Wu Yingyin

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Personal experience

I like singing since childhood

Wu Yingyin was born in a senior intellectual family in Shanghai. Her father was a chemical engineer and her mother was an obstetrician.

She likes singing when she was young. She has a talent for singing. As long as she listens to the songs broadcast on the radio, she will hum them.

After graduating from high school, Wu Yingyin originally intended to apply for Shanghai Conservatory of music, but her parents strongly opposed her wish. Her mother hoped that she would inherit the mantle and practice medicine in a white coat in the future, while her father criticized her as "a person with no ambition and unwilling to study hard". Wu Yingyin couldn't figure it out. In her anger, she went to a primary school to become a "teacher" and became a music and English teacher. But in the evening, she went to the radio to sing and do children's programs. Since then, a wonderful voice named "Qian Yin" has been transmitted to thousands of households in Shanghai through radio waves. The singing lasted for five years. Although it was an unpaid job, Wu Yingyin learned the skills that a good singer should have.

At the age of 24, he recorded a single and became a pop star

At the age of 24, Wu Yingyin was attracted by composer Li Jinguang, who worked in a record company. He recorded his first single record "I want to forget you" and became popular. His father, who opposed his daughter's singing but liked listening to music, bought Wu Yingyin's record and admired it. He didn't know it was his own daughter.

After joining the singing world, he was encouraged to change his name in order to sing outside without his family's knowledge. People think that her singing is as pleasant and beautiful as a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, so she uses "Yingyin" as her name. Because she insists on using her surname "Wu", she uses "Wu Yingyin" as her stage name. In 1945, Wu Yingyin and her friends went to the nightclub to listen to the song. She was coaxed by her friends to perform a guest song, which became a turning point for her to enter the singing world. The applause strengthened her confidence in singing, and finally accepted the invitation of the nightclub to become a singer. She was self-taught in singing. After becoming a professional singer, she began to work as a tutor.

After that, Wu Yingyin took part in the famous singing competition of Xianlesi nightclub in Shanghai. In the fierce competition with a strong lineup of singers and a cloud of singers, Wu Yingyin, with a "play" mentality, stands out with Bai Hong's famous song "I want you" and ascends to the championship. After Zhou Xuan and Yao Li, he became another shining star on the stage of xianles, and soon became a signed singer of EMI. Since then, her footprints have spread all over the famous song and dance halls in Shanghai, such as "Xianlesi", "Bailemen" and "Dahu".

Wu Yingyin's talent and interest in singing lay the foundation for her singing career, and her father would not interfere any more. In 1946, he began to record his first personal record, I want to forget you. As soon as the record came out, he could not forget you, and immediately became popular in the singing world. In 1948, Wu Yingyin first appeared on the screen in the song and dance film "Liu Lang Wen Ying" shot by Datong film company, and appeared as a guest singer in the song "listen to me". Huang feiran, Bai Guang and Gong Qiuxia performed in the film, and other popular singers such as Zhang Lu, Huang Yuan and Yin Lirong performed in the film, which made the film "Liu Lang Wen Ying" an immortal card of artistic value.

Wu Yingyin's singing has a unique flavor, bright with nasal sound. She is good at lyrical songs, with soft voice line and unique strong nasal sound. She has the reputation of "postnasal voice" of "Wu Nong soft language". "The moon sends Acacia" a song by her audition, then red. In the short three years since 1946, Wu Yingyin has recorded more than 30 songs in "Bai Dai", such as "since I married you", "happy Spring", "heartbroken red". After the release of the records, almost one of them has become popular, which makes Wu Yingyin establish her position as the "superstar of the emperor" in Chinese pop music. Her songs, such as "I have a love", "Jiangnan night" and "Minjiang nocturne", are more than half popular The 20th century has been sung by generations.

Career to a higher level

In 1955, Wu Yingyin joined the chorus of Shanghai People's radio station to receive orthodox vocal music training. Her singing style went up to a higher level, her timbre was more bright and her charm was more full. In 1957, Shanghai EMI company, which had moved to Hong Kong, specially sent people to Shanghai to invite Wu Yingyin to record records in Hong Kong, recording songs such as "I have a love", "south wind" and "beautiful home". Later, because her husband who worked in Shanghai construction unit was ill, she returned to Shanghai. Wu Yingyin made a comeback in the pop music world and became a great event in the Chinese music world. In 1983, at the invitation of EMI records, she went south to Guangzhou to record "Hello! I'm Wu Yingyin. More than 50 years later, Wu Yingyin, the "Queen of nasal music", may be regarded as one of the oldest active singers in the world. In July 1984, she settled in the United States via Hong Kong and spent her old age in Pasadena, Los Angeles. In the same year, Wu Yingyin was invited to give a solo concert in New York. After that, she was invited to sing in the Chinese community, overseas Chinese group celebrations and charity performances. Besides, she also toured North America and Southeast Asia for many times. In 1997 and 1998, Wu Yingyin took part in the golden glory stage concert and golden glory stage concert. After the return of Hong Kong, she held concerts in Hong Kong for four consecutive years in her 70s. She did not announce her retirement until her farewell concert in Hong Kong Red Mansion in 2000.

Never give up singing

Wu Yingyin, who is more than 80 years old, still does not give up singing. She often sings some popular songs in Chinese communities, overseas Chinese group celebrations and charity performances. One time when she was singing in Singapore, she suddenly had a rash on her face, which was painful and itchy. The doctor suggested that she be hospitalized. However, in order not to disappoint her fans, she insisted on singing with heavy make-up. After five concerts, she went to the doctor for treatment. Her love of singing and sincerity to her fans are touching.

On January 4, 2003, the Shanghai Grand Theatre held the singer Fang Qiong's "new dream on the sea" Shanghai old song concert. Wu Yingyin was invited to fly back to Shanghai from Los Angeles as a guest. This is her first time to perform in Shanghai after nearly 20 years away from Shanghai. She "showed" some old songs at the concert, which aroused a warm response from the audience, "I want to forget you, but your shadow occupies my heart. I want to forget you, but your song lingers around me.... " The familiar song echoed in the Grand Theater. In January 2006, Wu Yingyin and Cai Qin also appeared together at the Shangshi Spring Festival Gala. They talked about the popular songs together, hoping that these moving songs will be passed down from generation to generation and remain forever. In November 2007, Wu Yingyin attended Jingting's 50th anniversary concert as a guest in Hong Kong's JIULONGWAN International Exhibition and Trade Center. She successively sang "I have a love story", "please stay for me", "missing you from the bright moon" and "always guard him" (this song is Yao Li's work, sung by Wu Yingyin and Jingting that night), which won full applause.

Death in a foreign land

Wu Yingyin died in Los Angeles in the 1940s at the age of 87.

Wu Yingyin, the singer of the 1940s Mandarin pop music, died at 4 am in Los Angeles on December 17 at the age of 87, according to Hong Kong media. Former DJ Chen Yongye confirmed Wu's death and revealed that Wu Yingyin, who has lived in the United States for a long time in recent years, will return to Hong Kong to visit her relatives every year and visit her daughter-in-law and grandchildren in Shanghai: "we met each other when she came back last year. I know her leg is uncomfortable and she needs surgery. Although her second son has passed away, her eldest son, youngest son and her second husband, Mr. Shen, are all at her side to see her off. "

Wu Yingyin died on December 26, 2009 in Los Angeles time, and Jingting, the queen of Huangmei tune, felt sudden and pitiful about her friend's death.

Main works

shaoxing opera

Excerpts from Loutai Club

Music Album

Spring in the earth is one of the best new year's songs. It is widely spread overseas and is still sung as a festive song for the Spring Festival in North America. During the Spring Festival, many fans like "welcome spring festival" and so on. Other famous songs include "listen to me", "heartbroken red", "I have a love", "hate not love in those years", "send Lang", "according to this infatuation", "mangmangmang China" and so on.

In addition, I have also filled with songs about "Moon", such as "the bright moon sends Acacia" and "red light green wine night", "Jiangnan night", "Minjiang nocturne", "Nightingale song", etc. Movie Songs: "waiting for my lover" and "Dad wants me to get married early" (singing behind the scenes for Dinghao's film "wild girl"), Kitty (singing behind the scenes for love starring film "a lady in a room"), and "missing in the moon" (episode of Thai film "Siam Love").

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