Steve Chow — Chou Chih-ping
Steve Chow is a producer, songwriter and singer from Taiwan, who released the album "青梅竹馬" in 1990, has produced records for singers such as Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and held the concert "歲月光輝" in June 2025 at Huashan in Taipei.
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Steve Chow is a producer, songwriter and singer from Taiwan, born in 1960.
While studying at Shih Hsin University, Steve Chow joined the guitar club with 黃大軍 and performed as a resident singer at a Western-style restaurant; discovered through a performance at a department store, he joined Kolin Records, released the compilation "新金曲獎" together with 金瑞瑤, 陳佩瑜, 鍾有道 and 鄭麗絲, and began working in album production. After completing military service, Steve Chow joined Sound-One Records and produced Chyi Chin's album "出沒", his first time producing a record.
Steve Chow then joined Chi Fei Records and began songwriting, releasing his own album "永遠的朋友" in 1989. During his time at PolyGram, Steve Chow's compositions "夢不到你" and "寂寞的眼" were chosen as lead tracks by Tracy Huang and Emil Wakin Chau, and the label subsequently released his album "青梅竹馬" for him. "青梅竹馬" was released in 1990, with more than half of its songs charting, and it was covered in Cantonese by Jacky Cheung, Hacken Lee, Leon Lai and others. According to Steve Chow's recollection in an interview with the Liberty Times, the album sold 300,000 copies in its first month and won that year's overall championship on "金曲龍虎榜".
Steve Chow subsequently released solo albums including "歲月的歌" in 1992, and "花開花謝" and "情歌事件" in 1995. Songs written by Steve Chow include "那一場風花雪月的事", "蘇三起解", "花開花謝" and "玫瑰花瓣的信箋". Steve Chow also collaborated with singers such as Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Leon Lai. His first collaboration with Andy Lau was "難免有錯", and Steve Chow later wrote "我和我追逐的夢" for Andy Lau, which became the lead track of Andy Lau's album. In 1996, Steve Chow released the live album "那一個春天浪漫夜晚-96年演唱會紀實".
In 1996, after Steve Chow's contract with the record label expired without renewal, the label held a "Farewell Concert" for him. That same year he withdrew behind the scenes and produced records for singers such as Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. From 2000, Steve Chow served as a judge on talent competition shows in mainland China, and formed the "草臺回聲" program to nurture new songwriters. In 2002, Steve Chow returned to the stage to perform. Steve Chow also served as general manager of a record company in Beijing; in the album notes for "風花雪月作品輯（叁）大河悠悠", Steve Chow noted that the company was EMI in Beijing. In 2009, he co-founded an independent label with friends. Steve Chow has served as a judge in the popular music category of the 11th Golden Melody Awards.
In September 2021, Steve Chow released the album "中年男子" through Warner Music, which Hit FM listed as Steve Chow's sixth solo album. The title track was released on digital platforms in 2021, with copyright credited to STEVE MUSIC STUDIO.
In February 2022, Steve Chow announced a three-date solo concert tour to be held in April in Kaohsiung, Taipei and Taichung, with the first stop being the "周治平 如初 演唱會" held in Kaohsiung on April 2, marking the first time since his debut that Steve Chow held a solo concert in Kaohsiung. In 2023, the live album "2022 周治平 如初 巡迴演唱會" was released on digital platforms.
In May 2025, Steve Chow released the album "風花雪月作品輯（叁）大河悠悠", reviving the "風花雪月" series that had been shelved for 30 years, reclaiming songs previously written for other singers, and re-arranging and re-recording them as covers. The album contains 10 songs, with the physical CD released by Warner. The title track "大河悠悠" was rewritten from "美夢成空", which Steve Chow wrote for Eric Suen in 1993, with the lyrics entirely rewritten and the arrangement also changed. The remaining songs include "春天" (originally performed by Leo Ku), "沙子" (originally performed by 孫悅), "別讓我心疼" (originally performed by 鄭中基), "困砂" (originally performed by 方文琳), "原湯" (originally performed by 江念庭), "請不要在別人的肩上哭泣" (originally performed by 趙傳), "明天我們不見不散" (originally performed by 城市少女), "一刻永遠" (originally performed by 胡歌) and "有一首歌" (originally performed by 南方二重唱).
On June 1, 2025, Steve Chow held the concert "歲月光輝" at Huashan in Taipei, with a setlist of 31 songs; he duetted with 江念庭 on "似曾相識", and performed "一天一點愛戀", which he had written for Tony Leung Chiu-wai, with 吳胤呈; 方季惟, 鄭怡, 賴佩霞, 黃大軍, 王中平 and 胡藝芬 attended in support.
Overview
- Born
- October 28, 1960age 65
- Born in
- Taiwan
- Career start
- First single · 1981
- Active
- 1981 – present45 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 周治平
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