| Sally Yeh | ||||||
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 Sally Yeh performing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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| Chinese name | 葉蒨文 (Traditional) | |||||
| Chinese name | 叶蒨文 (Simplified) | |||||
| Pinyin | Yè Qiànwén (Mandarin) | |||||
| Jyutping | jip6 sin3 man4 (Cantonese) | |||||
| Origin | Hong Kong | |||||
| Born | September 30, 1961 Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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| Other name(s) | 沙麗 | |||||
| Occupation | Singer, Actress | |||||
| Genre(s) | Cantopop | |||||
| Spouse(s) | George Lam | |||||
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Sally Yeh sometimes written as Sally Yip or Sin-Man Yip is a Cantopop singer in the Hong Kong music industry and an actress in the Hong Kong film industry.
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Overview
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she grew up in Canada. Yeh's singing career started in the early 1980s and gradually expanded in the following decades with a total of thirty albums, plus forty-odd compilations and live recordings. Yeh speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Her jazz-trained vocals allow her to handle a wide range of musical genres. Apart from a good record track of original hits, Sally Yeh has, through the years, covered a number of Western songs, ranging from Madonna to Céline Dion by way of the Titanic theme song. She has also collaborated on a number of soundtracks (mostly on Tsui Hark's movies with scores by Wong Jim), including "Lai Ming But Yiu Loi" from A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), which won the Best Original Song award at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Oddly enough, Yeh's mastery of written Chinese is rudimentary at best, and she often used romanized phonetics to help her read Cantonese and Mandarin lyrics.
Yeh's career seemed to be in decline after her marriage in 1996 to Hong Kong pop star and composer-producer George Lam. Many considered her discography ready to be shelved in the oldies section; however, in 2002, Yeh unexpectedly re-entered the Cantopop market with a new record, "Can You Hear," followed by a concert tour. By early 2003, she had two titles in the Hong Kong hit parade. With new records currently in production, her career seems to be going smoothly.
She is the only Hong Kong singer to have received the Hong Kong Best Female Singer award four times.
Discography
Filmography
- 一根火柴
- Marianna 賓妹 (a.k.a. 你要活著回去) 1982
- Crimson Street 殺人愛情街 1982
- A Flower in the Storm (a.k.a. Falling in the Rain Flowers) 飄零雨中花 1983
- A Certain Romance 少女日記 1984
- Funny Face 醜小鴨 1984
- Golden Queen Commando (a.k.a. Amazon Commando/Jackie Chan's Crime Force/Sexy Commando) 紅粉兵團 1984
- Pink Force Commando (Sequel) 紅粉游俠 (a.k.a. 烈血長天) 1984
- Shanghai Blues 上海之夜 1984
- The Occupant (a.k.a. The Tenant) 靈氣迫人 1984
- Teppanyaki 鐵板燒 1984
- Mob Busters 惡漢笑擊隊 (a.k.a.情報販子) 1985
- Seven Foxes X陷阱 1985
- Cupid One 愛神一號 1985
- Just For Fun 空心少爺 1985
- The Protector 威龍猛探 1985 (uncredited)
- Welcome 補鑊英雄 1986
- Aces Go Places IV (a.k.a. Mad Mission IV/You Never Die Twice) 最佳拍擋IV之千里救差婆 1986
- Peking Opera Blues 刀馬旦 1986
- The Laser Man 1986
- Diary of A Big Man 大丈夫日記 1988
- I Love Maria (a.k.a. RoboForce) 鐵甲無敵瑪利亞 1988
- The Killer 喋血英雄 1989
- The Banquet 豪門夜宴 1991
- Sisters of the World Unite 莎莎嘉嘉站起來 1991
