Frances Yip
| Frances Yip | |||
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| Chinese name | 葉麗儀 (traditional) | ||
| Chinese name | 叶丽仪 (simplified) | ||
| Pinyin | Yè Lìyí (Mandarin) | ||
| Jyutping | jip6 lai6 ji4 (Cantonese) | ||
| Ancestry | Huiyang, Guangdong | ||
| Origin | Hong Kong | ||
| Born |
1947 Hong Kong | ||
| Occupation | Singer | ||
| Genre(s) | Cantopop | ||
| Instrument(s) | Singing | ||
| Voice type(s) | Coloratura Contralto | ||
| Label(s) | EMI | ||
| Years active | 1969–present | ||
| Associated acts | Cathy Sharon (Jakarta, Indonesia) | ||
| Spouse(s) | David | ||
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Frances Yip Lai-yee (born 1947) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer. She is best known for performing many of the theme songs for television series produced by TVB in the 1980s and early 1990s, but before then, she served in the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force due to her height and commanding voice.
Born in 1947, Frances is of Hakka ancestry, Yip hit international fame with her signature tune, The Bund from the TVB drama of the same title. Before her success, she tributed songs in her earlier albums originally performed by singers such as Adam Cheng, Roman Tam and Jenny Tseng.
In her 45-year career, Yip has released more than 80 albums, mostly of songs in American English, Indonesian, Thai, Malay, Mexican Spanish, Japanese, Tagalog, Cantonese, and Mandarin. She has performed on television, and in films, concerts and cabarets in more than 30 countries on five continents. Her linguistic skills, with unique interpretations of lyrics in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, as well as several other Asian languages, have led to a fan base across a wide range of cultures and countries. She has worked with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, the Macau Chinese Orchestra, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Thammasat University Philharmonic Orchestra in Bangkok as well as large orchestras in Kuala Lumpur.
Frances achieved worldwide recognition when she was selected by the Hong Kong government to be a co-presenter at the British Farewell Ceremony to mark the transfer of sovereignty in Hong Kong. The event on June 30, 1997, was watched by a television audience estimated at 120 million, in more than 80 countries around the globe.
Yip is fluent in Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English. She overcame breast cancer in 2012.
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