English Pop Music in Hong Kong
The term English pop in Hong Kong does not mean pop music from England, but it is the western pattern of pop song sung in the English lang...
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The
term English pop in Hong Kong does not mean pop music from England, but it is
the western pattern of pop song sung in the English language. In the 1950s,
famous music of Hong Kong was largely led by pop songs in the English language
until the Cantopop’s appearance in the mid-1970s. Many popular Cantopop singers
of recent like Alan Tam, Sam Hui, started their early career singing in
English. The western tradition at the time was specifically a mark of education
and sophistication. Inspired and influenced by imported renowned music from the
west like Johnny Mathis, The Beatles, Elvis Presely, Hong Kong musicians began
to release English language pop music in the 1960s.
Today,
introduced pop music in English language remains famous in Hong Kong, second only
to C-pop. Most Hong Kong musicians now sing mainly in Cantonese and Mandarin
and occasionally perform in English. Musicians who released substantial works
in English include the Pancakes, Ghost Style, and Chet Lam, etc. Jacky Cheung
produced an English album in the year 2000. Other musicians who have indigenous
fluency in English include Karen Joy Morris, Edison Chen, Janice Vidal, Jill
Vidal, Fiona Sit and Edison Chen Ji etc.
