In the year of her death, Huang Xia wrote an article calling Du Lisha no. 1 among female singers: "Hong Kong female singers, if you really want to talk about high singing skills, I believe that it is difficult for anyone to match Du Lisha." ”
At that time, Uncle Xia's right lung cancer worsened, although he still maintained an optimistic attitude, but also prepared for the worst, so there was no burden, outspoken, not afraid of causing disputes, provoking other female singers unhappy.
Huang Puts Du Lisha in the first place for two reasons: first, she is born with absolute pitch (Absolute Pitch), does not have to listen to any instrument, can sing the standard pitch casually; second, she has a wide range, it is said that there are three octaves, which is twice that of ordinary people. So " and she recorded, it was really enjoyable." Because as long as you ask for it, Du Lisha can do it immediately, and the skill is so high that it is almost unbelievable."
We are not engaged in music, I don't know how good the "three octaves" are, since Huang Xia said so, it must be very powerful, and it can definitely be included in the ranks of giant lungs. Yes, the saying of "giant lungs" was also created by Uncle Xia, which is a compliment to Zhen Ni. Zhen Ni is a little unsympathetic, thinking that singing is with a voice, not lungs at all, Huang Xia actually wants to say that her other parts are huge, but embarrassed, so it is said to be "giant lungs".
In any case, the "giant lung" has become popular, and some people have created a lineup of five giant lungs in Hong Kong, including Zhen Ni, Ye Liyi, Chen Jieling, "Fat Mother" Maria and Du Lisha, all of whom have a loud voice and a loud voice. If you follow Uncle Xia's "original intention", you should also add Ye Zilin, she has a "part" that is even larger, and it is loud and "miserable" in the movie.
"Giant lung" people, in addition to the art of singing, are hot tempered, dare to speak out, probably the breath is too deep, must often be vented to it, you see, Zhen Ni has scolded Eason Chan, Cecilia Cheung, Chen Xiaodong, Fang Zuming, Deng Ziqi and other people, Ye Liyi knows that it is not a good stubble when she looks at her face. As for Du Lisha, under a smile, she actually has the nickname of "Bully Sha" - when she was a judge of "Super Loud", she criticized the contestants and scared them; teaching music to meet latecomers, directly telling her that she did not have to come again; a singer asked her to listen to the new album, she "advised": "You don't listen to others, lest you be thrown rotten eggs." No one else wants to point fingers at her unless they are qualified.
Then again, Du Lisha and others have the capital to "make a threat", and just by relying on the deafening lion roar divine skill that pierces the clouds and cracks the stone with one hand, it is enough to walk alone in the martial forest and laugh at the rivers and lakes. Moreover, people with seniority, high status, and excellent grades are among the best in the music scene.
(i)
Du Lisha is a Chinese-Filipino mixed race, her real name is Teresa Carpio, her mother is Shanghainese, her father is Filipino, and her musical cells are mainly inherited from her father.
The contribution of Filipinos to Hong Kong, in addition to filipino maids, is music, which began to shine in the Hong Kong Island music scene, dating back to the 1950s. In the early 1950s, musicians such as Li Houxiang and Yao Min came south to Hong Kong to start the second spring of their careers, and at the same time brought the popular music operation method of composition and arrangement division of labor. They hired a large number of Filipinos to arrange the soundtrack, such as Yao Min,often using the Filipino song Vic Cristobal, while Li Houxiang loved to use Ray del Val.
Why do these musicians like to use Filipinos? Gein Filipino musician level, has always been well-known in Southeast Asia, they have high playing ability, flexible arrangement skills, and most of them have talent, a medium-sized band more than ten instruments of the total score, within two or three hours of a swing, especially suitable for the production environment of Hong Kong.
With more use, increased market demand, and the take-off of Hong Kong's economy, which led to the development of entertainment industries such as bars and cabarets, Filipino musicians poured in in droves, and bands formed by them were stationed in nightclubs and hotels.
Filipino musicians are full of talents in Hong Kong. In the 1960s, the D'Topnotes band with filipinos as the main member swept The Xiangjiang, especially the female lead singer Christine Samson, which made many men think of right and wrong; in the 70s and 80s, Li's band leader O Jinbao, the arrangement of "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" and many other golden songs, has been sung to this day; EMI guitarist / arranger / producer Joey Vilanueva, for the orchestrator, is also the royal guitarist of many big names...
Lisa Du, and her family, are naturally among the best Filipino musicians. Her grandfather, Fred Carpio Senior, was the band foreman and excelled at violin and guitar, and her dad, Fernando Carpio. He is a drummer in the band, and his uncles and uncles are all highly skilled first-class musicians.
Fernando Carpio is known as the king of Hong Kong drums. In 1983, Zhang Guorong starred in "The Drummer", and deliberately followed Fernando Carpio, who made a cameo appearance in the film, to learn jazz drums. Later, the two of them also fought drumming skills on TVB's "Happy Tonight". Perhaps because of this relationship, Zhang Guorong and Du Lisha became friends and confidants.
Du Lisa and father
Coming from such a musical family, I have heard about it since I was a child, do you think Du Lisha can sing? Moreover, her two younger sisters (three sisters in total), a younger brother, and a cousin have also been in the music scene. The eldest sister Charing Carpio (Charing Carpio), the singer experience is not short, it is said that the first record Ye Shirong bought was Channing;the younger sister Sandy Carpio ("Shi" is his mother's surname), in 1990, asked Xu Guanjie to create a cross-knife, and at his own expense, he produced a record "Lingering Heaven and Earth"; his younger brother Shi Weiran (Fred Carpio), that is, Fury, formed a band (Crystal Zone Band in the 80s), released records, acted in film and television dramas, His wife is Lin Biqi, the star of "Pretty Sister Boy", who is praised by the director Li Hanxiang as China's Yamaguchi Baihui; cousin Rita Carpio, the runner-up of the first rookie singing contest in 1982 (champion Mei Yanfang), the most well-known song is "Why Meet When You Met" with Jiang Zhiguang.
And Du Lisha's eldest daughter, T.V. Carpio, studied jazz for two years and developed an acting career in the United States, and her singing voice was appreciated by U2 lead singer Bono.
Four generations of a family, all connected to music, genes, this thing, is really powerful.
(ii)
Du Lisha said that her sister and brother are "good Lat" and learn things quickly, which is the most stupid of hers. However, in the end, only she broke out of the world of the music world, what is going on?
According to Du Lisha's explanation, she was very obedient since she was a child, so her ears were sensitive, plus she was willing to do anything and was diligent, so the stupid bird flew up.
Du Lisha laughed, if she is really stupid, how can she be admitted to the well-known São Paulo Girls' School in Hong Kong with excellent results in the middle school entrance examination? I just didn't read it.
One thing Du Lisha said is right, she is indeed "obedient", urinating according to the requirements of her father Fernando Carpio, following him to learn to sing, practicing day and night, almost no time to play, never know how to ask why the neighbor children A Hua and A dog can run around blindly, but she can't.
Her father forced Du Lisha to practice singing, not to cultivate her interests and hobbies, but to hope that after she learned well, she would perform on stage and supplement her family.
Fernando Carpio's so-called "Hong Kong Drum King" title is only a false name, and it is only because of the opportunity to show his face in the future (it may still be based on Tu Lisha's fame). At first, he was just an ordinary drummer, with a meager income, his wife had no job, and his family was relatively poor. So he worked hard to train his daughter and share the burden for her. Du Lisha couldn't complain, who made her the eldest daughter.
In 1963, 7-year-old Du Lisha participated in the "Looking for Talent" (Talent Contest) singing competition organized by the "Star" and sang two songs, "Baby Face" and "Teacher's Pet", and 10 judges brushed and brushed together to give full marks. These 10 people, sitting in the audience, are far away from each other, it is impossible to discuss with each other, and the reason why the score is consistent must be completely conquered by Du Lisha's performance.
In 1963, he participated in the singing competition
This competition is a test, Fernando Carpio is very satisfied, proving that his work has not been in vain, the next step, more carefully crafted, carefully polished.
In 1968, Du Lisha was admitted to the São Paulo Girls' School from the Portuguese School and prepared to go to secondary school, at this time, her family was more difficult, and the family of 7 was supported by her father alone, and the situation could be imagined.
Helplessly, the family decided that Du Lisha would stop studying in middle school and began to earn money with her father.
When Fernando Carpio got a job performing in Tahiti (Tahiti), Du Lisha flew to the place with her mother's hand-sewn costume and flew to the place to meet her father and take the stage. Here, she officially opened the curtain of singing for more than 50 years.
Childhood Du Lisa
After the performance in Tahiti, Torissa returned to Hong Kong and sang in lounges, nightclubs and public places. It is said that once Du Lisha performed at the Cathay Theatre, the host introduced the following appearance of "Teresa Carpio", the grandfather and grandmother in the audience looked confused, could not understand what "Teresa" was, making her eager to give a Chinese name. Donner, the comedian on the same stage, patted his head and simply called it "Du Lisha". Her Chinese name was so fixed.
To say that this Donner is also cutting corners, sloppy perfunctory, directly get a transliteration to calculate something, you see another foreign named "Teresa" singer in the same period, Chinese noble and elegant - Teresa Teng, if you also play a Du Lijun, the formation of "double monarch competition", it is a good story in the music world.
(iii)
While performing around, Du Lisha met the Filipino band D'swooners, and in 1969, the band went to Japan to develop, and Du Lisha followed at the age of 13.
During her time in Japan, Torissa signed a record label and released an EP, making her the first Hong Kong singer to release a record in Japan.
But soon, Du Lisha returned, only because she could not adapt to the practices of the Japanese art industry, such as the phenomenon of seniority ranking is very serious, and the newcomers have to stand on the sidelines no matter how well they sing; for example, singers have to sing from the street, there is nothing to sing on the street, Du Lisha often does this, the problem is that at 8 o'clock in the morning she has to sing in the supermarket, and there is a box in front of her... This is street art.
Du Lisha did not dry, she thought that her singing skills were first-class, why should she be pickled by this pickle, so she patted her ass and said goodbye.
Returning to Hong Kong, Du Lisha continued to perform in different entertainment venues, and over the years, her fame grew and her income increased, earning more than 18,000 yuan per month, and at the age of 17, her wealth was in the millions. She gave all this money to her family and fulfilled her obligation to support the family.
Doolesa performs in lounges and nightclubs
The bosses are willing to give Du Lisha such a high salary, not only because she sings well, but also has a very high professional quality, as long as she stands on the stage, no matter how noisy the stage is, even cutting people, she will also keep singing in line with the principle that the lights are not on and cannot be stopped. If it is her turn to rest and a guest wants to hear her sing, she will arrive immediately. Obedient enough, good popularity, boss approval, guest satisfaction, how can she not be red?
However, there is a situation where Du Lisha will turn her face, that is, if the guest wants to find her to sit on the stage, she must raise her eyebrows and scold incessantly, showing the "bully Sha" side.
Yes, the lounge, the nightclub dragon and snake mixed, Du Lisha has been mixed here for many years, but she has maintained a clean and self-righteous, she claims to be "conservative in her thinking, never mess with the relationship between men and women", the best proof is that the first husband is the first love.
Du Lisa's fame also attracted the attention of the record company. In 1975, EMI EMI Sign signed a contract with her, and in the same year she produced an all-English album Teresa Carpio. Within two weeks of the album's release, 20,000 copies were sold, and the company's top brass happily closed their mouths and boasted that Du Lisa had made a history.
Teresa Carpio album
Next, Du Lisha released a number of English records in one go, of which 4 sold gold records.
It is worth mentioning that after joining the Hundred Generations, Du Lisha and the same door Lin Zixiang felt sorry for each other, both of them were high-voiced, chess opponents, will meet good talents, inevitably collide with sparks. Lin Zixiang wrote a song for Du Lisha called "April", which was included in the latter's 1976 album You've Got Me for Company, which was Lin Zixiang's first published work. In 1977, the two released the album Teresa Carpio & Lam.
Teresa Carpio & Lam album
Lin Zixiang and Du Lisha
Du Lisha's album is exported to Europe and the United States, at least "You've Got Me for Company" let Canada's Ye Qianwen hear. Ye Qianwen was 15 or 6 years old at the time, and she loved the song "April" very much, and deeply remembered the author "George Lam". In 1983, Ye Qianwen came to Hong Kong to develop, one day her friend Yang Fan told her that a person named Lin Zixiang invited her to sing a song "Reunion", Miss Ye said that she was not interested, but when she learned that Lin Zixiang was George Lam, her attitude immediately changed. The two began with "Reunion", experienced "Choice", and continued to "Heaven and Earth".
(iv)
Time entered the 80s, and Du Lisha ushered in a double transformation of life and career at the same time.
In 1980, 24-year-old Du Lisha met Peter Mui, a Chinese-American, according to her words, Yi grew up, only knew how to sing, did not have the opportunity to contact too many people and things, "24-year-old IQ is actually only 14 years old", so Peter Mui a rhetoric, it captured her heart, willing to give hugs. In 1981, Du Lisha became pregnant unmarried.
Du Lisha and her first husband, Peter Mui
That year, Lisa Du had switched from EMI to Warner and was recording her debut Cantonese album, Love Hate Miao. There was no way, at that time, English songs had no market, Cantonese songs were popular, and Du Lisha did not transform only a dead end.
The songs included in "Love Deeply Hate Miao" all have their origins: "Zhuhai Owl" and "Deep Love Hate Miao" are the theme songs and interludes of Li's drama series "Zhuhai Owl"; "Hyacinth" is the theme song of the radio drama of the same name on Radio Television Hong Kong; "Still Remember Once" is composed by old friend Lin Zixiang and lyrics by Huang Xia; "Brow No Longer Wrinkles" is the first lyric-filling work published by Lin Zhenqiang... There are many good songs.
The album "Love Hate Miao"
Du Lisha is pregnant to record this album, no wonder the future daughter Mei Tianyue (T.V. Carpio's voice is beautiful, and it turns out that prenatal education is doing a good job.
Shortly after the album was recorded, Du Lisha and Peter Mui went to the United States to get married — and if they didn't have children, they would have children. After marriage, she settled in the area.
In the United States, Du Lisha was not happy at all, and the freedom and stability she had thought were shattered by her mother-in-law's cherry-picking and her husband's day and night absence. The family cracked, and in order to save it, in 1982 or 83, the two returned to Hong Kong from the United States with their children.
Peter Mui is in business, in order to please his wife, he returned to Hong Kong to set up a record production company Tv Records for Du Lisha, and also formed a Band to let her sing with peace of mind.
Du Lisa and her own Band
In 1983, Du Lisha launched the "The Magic Of Teresa Carpio" album, the cover of which Yang Fan was brought in the camera, the songs "True Love" and "If" (Chinese version is Zhang Aijia/Su Rui's "Whether" are full of tension, and the cover songs "Miss Love", "Tonight and Drink", "Little Rose" are also tender as water.
At that time, Du Lisha also opened a concert in the Red Pavilion, but unfortunately the attendance rate was extremely low, losing more than 3 million yuan, and the reason for her analysis of the failure was that Cantonese singing was too small and failed to meet the trend. There is a rumor of dog blood, when Peter Mui led his lover to sit in the audience, And Du Lisha sang a song "If" to tear her heart and lungs. Anyway, their precarious marriage, due to the loss of the concert is even worse, has been irreparable. In 1984, the two divorced, and Du Lisha took custody of her daughter and a debt. That year, she starred in her first film " Happy Ghost " , but it was really difficult to be happy. The following year, she simply took a series of photos for the Chinese version of "Playboy", and she expressed her depression in her chest.
Actor of "Happy Ghost"
Since then, Du Lisha has released the albums Why Give Up (1984), Tokyo Dreaming (1986), Heart Promised (1986), And If You Want to Leave (1988).
In 1988, Du Lisha suddenly lost her voice, but thanks to a period of treatment abroad, she was able to recover.
This incident had a certain impact on Du Lisha's career, she began to reduce her performances, and the recording was stopped (after "If I Ever Needed Love" in 1990, a new album was not released until 2004), and in 1989, she also lost the Broadway musical "Miss Saigon".
(5)
After the loss of voice, Du Lisha struggled to find a way to restore her voice to its original state, she studied her vocal teacher as a teacher, learned pronunciation skills, and combined with her many years of experience, she actually mastered a new set of singing skills, and her skills became deeper.
Of course, good things must be hidden in the famous mountains and passed on to others, otherwise it will not be wasted when clothes are traveled at night? In addition, because of the market and other factors, their own singing opportunities have declined, but it is difficult to give up on music, it is better to let a skill continue in others, so that they can continue to shine instead.
Thinking of this festival, Du Lisha made a decision: to receive apprenticeship. Her first apprentice was Lin Yilian.
In 1991, Lin Yilian prepared to hold her first solo concert in the Red Pavilion. It is said that since Ms. Lin entered the music scene in 1985 to 1991, she has released 9 Cantonese albums, a Chinese album, a number of EPs and won many awards of various sizes. But the singers of that era thought that the stage was a sacred place, and the concert was a solemn thing, without certain qualifications, works and popularity, and did not dare to make a second time.
It is for this reason that Lin Yilian opened the concert, showed no confidence, felt unprepared, and delayed again and again. "Personal companion" wish is anxious, seeing that with the "Urban Touch" trilogy, "Dream Crazy Tired" and "In Love with a Person Who Doesn't Go Home" is very popular, Lin Yilian is extremely popular, at this time do not hit the iron while it is hot, flowers are brocade, what do you have to wait?
In order to dispel Lin Yilian's concerns, Xu Wei specially hired experienced Chen Jiaying to be the supervising producer of the concert, and invited Yu Zhen, a senior executive of the commercial station who was also a teacher and friend of Lin Yilian, to plan the whole process behind the scenes. In this way, Lin Yilian nodded in agreement. Then, I have to find a teacher to train in live singing.
Who is the best candidate? Lin Yilian and Wish wanted to come and go, and unanimously decided that Du Lisha was the most suitable. You see, she has been on stage since she was a child, she has a lot of experience; her singing skills are first-class, few people can reach; she has experienced voice loss and understood the crux of the problem; she is strict and sincere... Definitely learn the skill.
Sure enough, after Du Lisha's guidance, Lin Yilian made great progress in stage performance, and the "Confused Feelings" concert held in July of that year was very successful.
Lin Yilian is very grateful to Du Lisha, and Du Lisha also admires Lin Yilian, praising her as the most diligent of all the students. Later, the two had a close relationship, being both a pair of teachers and apprentices, as well as a pair of friends and sisters. In 1996, Lin Yilian sang "I Swear" and specially invited Du Lisha, Qi Yu and Liu Meijun to help. At this time, Du Lisha had been living in seclusion in Canada, and her friendship could be seen in the mountains.
After Lin Yilian, many singers came to the door to ask for advice, and Du Lisha carefully taught, and this situation lasted until 1994. That year, she had a second marriage and immigrated to Canada with her husband.
Du Lisha's second husband, Andreas, was a reporter for the South China Morning Post at the time, and the two met through interviews. After marriage, Andreas resigned to become Du Lisha's manager, and they had two daughters.
Lisa Du and her second husband and two daughters
Since 1998, Toh Lisa has resumed her education and opened a music school in Canada, officially recruiting disciples and teaching art, and some Hong Kong singers have specially flown to learn. In 2006, she opened the school to Hong Kong, from celebrities to ordinary people, teaching without class.
Du Lisha's students, including Zheng Xiuwen, Liang Yongqi, Cecilia Cheung, Xue Kaiqi, Guan Yan, Wang Zulan, etc., their quality is obviously inferior to that of a generation, and she has complained that the current singer has too many other jobs, too busy to practice singing. The most important word in singing is "practice", just like kung fu.
Unfortunately, there are not many people who are willing to work hard, and the Decline of the Hong Kong music scene is also one of the reasons.
In 2007, Du Lisa King won the Golden Needle Award. At the award ceremony, she only performed for eight minutes on stage, and after leaving the stage, she sighed: I haven't sung enough.
For someone like her who has sung all her life, she will never sing enough.