Friday, October 9, 2009

Profile: Tony (Antonio) Arevalo Jr.

Imeem's been so slack about the copyright shit that I almost gave up this blog, but in the end thanks to a HK website Xuite which still provides full-length songs, I think I should continue writing. Xuite doesn't have as many songs as Imeem does, but still, it'll grow as Chinese song lovers gradually switch from Imeem.

For today I'll talk a bit about one of my favourite HK musicians, Mr. Tony (Antonio) Arevalo Jr (Chinese name 盧東尼, or otherwise known as Tony A). Tony is an outstanding Filipino musician who worked for HK pop music for over 20 or so years. He is a brilliant composer, arranger, and keyboard performer who was responsible for tonnes of the most classic hit songs in HK music history.

Tony came from a musical family, and from his 20's began working for artists like Sam Hui and Teresa Teng. Into the 80's, Tony worked mainly for Polygram Records, and during that time almost every pop star performed his musical compositions. If you are familiar with these names: Alan Tam, Priscilla Chan, Michael Kwan, Kenny Bee, the Wynners, Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Shirley Kwan, Terence Choi, Vivian Chow, Vivian Lai, Winnie Lau etc, yes, many of their hit songs came from Tony!!

Tony migrated to Canada during mid-1990, continuing his musical life there as an elite keyboard performer. Tony's name shall never be forgotten in HK music history. I sincerely wish Tony and his family well and happy, you are always one of my favourite musicians.

Some very famous songs by Tony A I love very much!

"Happy Are Those In Love" ("難得有情人") Performed by Shirley Kwan (關淑怡), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by Jolland Chan (向雪懷)..........OMG Shirley was so SEXY and pretty back then.......LOL



"Sorry, But I Love You" ("對不起我愛妳") Performed by Leon Lai (黎明), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by Jolland Chan (向雪懷)



"Continue Again Tomorrow" ("明天仍要繼續") Performed by Alan Tam (譚詠麟), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by Jolland Chan
(向雪懷)



"How Deep Is Your Love" Performed by Vivian Lai (黎瑞恩), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by Thomas Chow (周禮茂)



"Wall" ("牆") Performed by Priscilla Chan (陳慧嫻), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by Wong Oi Kwan (黃靄君)



"Keep Close" ("貼身") Performed by Leslie Cheung (張國榮), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by Keith Chan (陳少琪)



"Enough!" ("夠了!") Performed by Leslie Cheung (張國榮), Music by Tony A, Lyrics by Richard Lam (林振強), Arrangement by Ken Takada



"Obscure Path of Love" ("情路茫茫") Performed by Shadow Chow (周影), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by
Jolland Chan (向雪懷)



"I Have a Date With Autumn" ("我和秋天有個約會") Performed by Karen Tong (湯寶如), Music & Arrangement by Tony A,
Lyrics by Jolland Chan (向雪懷)



"Turn Off the Lights Before You Go" ("離開請關燈") Performed by Shirley Kwan (關淑怡), Music by Nigel Stock, Lyrics by Thomas Chow (周禮茂), Arrangement by Tony A



"World of Flowers" ("花仔世界") Performed by Alan Tam (譚詠麟), Music & Arrangement by Tony A, Lyrics by Calvin Poon (潘源良)



There are many many more, like 霧之戀﹐愛在深秋﹐真面目假面具﹐痴戀﹐遙遠的她﹐太陽星辰﹐從不喜歡孤單一個﹐Hot Summer﹐愛上了你﹐不知不覺想起你﹐一人有一個夢想﹐憂鬱你好﹐無聲的信箋﹐愛的替身 etc etc.