Teresa Teng
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| Origin | Yunlin County |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop, Mandarin pop, C-Pop |
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| Years active | 1975-1985 |
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| Simplified Chinese: | 邓丽君 |
| Traditional Chinese: | 鄧麗君 |
| Pinyin: | Dèng Lìjūn |
| Wade-Giles: | Teng Li-chün |
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Teresa Teng (January 29, 1953 - May 8, 1995) was one of the most famous singers in Asia, from Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
She was born in Yunlin County, Taiwan to a mainlander family originating from Hebei province.
She recorded several famous songs, including When Shall You Return? (Simplified Chinese: 何日君再来; Pinyin: Hé Rì Jūn Zài Lái) (one of the revamped songs she sang). In addition to her Mandarin repertoire, she also recorded songs in the Taiwanese language (a variant of Minnan), Cantonese, Japanese and English.
In 1983, for the first time in Chinese music history, she released her most-acclaimed album Light Exquisite Feeling (淡淡幽情) containing 12 poems from Tang and Song dynasties with various composers turning them into songs, such as Wishing We Last Forever/Shui diao ge tou (但愿人长久) and How Many Worries/Yu Mei Ren (几多愁/虞美人).
She performed in Paris during the 1989 Tiananmen student uprising, singing for the students and proclaiming her support for them and for democracy.
She covered many Japanese songs, including her own originals such as Airport (空港) and I Only Care About You (時の流れに身をまかせ); most of which were re-written in Chinese lyrics, some in tribution to original artists like Southern All Stars.
Her songs have been covered by other singers, most notably Faye Wong who released a tribute album (Faye's Decadent Music) consisting entirely of cover songs originally done by Teresa Teng.
Teng enjoyed immense popularity all over Asia and particularly in Japan. Because her songs were so popular in Chinese Karaoke bars, it was said that "by day, Deng Xiaoping rules China, but by night, Deng Lijun rules".
She died from an asthma attack while on a trip to Thailand at the age of 42 on May 8, 1995. She was buried at a mountainside tomb on Jinbaoshan, Taipei County in Taiwan. A memorial was built at the tomb with a white statue of Teng and her stage clothes on display, with her music playing in the background. The tomb is well visited by her fans, a notable departure from traditional Chinese culture shunning visits to burial sites [1].
A house she bought in 1986 in Hong Kong at No. 18 Carmel Street also become a site of pilgrimage for her fans soon after her death. Plans to sell the home to finance a museum in Shanghai was made known in 2002 [2], and subsequently sold for HK 32 million. It closed on what would have been her 51st birthday on January 29, 2004 [3].
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Discography
Albums
- 島國之情歌第一集再見﹗我的愛人, 10 September 1975
- 島國之情歌第二集今夜想起你, 1 April 1976
- 愛的世界, 21 September 1976
- 島國之情歌第三集絲絲小雨, 8 July 1977
- 島國之情歌第四集香港之夜, 19 December 1977
- 島國之情歌第五集使愛情更美麗, 21 September 1978
- 一封情書, 21 December 1978
- 島國之情歌第六集小城故事, 23 March 1979
- 甜蜜蜜, 11 July 1979
- 七十年代名曲選第一輯, 7 September 1979
- 難忘的一天, 5 November 1979
- 在水一方, 12 February 1980
- 七十年代名曲選第二輯, 21 March 1980
- 一個小心愿, 26 June 1980
- 原鄉情濃, 10 October 1980
- 勢不兩立, 18 December 1980
- 七十年代名曲選第三輯, 17 February 1981
- 島國之情歌第七集假如我是真的, 2 April 1981
- 愛象一首歌, 22 July 1981
- 福建名曲專輯, 20 November 1981
- 水上人, 14 December 1981
- 香港"鄧麗君演唱會" (現場錄音珍藏版), 4 May 1982
- 七十年代名曲選第四輯, 23 August 1982
- 初次嘗到寂寞, 21 September 1982
- 鄧麗君之電影歌曲, 17 December 1982
- 淡淡幽情 (Light Exquisite Feeling), 2 February 1983
- 漫步人生路, 18 May 1983
- 台北"鄧麗君演唱會"(現場錄音珍藏版), 27 September 1983
- "鄧麗君十五周年"演唱紀念特輯, 8 December 1983
- 島國之情歌第八集愛的使者, 6 June 1984
- 愛人, 20 February 1985
- 償還, 19 August 1985
References
- ↑ "TERESA TENG'S GRAVE". North coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area (December 27, 2004).
- ↑ "Taiwanese diva's home 'for sale'". BBC News (July 29, 2002).
- ↑ "december 2004 newsletter". HKVP Radio (December 2004).
