Fei Yu-ching
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Fei Yu-ching | |||||||||||
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Born | Chang Yen-ting 17 July 1955 Taiwan | ||||||||||
Nationality | Taiwanese | ||||||||||
Other names | Little Older Brother ( Ting-ting ( | ||||||||||
Education | Hsieh-ho Youteh Senior High School | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Singer, host | ||||||||||
Years active | 1973–2020 | ||||||||||
Parent(s) | Chang Wu-hsi (father) Tan Hsiu-hsia (mother) | ||||||||||
Family | Heng Shu (sister) Chang Fei (brother) | ||||||||||
Musical career | |||||||||||
Genres | Mandopop, Jazz, folk | ||||||||||
Labels | WMG, UMG, Sony Music (present) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 费玉 | ||||||||||
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Chang Yen-ting (birth name) | |||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 张彦 | ||||||||||
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Fei Yu-ching (traditional Chinese:
Early life
[edit]Fei Yu-ching was born Chang Yen-ching in Taiwan on 17 July 1955, to Mainlander parents, being the youngest of three children. His eldest sister Chang Yen-chiung (
Career
[edit]Fei's career began in 1973, and he began to build a large fan base along with his brother. He performed several theme songs for television shows, some of which were more successful than the shows themselves. He has sung numerous hits such as "Yi Jian Mei" (A Trim of Plum Blossoms), "Ode to the Republic of China", and "Good Night Song" (
From 1993 to 1998, Fei hosted the Taiwan Television prime time variety show The Fantastic Brothers (
In 2006, he was featured in a duet, "Faraway" (
Fei announced his retirement from the entertainment industry in September 2018, stating that his farewell concert tour was scheduled for 2019. He held his farewell concert tour in few cities in China, Macau, Malaysia, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore,[3] Hong Kong and Taiwan.[4] His final concert was held in November in Taiwan.[5]
He also completed filming for his TV show "Our Song"[vague] with his apprentices Timmy Xu and Ayanga in January 2020, which was originally slated to before his concert but was delayed due to circumstances beyond his control.
In 2020, the song "Yi Jian Mei" (commonly known by its chorus "Xue hua piao piao" in the West) became a viral internet meme that reached the top spots on the Spotify Viral 50 chart in countries like Norway, Sweden, Finland, and New Zealand.[6]
Personal life
[edit]In 1981, he was engaged to Chie Yasui, a Japanese actress, but he called off the wedding because the Yasui family expected Fei to enter matrilocal residence, switch to Japanese citizenship and give up his career in Taiwan. He remained single thereafter.[7]
References
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第 七屆金曲獎得獎名單 -最 佳 演 唱專輯獎" [7th Golden Melody Awards winners list - Best Singing Album Award]. Government Information Office (in Traditional Chinese). 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.曲名 :晚 安 曲 - ^ "
第 七屆金曲獎入圍名單 -十 六 、最 佳 國語 歌曲 男 演 唱人獎" [7th Golden Melody Awards nomination list - 16. Best Mandarin Male Singer Award]. Government Information Office (in Traditional Chinese). 6 January 1996. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011. - ^ "Fei Yu Qing Farewell Concert Encore Show - Singapore Sports Hub". Singapore Indoor Stadium. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
Event date 12 October 2019 (Sat) Event Time 8:00PM Venue Singapore Indoor Stadium
- ^ Chang, Eddy (4 October 2018). "Veteran singer Fei Yu-ching to retire following farewell tour
資 深 歌手 費 玉 清 巡演 後 「封 麥 」震撼 娛樂 圈 ". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 October 2018. - ^ "
臺 北小 巨 蛋-歷年 節目 查詢-2019/11/06~11/07《費 玉 清 2019告別 演 唱會》". Taipei Arena (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.費 玉 清 2019告別 演 唱會 2019/11/06(三 )19:30 2019/11/07(四 )19:30 - ^ "How a hit Chinese song from the 80s became a global meme". South China Morning Post. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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吳 品 瑤 . "引退 多 時 〈一 剪梅〉突歐美 爆 紅 費 玉 清 情 路 至 憾「永 不可 得心 愛 的 她」 –娛樂 ". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- Fei Yu-ching at IMDb
- Fei Yu-ching on Facebook
- Discography at Yesasia.com Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine