Monday, February 1, 2010

Tribute to Danny Chan (1958-1993) Part 1

This is Part One of a series I'm planning to dedicate to the late HK singer/songwriter Danny Pak Keung Chan (陳百強). Danny was one of HK's most talented composers and artists during the 1980's who sadly passed away on the 25th October, 1993. Although 16 years have elapsed, HK people are nonetheless very proud of him, and his music continues to live with us til eternity.

16 years after his death, RTHK has awarded him with the "Golden Needle Award" (金針獎) at the 32rd RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards ceremony (30th January, 2010).


(Image from Annie Jin's Blog, Special Thanks to Annie)

He is a symbol of HK popular music in the 80's, but his life was a tragedy. During his early years, Danny showed an intense passion for music, he was very good at playing the keyboard. He was high school classmates with the famous HK lyricist/songwriter Andrew Manchung Lam (林敏驄). After returning to HK from study in the US, he immediately showed his talent by writing and performing his song "The Rocky Road". In 1978 he composed another song - "The Sunrise", which won him First Prize at the Yamaha Keyboard Competition.

In 1979, Danny began his music career at EMI Records. In this early period, he worked close by with musicians like Eddie Man-Hoi Chiu (趙文海), Kenneth Chan (陳德堅), Cheng Kwok Kong (鄭國江) while writing most songs by himself.

His earlier songs combine youthful energy with tinges of melancholy, it can be seen that he intended to express his inner emotions through his compositions.




("First Love", Music & Lyrics by Danny Chan, Year: 1979, EMI Music)



("Tears Flowing Just For You" 眼淚為妳流, Music by Danny Chan, Arrangement by Chung Siu Fung (鍾肇峰), Lyrics by Cheng Kwok Kong, Year: 1980, EMI Music)



("Applaud For You" 喝采, Music by Danny Chan, Arrangement by Eddie Chiu, Lyrics by Cheng Kwok Kong, Year: 1981, Warner Music)



("Footprints On The Beach" 沙灘中的腳印, Music by Danny Chan, Arrangement by Eddie Chiu, Lyrics by Cheng Kwok Kong, Year: 1981, Warner Music)



("Mind Goes Blank" 思想走了光, Music & Arrangement by Eddie Chiu, Lyrics by Cheng Kwok Kong, Year: 1981, Warner Music)


RTHK "不死傳奇" (Immortal Legends) TV documentary series on Danny Chan, Part One:

Friday, January 29, 2010

杜自持先生 (Andrew Tuason) 作曲作品年表

Andrew Tuason's compositions for various artists since 1986
Count as of: 29th January, 2010


1986 (1
)

開心少女組﹕天靈靈地靈靈


1987 (3)

張德蘭﹕惡霸
陳松伶﹕午睡中的父親
陳松伶﹕易變的他


1988 (5)

陳百強﹕超越分界線
甄楚倩﹕不想說多句
李麗蕊﹕終於想到我
李明珠﹕突然
葉麗儀﹕我要繼續唱


1989 (9)

甄妮﹕怨偶故事
蔡楓華﹕新世界

ECHO
﹕戰場
ECHO
﹕繼續期待
陳百強﹕
Hot Night
王傑﹕深深的創傷
甄楚倩﹕一生留給你
黃凱芹﹕世紀終曲
鄺美雲﹕心傷


1990 (18)

陳百強﹕當晚夢見是妳
陳百強﹕三個自己
鄺美雲﹕無法傷多半次
劉美君﹕午夜傳真
劉美君﹕破例
劉美君﹕事後
劉美君﹕夜已變得騷了
周美茵﹕熱情人
林憶蓮﹕夜生活
林憶蓮﹕都市心
劉德華﹕城市獵人
劉德華﹕短篇小說
劉德華﹕天從人願
劉德華
/吳婉芳﹕秋意中等我
溫兆倫﹕別太認真
吳婉芳﹕醉生如夢
吳婉芳﹕摘星的電梯
吳婉芳﹕情難自控

1991 (12)

劉德華﹕愛不完
劉德華﹕全人類注視
劉德華﹕怒劍嘯狂沙
甄楚倩﹕情難偷

ECHO
﹕誰是真正寂寞人﹖
草蜢﹕偷偷看
關淑怡﹕夢情人
林憶蓮﹕一輩子心情
陳百強﹕醉翁之意
倫永亮﹕需要和不需要的
李克勤﹕雨中街頭劇
李國祥﹕夕陽路上


1992 (12)

王菲﹕Kisses In The Wind
林憶蓮﹕愛的世界
李國祥﹕將往事忘了
劉美君﹕思潮
倫永亮﹕再見愛人
蔡立兒﹕六月的愛人
劉德華﹕情是那麼笨
劉德華﹕愛在同一天空下
劉德華﹕忘我精神
劉德華﹕妳震撼我的心靈
劉德華﹕媽媽的臉
陸家俊﹕迷信情人


1993 (2)

劉德華﹕答案就是妳
劉德華﹕妳是我的夢


1994 (2)

劉德華﹕花花世界
馬浚偉
/黎姿﹕求婚勿語


1995 (5)

蘇永康﹕一個人精彩
彭羚﹕窗外
彭羚﹕出色女子
彭羚﹕愛多年
劉雅麗﹕你給我的喜怒哀樂


1996 (3)

彭羚﹕春風 + 春風Accapella
巫啟賢﹕風中有妳
張信哲﹕他有甚麼好﹖


1997 (3)

群星﹕最美麗傳奇
林子祥﹕蓋世男兒
楊采妮﹕奇遇


1998 (1)

舒淇﹕心領


2001 (6)

劉德華﹕夏日Fiesta
劉德華﹕偷聽女孩心
劉德華﹕其中一位
甄妮﹕有你有我
關心妍﹕浮生花園
羅嘉良﹕天地有情


2004 (1)

周傑倫/陳冠希/蔡依林/郭富城/F4/鄭秀文﹕藍色飛揚


2005 (3)

李克勤﹕醫道
李克勤﹕心計
快活美少女﹕
Radio Day


2006 (1)

王麗達﹕風雲


2009 (1)

張敬軒﹕無名指的光環


Total: 88 Songs