The WynnersThe Wynners

In 1972 the two brothers left, the band at once declared itself ended, and the six members parted. Alan Tam then went to Singapore to study. At the end of 1973 彭健新, 葉智強, 陳友 and star manager 梁柏濤 and others regrouped the band. On a suggestion from disc jockey Uncle Ray, The Loosers (the losers) was renamed The Wynners (the winners; Chinese name 溫拿), and with Alan Tam, just back from Singapore, they formed the Wynners' "four tigers".

After Alan Tam returned to Hong Kong at the end of 1973, he, 彭健新, 陳友 and 葉智強 decided to regroup. The Wynners was formally formed in 1973. Our China Story records that the band quickly became famous across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and that the clothes and look became a fashion icon. Manager Pato Leung built the band on the basis of The Loosers.

In 1974 the band signed with Polydor and published a first EP, "Sunshiner", then a second EP, "Sha—La—La", adapted from a piece of the same name by the Danish rock band Walkers, which held the top of the RTHK pop chart for three weeks. Afterwards the first album, "Listen to the Wynners", came out. The album was mainly English covers. Our China Story records that "Sha-La-La-La-La" was sung until the whole street knew it, and that it quickly reached number one on the song chart.

In 1975 the albums "Love and other pieces" and "Under the lion rock" were released. The style moved from early English covers toward later original writing. The same year the band starred in the film "大家樂" and in a Vitasoy advertisement.

In 1975 the band worked with songwriter James Wong Jim and released several original Cantonese songs for the film Let's Rock, which James Wong Jim directed. There were also TVB's television programme The Wynners Specials (1975) and three features, Let's Rock (1975), Gonna Get You (1976) and Making It (1978). The English Wikipedia treats this as the musical success extending into other mass media.

In 1976 the albums "Same Kind of Magic" and "The Wynners' Special TV Hits 75-76" were released. On April 15 the film "温拿與教父", starring The Wynners, premiered. The English Wikipedia records that 1976's Some Kind of Magic was likewise a success, and that it included a cover of "Save Your Kisses for Me", that year's Eurovision winner, by the British band Brotherhood of Man.

In 1977 the album "Making it" was released, an English album published by Philips Records in Hong Kong. The lead songs "making it" and "fooling around" are insert songs from the film "追趕跑跳碰", which The Wynners starred in. The same year the album "面懵心精" also came out, and on May 3 the band held a concert with 陳秋霞 at the City Hall Concert Hall. During the active years 1973 to 1978, the Chinese Wikipedia records that the name spread through Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and that after going solo Alan Tam and 鍾鎮濤 were invited by Taiwanese film companies to make quite a few Taiwanese literary films.

On February 5, 1978 TVB broadcast the special "溫拿、秋霞之西部故事". On September 14 the film "追趕跑跳碰", which the band starred in, premiered, and the insert song "不可以逃避" and the film's title theme were released at the same time. The same year the band paused, the members each developed on their own, and they agreed to meet again every five years to release one record.

Of the change that year, one place in the Chinese Wikipedia writes "activity paused……agreed to meet again once every five years", and another place writes plainly "although the Wynners' members had each gone their own way since the end of the 1970s……the band never formally disbanded". From then the members each developed their own careers. Our China Story instead writes that the band "announced it was breaking up".

Of the 1980s, the English Wikipedia records that Alan Tam and 鍾鎮濤 (Alan Tam and Kenny Bee) became some of the most popular stars in Hong Kong. In 1983 the Hong Kong Coliseum was completed, and in September The Wynners moved in to sing. The Chinese Wikipedia records that they became the first Hong Kong band to hold a solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum. The five-year promise was kept from 1983: every five years a record, a concert, or a film.

In 1988, to mark fifteen years, the band shot a collectors' commemorative special in Macau and released the record "溫拿88十五周年紀念". The same year, with "千載不變", the band received "Top Ten Jade Solid Gold", "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs", "十大勁歌金曲榮譽大獎", and the Golden Needle Award.

The band returned in 2006, and after that met fans with new songs and concerts. From February to March 2007 it held 13 shows of "溫拿33好時光演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

In February 2011 it held 6 shows of "溫拿38大躍進演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum, with the slogan "in the service of the fans". On April 1 the same year the band reunited at "Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders", a fundraiser Jackie Chan launched in Hong Kong, to raise money for victims of the tsunami in Japan.

On November 8, 2014 the band held a charity concert at Oracle Arena for Family Bridges. In 2015 it received the "IFPI香港流行音樂文化貢獻樂隊大獎". In the later part of 2015, the Chinese Wikipedia records that there was once a rumour that the band would announce an "ultimate disbanding" after the Lunar New Year concert of 2016, and that 彭健新 afterwards admitted having once proposed disbanding, which Alan Tam at once opposed. In 2016 the band released the new-songs-plus-compilation record "溫拿精神".

On January 31, 2022 the band appeared for the first time on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage, singing a medley of "朋友" and "ShaLaLaLa". On May 19, 2023 it announced the 50th-anniversary farewell concert "溫拿情不變 說再見演唱會", and released new songs including "由始至今" and "兄弟". In August it finished 7 concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum. On September 23 it held one concert at Galaxy Arena in Macau. On September 28 it attended a fan meeting in Kuala Lumpur. On October 1 it attended the "香港同胞慶祝中華人民共和國成立74週年文藝晚會". On November 4 it held one stop of the farewell tour at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur.

When announcing the farewell concerts, The Wynners said that after the Hong Kong shows and the touring farewell concerts there would be no more commercial performances, but charity performances would continue. The English Wikipedia records that the band formally disbanded shortly after the farewell concerts.