"The waves run, the waves, the gushing rivers never end..." If you are a post-70s or post-80s, you must be familiar with this song "Shanghai Beach", and every melody in the song is passionate and surging back. "Shanghai Beach" not only makes everyone remember Zhou Runfa, who played Xu Wenqiang, and Zhao Yazhi, who played Feng Chengcheng, but also Ye Liyi, who is known as the "Asian Female Singer King".
Born in Malaysia in 1948, few people know that She worked as a clerk at HSBC before becoming a singer, worked for Cathay Pacific Airways, and even worked part-time as an auxiliary police officer.
However, Ye Liyi's biggest hobby is singing, when Ye Liyi participated in a singing competition called "Sound Treasure Night", she did not expect to impress the judges with her personalized voice and solid singing skills, and finally won the championship, after which Ye Liyi was also signed by a British company and officially entered the song world.
After her debut, Ye Liyi began to use Ouxi songs, although she sang a lot of songs, but it did not cause much repercussions. Until 1980, Ye Liyi became popular overnight with a song, that is, the well-known "Shanghai Beach". When the original TV series "Shanghai Beach" was broadcast, it could be described as a crowded alley, which swept the country, and Zhou Runfa and Zhao Yazhi became the male gods and goddesses in the hearts of many people.
At the same time, the theme song of the TV series of the same name,"On the Beach", has also become a classic in the hearts of many people, and Ye Liyi, who sang this song, eventually became popular with this song and became a first-line female singer.
How popular was the song at the time? Ye Liyi once said: "I have sung this song at least tens of thousands of times, especially after the TV series is broadcast, as long as there is a performance, if you don't sing the song "Shanghai Beach", you will definitely not be able to get off the stage."
However, the reason why the song "On the Beach" is popular, there are two people who are indispensable, that is, Huang Xia and Gu Jiahui, this song is composed by Huang Xia, Gu Jiahui composed, and the two work together to achieve Ye Liyi. Of course, Ye Liyi's voice is also unique, and if she is another singer, she may not be able to sing the charm.
After becoming popular, Ye Liyi has sung many classic songs, such as "All Kinds of Love", "Hero of the Towel", "Love is Endless", etc., of which the most concerned is the THEME SONG OF THE WIRELESS TV SERIES "Smiling Proud of the River".
Not only that, in 1987, Ye Liyi was also invited to participate in CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, at which she sang two songs, "Send You the Sun of Tomorrow" and "We Meet and Break Up".
In 1997, when Hong Kong returned to China, Ye was also invited to perform at the Farewell Ceremony of the British Government, which was broadcast live by satellite in more than 80 countries around the world, and about 120 million viewers saw it.
In 1998, Ye also gave two concerts at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong, inviting the Hong Kong Orchestra to accompany her live.
Ye Liyi is not only popular in the singing world, she also starred in the role of "Jin Lulu" in the stage play "Lihua Palace", which was also well received by everyone, and Ye Liyi also realized her dream of being an actor.
Some people say that Ip Lai Yee is the first generation of Hong Kong's predecessors to sing Cantonese pop songs, which is not false at all. Her singing voice is sonorous and powerful, passionate, and has conquered countless domestic and foreign listeners, and even surpassed Teresa Teng at one point, known as the "Asian Female Singer King".
However, compared with the brilliance of Ye Liyi's singing career, her love life is not smooth, and even several bumps, which is painful.
Few people know that in fact, Ye Liyi had a marriage when she first debuted, and after marriage, Ye Liyi also gave birth to a son, but with the development of her career, Ye Liyi and her husband gathered less and more, and their feelings faded, and finally this marriage ended in divorce.
Later, Ye Liyi met her second husband, and at the peak of her career, her husband became the pillar behind Ye Liyi, supporting her at work and helping Ye Liyi share in life, which made Ye Liyi very moved. I thought that the two would live such a happy life, but I did not expect that in 1996, the 48-year-old Ye Liyi was suddenly diagnosed with cancer, but fortunately it was only the beginning of cancer when it was detected, so Ye Liyi pushed off a lot of work, actively cooperated with treatment, and her husband was also around day and night to take care of, 3 years later, Ye Liyi finally defeated the disease and regained her health.
Physical recovery was originally a happy thing, but I did not expect that at this time, Ye Liyi suffered from depression because of excessive pressure, and Ye Liyi even thought of suicide at one time during that period. The husband was afraid of Ye Liyi's accident, not only always told her to take medicine on time, but also put away all the knives and dangerous items at home, with the help of her husband, Ye Liyi began to return to normal life.
Now Ye Liyi and her family are living very happily, and the only regret is that after remarriage, Ye Liyi has never given birth to a son and a half daughter for her second husband.
Now Ye Liyi is 72 years old, although she has reached the age of ancient rarity, she has always insisted on her singing career, and her elegance is still the same. Finally, I hope ye Liyi is healthy and has a happy life!