Sally Yeh
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Sally Yeh (葉蒨文, pinyin: Yè Qiànwén) sometimes written as Sally Yip or Sin-Man Yip (born September 30, 1961) is a major star in both Hong Kong pop and movie scenes.
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[edit] 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 is proficient in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, and 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 covered through the years a number of Western songs, ranging from Madonna to Céline Dion by way of the M*A*S*H title song.
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. Nevertheless, she speaks Cantonese and Mandarin impeccably.
Yeh's career seemed destined to take a slower pace after her marriage in 1996 to Hong Kong pop star and composer-producer George Lam, and her catalogue was considered ready to be shelved in the oldies section by most; but in 2002 Yeh unexpectedly made a re-entry on the Cantopop market, her new record ("Can You Hear") followed by a concert tour, and by early 2003 she had again two titles in the Hong Kong hit parade. With new records following, her career seems settled smoothly.
She is the only Hong Kong singer to have been four times the recipient of the Hong Kong Best Female Singer award.
[edit] Acting credits
Her credits as an actress include Shanghai Blues and The Occupant (both 1984), and Tsui Hark's Peking Opera Blues (1986), probably her finest performance (and Best Actress Award at the 1986 Hong Kong Movie Festival), though her screen fame in the West rests chiefly on her role as the blind piano-bar singer Jennie in John Woo's The Killer (1989).
[edit] Discography
- 春天的浮雕 (國/英) 1980
- The Poem of Love 愛的詩篇 (國/英) 1981
- The Origin of Love 愛的出發點 (國/英) 1982
- Promise Me 答應我 (國/英) 1982
- 再好的離別也會思念 (國/英) 1983
- Sally Yeh 葉蒨文 (粵/英) 1984
- 長夜My Love Goodnight (粵/國) 1985
- Cha Cha Cha (粵/國) 1986
- Sweet Talk 甜言密語 (粵) 1987
- 祝福 (粵/英) 1987
- Face to Face 面對面 (粵) 1989
- Take Care 珍重 (粵) 1990
- 秋去秋來 (粵) 1990
- Loving 關懷 (粵) 1991
- 瀟灑走一回 (國/英) 1991
- 紅塵 (粵/國/英) 1992
- 真心真意過一生 (國/英) 1992
- Another Day Spent With You 與你又過一天 (粵/國) 1993
- 明月心 (國) 1993
- Women's Weakness 女人的弱點 (粵/國) 1994
- The Days Without My Lover 離開情人的日子 (國) 1994
- Simple Black & White (粵) 1995
- Trueness 真心 (國) 1995
- True (粵) 1996
- Candlelight 燭光 (國) 1996
- 蒨意 (粵) 1997
- Caring 關心 (國) 1997
- 繁我心弦 (粵) 1998
- You Hear It 你聽到 (粵/國) 2002
- Inside Out 出口 (國) 2003
[edit] 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
- 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
