-Fighting Star", which was well received shortly after its release, and soon won the Golden Disc Award. "Baby" won the first Hong Kong Commercial Radio Golden Melody Award, which is also the first individual work of Tam Wing Lin to win the award.
In 1980, he released his second solo Cantonese album "Love You Crazy"; in the same year, he released his Chinese album "Play! Sing it! 》。 "Love To You Crazy" won the Platinum Sales Award; the song "Mo Says Love Heavy" won the second Hong Kong Commercial Radio Golden Melody Award.
On January 16, 1981, Wenner reorganized and recorded the album "Qu Zhongqing". Released in August, the third solo album "Can't Forget You" achieved four platinum results, this album not only established Tam Wing Lin's status as a first-line singer in the Hong Kong music scene, but also was selected as the best album of the 20th century in PolyGram in 1999. On October 30, Tam Wing Lin won the Best Actor Award at the 18th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for his film "If I Were True", which was the limelight for a while.
In 1982, he won the Golden Melody Award for the Top Ten Chinese at the 5th Radio television Chinese Golden Melody Awards ceremony of radio Chinese Hong Kong. From January 24 to 26, there were six concerts in Atlantic City, USA. In April, the fourth solo Cantonese album "Lover, Goddess" was released, and the song "Rain And Sorrow" from the album was selected as the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" of RTHK. In October, he was invited to help his friend Teresa Teresa shoot a TVB special in Hong Kong, and co-performed "Lover and Goddess" with Teresa Teresa. In November, the fifth solo Cantonese album "Hardcover Tam Wing Lin" was released. From 24 to 25 December, two solo concerts were held at the Hong Kong Government Stadium.
In April 1983, the sixth solo Cantonese album "Late Spring" was released, and the album's eponymous title song "Late Spring" won the TVB Top Ten Golden Songs, radio television Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Golden Melodies and the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Television Golden Melody Award; from September 3 to 4, The Wenner Band held the "10th Anniversary" concert at the Hongkan Gymnasium in Hong Kong; on September 12, the Wenner Band published the album "Wenna 10th Anniversary Commemorative Collection".
In January 1984, the seventh solo Cantonese album "Misty Love" was released, on July 5, the eighth personal Cantonese album "The Roots of Love" was released, and the first album "Summer Cold Wind" was published in Japan. On July 11, 1984, he held the "1984 Asian Peace Concert" with Shinji Tanimura and Cho Rongbi in Japan. From August 4th to 9th, six concerts were held at the Hong Kong Hongkan Stadium, breaking the record for the first concert of singers at the Hong Kong Hongkan Stadium. From August 16 to September 1, Tam wing lin went on a concert tour to Singapore and Canada. On September 3, the Japanese album "Summer Cold Wind" was published in Hong Kong. On December 19, the first solo concert album "Alan Tam 84 Concent" was released.
At the 1984 Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, Tam Wing Lin won the Most Popular Male Singer Award and the Golden Melody Gold Award, and three songs, "The Root of Love", "Phantom" and "Love in Late Autumn", were selected as the Top Ten Golden Songs. At the Top 10 Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, "The Roots of Love" and "Love in Late Autumn" won the RTHK Top 10 Chinese Golden Melodies and IFPI Awards. The success of the two albums "Roots of Love" and "Misty Love" also established Tam Wing Lin's status as a superstar in the Hong Kong music scene.
In February 1985, he released his ninth solo Cantonese album "Love Trap", which sold 1 million copies in Hong Kong. From July 9th to 28th, the "Tam Wing Lin Super Platinum Concert" was held for 20 consecutive performances at the Hongkan Sports Centre in Hong Kong. From November 08th to 10th, Tam Wing Lin, Shinji Tanimura and Zhao Rongbi successfully held the Asia Peace Concert in Hong Kong. In December, Tam Wing Lin released her tenth solo Cantonese album "Storm Goddess". "Love of the Mist", "The Root of Love" and "Love Trap", the three records with romantic love songs as the main style, are called "love trilogy", which makes Tan Yonglin's singing career to the peak.
In July 1986, the eleventh solo album "First Tears" was released, and from August 15 to 30, the "Fuji Tam Wing Lin Carnival Concert" was held at the Hongkan Stadium in Hong Kong, with a total of 20 concerts. In the same year, he starred in the action comedy movie "Brother Dragon brother tiger brother". At the year-end awards ceremony, "Friend" and "Wordless Gratitude" were selected as the top ten Chinese golden songs and the top ten golden songs, and "First Tears" won the Golden Melody Award of Hong Kong Commercial Radio. He himself won the Most Popular Male Singer Award at the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony.
In 1987, he released two Cantonese albums, "Portrait on the Wall" and "Goodbye Romance"; in the same year, he cooperated with Hayami Yu to star in the movie "Catching The Yi People with Love". In July, Tam Wing Lin held 17 consecutive solo concerts at the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong, which is the third consecutive year that Tam Wing Lin has held several solo concerts. At the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, Tam Wing Lin won the Most Popular Male Singer Award; "Don't Say Goodbye", "Confidant as a Doll" and "Boundless Thoughts" were selected as the Top Ten Golden Songs in Hong Kong in 1987; "Don't Say Goodbye" and "Zhixin as a Doll" were selected as the 10th Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs.
On February 13, 1988, Tam Wing Lin announced his retirement from the competition-type music competition program at the 1987 Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards, and continued to publish records. From February to August 1988, Tan Yonglin released two albums, "Confused" and "Embrace", and recorded the Chinese record "Between Half Dream and Half Awake". In July, the album "Confused" won the "Seven Platinum Awards" in sales. The album "Embrace" won the 1988 Hong Kong IFPI Album Sales Champion Album Award.
In 1989, Tam Wing Lin released two albums, "Love Thoughts" and "Forgetting Love City"; in the middle of the year, Tam Wing Lin held 38 "Color/Love/Continuation Of Romance Concerts" at the Hongkan Sports Centre in Hong Kong. In the same year, Tan Yonglin participated in the Japanese Red and White Competition with the song "Love Nian". Entering the 1990s, although he no longer received awards, he remained in the music scene and continued to publish new records on a regular basis.
In 1990, PolyGram announced that Tan Yonglin's sales reached 10 million, which is also considered to be the overlord of this era, Tan Yonglin was crowned king.