The former record brand Hong Kong PolyGram has gone through 50 years in the blink of an eye. Although Today, Hong Kong PolyGram has died in name and become a sub-brand of Universal International, Universal Records still attaches great importance to this 50th anniversary celebration, especially in November held the "Poly Gold 50th Anniversary Concert", and invited the former PolyGon Kings and Little Flowers to sing together. Dawn is the singer who leads the lineup, Li Keqin is the finale singer, in addition to Chen Huixian, Zhou Huimin, Wang Xinping, Li Ruien, Tang Baoru and other singers appeared to celebrate Baolijin. Although the scale and number of performances cannot be compared with the anniversary concerts of the glorious period of PolyGram, it is not easy to gather so many singers under the epidemic and in the face of adversity.
When it comes to Poly Gold Records, friends who paid attention to Hong Kong music in the 80s and 90s will not be unfamiliar, and the "polygram" logo will always appear prominently on the back of CDs or cassettes. Polaroid Records was once the most well-known and largest record company in Hong Kong and even the world, and it is also known as the world's oldest record company, and in the Hong Kong music scene in the 70s, 80s and 90s, it was once brilliant and became the most influential and superstar record company in the local area. Many Hong Kong singers who everyone loves have made their debut and become famous in PolyGram, Xu Guanjie and Tam Wing Lin in the 70s, Jacky Cheung in the 80s, Dawn in the 90s, in addition, there are singers and groups such as Chan Wai-hsien, Chow Wai-min and Grasshopper, which are difficult to list in detail.
The glory period of Hong Kong Poly Gold was from the mid-to-late 1980s to the mid-1990s, when PolyGram not only had aces such as Tam Wing Lin and Chan Wai-hsien in hand, but also successfully created a new generation of superstars such as Jacky Cheung and Li Ming, and then had Chow Wai Min, Tang Baoru, Chen Huixian, Wang Xinping, Lai Ryan and other small flowers in hand, that is to say, its singers occupied different market levels, making it difficult for other records to compete.
In 1999, PolyGram was acquired by Universal Music, and the brand became history. Most of the singers under the former Polygon have left or transferred to Universal Music. However, in 2013, Hong Kong Universal rebuilt the brand of Poly Gold, and Chan Became a singer under the umbrella, which remains in Poly Gold to this day. Of course, today's Poly Gold is difficult to compare with the former Poly Gold, so it will be described as existing in name only, leaving only feelings and commemorations, which is also the reason why today, after The Disappearance of Poly Gold for so many years, Universal will also gather the former Poly Gold singers to commemorate.
In its glory days, Hong Kong PolyGram held a concert every five years from the 15th anniversary. After the 25th anniversary concert, it was acquired by Universal, and there was no anniversary concert held again, and it was not until the 50th anniversary of PolyGram in 2021 that the anniversary concert was launched again. Counting down, Hong Kong PolyGram has held a total of four anniversary concerts since its establishment, and these concerts have witnessed the rise and fall of PolyGram, the most grand and successful is the 25th anniversary of the "Singing For the World" held at the time of the 25th anniversary, when it was the peak of PolyGram's development, so in this concert, all the most popular artists and singers sang, at that time Zheng Jiaying and Chen Xiaodong were not qualified to sing solo, they could only sing skewers, and the soloists could only be the most popular artists, such as Tan Yonglin , Li Ming, Jacky Cheung.
After 25 years, Universal held a concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of PolyGram, which cannot be compared with the performance of the 25th anniversary in terms of scale or content form. Universal has worked hard to invite the singers of the past Polygram to participate, but only invited Li Ming, Li Keqin, Zhou Huimin, Chen Huixian, etc., Xu Xiaofeng, Jacky Cheung, Tan Yonglin, Xu Guanjie, Chen Baixiang and so on These veteran singers are absent, so I feel a little sorry.
Dawn became the most representative singer of the past Polygon took the lead in debuting, he sang "Will You Come Tonight", "Meet in the Rain", "May You Not Leave Tonight" and other classic works of the Polygon period, while not forgetting to throw out golden sentences on the stage, creating a hot atmosphere, and sharing interesting facts about the Polygon period. In the past, the finale of the celebration concert was either Jacky Cheung or Tan Yonglin, but unfortunately they did not show up, and Li Keqin became the finale guest - 25 years ago, Li Keqin did not even have the opportunity to sing alone at the PolyGram concert, but in the past 25 years, he ushered in the glory period of his career, and he was also a representative, and he ended the performance with a song "Red Sun".
In terms of female singers, Chen Huixian is the most eye-catching one, and she is still a singer under the Banner of Polygram, and she is also the only singer in this performance who has participated in the 15th anniversary concert of Polygram. Chen Huixian is still not old, although the whole person is slightly more blessed than before, even if she wears a coat, it is difficult to hide the roundness of the figure, but her hands are still agile, when singing "Dancing Street", she sings and dances, very dedicated, in addition to singing "A Thousand And One Songs", "Infatuated Accidents" and other classics.
In addition, the former BaoliJin Xiaohua including Zhou Huimin, Tang Baoru, Li Ruien, and Wang Xinping were all present. Zhou Huimin and Li Keqin sang "Thousands of Pets in One" together, setting off memories and triggering a warm response from the audience, she also couldn't help but sigh, Polygon and their generation of singers are similar in age, and now Polygon is 50 years old, they are also more than half a hundred people, so they sing and cherish.
Zhou Huimin's feelings are not what many people want to sigh, the memory is still left in the glory period of Poly Gold 25 years ago, 25 years have passed in the blink of an eye, who knows when the next meeting will be. Just as Dawn said on the stage, I hope that everyone will remember this day (50th anniversary), because it is difficult to get together again on the 100th anniversary, and we can only see each other in the metaverse, which seems to be a joke, but it is also very true.
ps: The pictures are from the Internet