Hu Feng, 89, hosted a solo concert at the Red Pavilion in June 2021, becoming the oldest singer to hold a concert since the opening of the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong. Many people think that this record can be broken by no one, but they did not expect that three months after Hu Feng held the concert, the 96-year-old godfather of the music world, Uncle Ray (Guo Limin), announced that he would hold the "Uncle Ray Emeritus Ceremony Concert" in the Red Hall from November 6 to 7, and now the concert is successfully held, which means that the uncle ray has broken Hu Feng's record. While he wrote a new record, he also increased the difficulty of breaking the record, and I believe that this time it is really a "no-comer".
Uncle Ray, 96, is a Portuguese born in Hong Kong who speaks fluent Cantonese because he has lived in Hong Kong for decades. Strictly speaking, Uncle Ray is not a singer, but is better known for his identity as a record jockey, that is, DJ, who introduces and broadcasts music on radio shows, so he is still the world's longest-lived record jockey and has been written into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Uncle Ray started out as a copywriter before becoming a record jockey, started hosting shows in the 1950s, officially joining radio in the 1960s, and hosting "All the Way with Ray" in the 1970s, becoming the longest-running radio show in Hong Kong – a show that has not been cancelled until 2021, even under the epidemic, and has only been suspended for five months (December 2020 to May 2021). And for so many years, the host has been an uncle ray, even if he has entered the old age, he has been insisting on hosting, it is conceivable that his health is still good. In May 2021, Uncle Ray announced his return to the live room, while he also announced that he would be officially retired a week after the show reopened.
Uncle Ray is 96 years old this year, not to mention other shows, based on his 51 years of history from hosting "All the Way with Ray" in 1970. Therefore, he can be called the "godfather of the music world", not because of what songs he sang and what musical works he had, but because his musical spirit influenced many generations and won countless honors. Over the years, he has been awarded the Order of the Queen of the United Kingdom and the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government. Now that the godfather of the music world has announced his retirement, many people are reluctant to give up, but there is no unbroken feast in the world, and there is always a day to say goodbye.
The reason why Uncle Ray announced the "Uncle Ray Honorable Honor Ceremony Concert" after the emeritus was really not because of the relationship between the emeritus. Holding this concert is entirely because under the epidemic, many people's livelihood has been affected, uncle Ray hopes to provide more job opportunities for industry workers, so this concert also has a charitable nature, all participating guests will only charge profits as remuneration, even makeup, hairstyles are their own responsibility.
Looking back, Uncle Ray is 96 years old, even if he is in good health, it is impossible to sing on stage, and he is not a musician known for singing, so this concert, although held in his name, actually depends on the guests to complete together. At the scene of the performance, although Uncle Ray did not sing on stage, he was not purely appreciative when he sat in the first row of the audience, and he also had to take care of introducing the singer to the scene, so as to play his true color as a DJ.
The uncle ray that night was dressed in a white suit, surrounded by a dark red bib, and wore a signature white hat, looking very kind and spirited. The concert kicked off with Chen Jieling's song "A Thousand Suns", the atmosphere of the scene was quickly stirred up, she opened her blessings to the uncle ray on the stage, and paid tribute to the "musical giant", after which she invited Lun Yongliang to the stage, and the two sang together, igniting the atmosphere of the scene again. In fact, not only Chen Jieling, but every singer who sang on stage shared his reverence for the uncle ray, and in front of the uncle ray, even the senior artists are juniors, including Du Lisha, who rushed back from abroad to participate in the performance.
Lisa Du was the finale guest of the concert, having been living abroad before, and after being invited by Uncle Ray, she agreed without saying a word, and returned to Hong Kong a month early to be quarantined before participating in the performance. At the concert site, Du Lisha was very excited, several times the tears had to come out of her eyes, she revealed that she listened to the program of uncle ray when she was 6 years old, and thanked the music played by the other party for accompanying her growth. She hopes that the music brought by uncle ray will live on forever so that everyone can enjoy it.
The whole concert seems to be a platter, completed by at least 10 groups of singers, but all of them are gathered together because of the uncle ray, forming a center. In addition to Du Lisha, Lun Yongliang, Chen Jieling, Fei Ma, Ye Zhentang, Huang Kaiqin, Xia Shaosheng, Lu Yunna, Su Yongkang and other singers have appeared one after another, of which Su Yongkang is the youngest of these singers. After the singing, Uncle Ray took crutches, went on stage with all the singers under the support of the staff, and paid tribute to the audience, the audience cheered "love you uncle ray", the stage echoed each other, the performance officially ended, and unconscious Ray officially became the oldest singer to hold a concert in the Red Pavilion.
ps: The pictures are from the Internet