Lui Fong
Hong Kong male singer and actor. In 1983 won the championship of the "第二屆新秀歌唱比賽" with "我是中國人", and in 1992 released "彎彎的月亮", adapted from Liu Huan's song of the same name.
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Lui Fong (English names David / Josh), a Hong Kong male singer and actor, was born on January 19, 1964, in Nanjing, Jiangsu, ancestral home Shanghai, and grew up in a squatter area in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.
Lui Fong attended, in turn, 庇護十二學校 (graduated primary six in 1978), 雅各英文中學, 模範英文中學 and 香港基教書院 (graduated form five in 1983). In January 1983, close to finishing secondary school, Lui Fong was encouraged by classmates to enter "Sing星聲", a live programme of "歡樂今宵", and, because the Cantonese was not good enough, chose "我是中國人", a Mandarin song by the folk singer 張明敏, for the contest. 黎小田, a senior executive at Capital Artists, invited Lui Fong, on the strength of that performance, to enter the "第二屆新秀歌唱比賽", jointly held by TVB and Capital Artists in March the same year. While preparing, Lui Fong took a mother's advice and looked for a singing teacher, and on 黎小田's recommendation studied with 戴思聰, and later said that 黎小田 would always be regarded as the man who discovered him. Lui Fong won the championship (gold) with "我是中國人", and so entered the business, signing as a Capital Artists singer for seven years. In an interview with Yangcheng Evening News, Lui Fong recalled that the award was presented by Joseph Koo, and that the hands were shaking when the prize was received.
Half a year after entering the business, the company arranged for Lui Fong to sing in lounges, and sometimes to perform in Singapore and Malaysia. In 1984 a joint album with 小虎隊, "可會遺忘 / 忍著淚說Goodbye", was recorded, and the songs were all in Mandarin. The same year Lui Fong was invited to play 林志泉 (高佬泉) in the television series "新紮師兄". This was Lui Fong's first screen role, and the series insert song "妳令我快樂過" was Lui Fong's first Cantonese song.
In January 1985 Lui Fong released a first solo album, "呂方" (also known as "聽不到的說話"). The title track was Lui Fong's first Top Ten Jade Solid Gold Award, namely the Top Ten Jade Solid Gold Award at that year's 3rd Jade Solid Gold Awards, and in 1986 Lui Fong also received the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award at the 8th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. In 1985 Lui Fong received the TBS Award and the MC Award at the Tokyo Music Festival, and the same year took part in a first concert, "青年偶像演唱會", with Jacky Cheung, 林姍姍, Sandy Lam and Priscilla Chan. In 1986 Lui Fong and Jacky Cheung, who had debuted in the same period, held seven shows of "86雙星演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum, with 梁朝偉 as guest.
Albums released from 1986 to 1989 were "求妳講清楚" (1986), "痴戀" and "愛令我變炭" (1987), "回來吧" (1988) and "重遇" (1989). Lui Fong also tried styles such as electronic pop uptempo songs (for example "今夜狂舞高歌") and rock ("愛令我變炭"). In 1987 Lui Fong played 大寶 in the film "靈幻先生". From November 10 to 12, 1989, a first solo concert, "卡樂B呂方靚歌演唱會", was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
In 1990 Lui Fong's contract with Capital Artists ended, and Lui Fong moved to Warner Music. The English name David was given by 李進, a senior executive at the company, when the Warner contract was signed, and Lui Fong preferred the English name Josh, finding it easy to read and easy to remember. The same year the album "不捨得你" was released. In 1991 the album "地久天長" was released, and the title track was the theme of the TVB series "情陷特區". In 1992 Lui Fong released "彎彎的月亮", adapted from Liu Huan's song of the same name, and an album of the same name also came out that year. According to Lui Fong's recollection in a Yangcheng Evening News interview, this song was one that a Warner Music manager heard in mainland China and then asked Lui Fong to cover; the original had a stronger country flavour, 倫永亮 rearranged it, and after Cantonese lyrics were set to it the song was released at the end of 1992. The same year there was also the album "戀愛季節". In 1993 Lui Fong formally entered the Taiwan market with the album "多愛你一天"; the same year there was also the album "幾時愛我", and in 1994 "只想遇到一個人" and "流浪花" were released.
In 1995 黃柏高 intended to set up 正東唱片 and invited Lui Fong to move over, but Lui Fong was persuaded by 李進, a senior executive at Warner Music, to stay, and renewed for three years. Albums after that were "愛一回傷一回" and "爭取時間" (1995), "愛得真愛得深" and "愛飛翔" (1996), "真情歌" (1997) and "既然愛了就不怕" (1998). Lui Fong also played 歸亞萊 in the TVB sitcom "真情". After the contract ended in 1998, Lui Fong did not sign with any record company again, and began to produce less, going a long time without releasing new songs or albums, and turning mainly to live performance. From 1999 to 2000 Lui Fong hosted the TVB programme "勁歌金曲". Albums still came out after that: "Dear" (2001) and "心靈感應" (2004).
From March 9 to 11, 2007, Lui Fong held "呂方好情歌演唱會2007" at the Hong Kong Coliseum, with Jacky Cheung as guest, and the two sang together again, the song being "李香蘭". In 2010 Lui Fong received the "華語金曲30年殿堂大獎". From January 3 to 7, 2011, "呂方Touching Moment 2011 演唱會" was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum, and on January 19 the album "Touching Moment" was released. Lui Fong was invited onto variety shows including "隱藏的歌手" and "這樣唱好美", and a concert held at Guangzhou Gymnasium in 2013 also took the song "朋友別哭" as its title. On September 4 and 5, 2015, "呂方代表演唱會" was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
The Chinese Wikipedia records that Lui Fong married the businesswoman 伍惠寶 (Rainbow) in 2020.
In 2021 Lui Fong joined Dragon TV's "我们的歌 (第三季)", and the same year sang "彎彎的月亮" with the actor 王耀慶 on the CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. In 2022 Lui Fong joined Hunan Television's "时光音乐会" and sang "朋友別哭". From March 4 to 5, 2023, Lui Fong held "呂方 CLASSIC 40 演唱会", a concert for the 40th anniversary of entering the business, at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
Overview
- Born
- January 19, 1964age 62
- Born in
- Nanjing · Mainland China
- Career start
- Competition · 1983
- Active
- 1983 – present43 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 吕方, 呂方, David Lui
- Instruments
- Vocals
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