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In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lam. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is George Lam and the Chinese-style name is Lam Tsz-cheung.
George Lam
林子りんこ祥さち
Lam in 2016
Born (1947-10-12) 12 October 1947 (age 76)
British Hong Kong
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, music producer, actor
Years active1976–present
Spouses
Ng Ching Yuen
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(m. 1980; div. 1994)​
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(m. 1996)​
Children2
AwardsGolden Needle Award in 1994, the CASH Hall of Fame Award in 2003, the J.S.G. Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, and the RTHK Hall of Fame Award in 2016.
Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Film Song
1987 Passion

Musical career
Also known asAh Lam (Chinese)
Lam (English)
GenresCantopop, English pop
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
LabelsWarner Music Group, EMI
Chinese name
Chinese林子りんこ祥さち

George Lam Tsz-Cheung (born 12 October 1947), also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer, singer-songwriter, music producer and actor, with a career that has so far lasted more than four decades. Lam produces most of his own albums, writes many of his own songs, occasionally writes for other artists, and covers other people's songs. Lam has a wide vocal range and is capable of interpreting and performing many different genres of music. He is heavily involved with planning and designing his concerts and his LP/CD covers. He was the one who came up with the first Cantopop rap, "Ah Lam's Diary", and he also pioneered the stringing together of multiple hit Cantopop songs to create a 10-minute long medley which is called "10 Minutes 12 Inches". In 2019, Lam interwove his songs together to put on a musical-like concert, Lamusical.

In addition to his singing career, Lam has also acted in some TV dramas, and played lead roles in many films, making his film debut in Luckies Trio in 1978. Possibly his most memorable role was as Stephen Akutagawa, a Japanese journalist in Boat People (1982), directed by Ann Hui.

Early life

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Lam was born in China Hong Kong to a family of physicians, with both his father (a Yuen Long obstetrician) and paternal grandfather (former hospital chief executive of Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital) being doctors.[1] He attended Tak Sun Primary School, then Diocesan Boys' School,[2] a predominantly English-language boys school, where he was a boarder. At the latter school, he chose to study French rather than Chinese as a second language.

Lam started to pick up music at a young age. His grandfather often took him to movies, both Chinese and Western ones, which exposed him to film music. In addition, his mom loved to sing and dance while his dad loved listening to music and playing piano. All this constant music around him kindled his interest in this art form. He started to love listening to music on the radio when he was a teenager and taught himself to play guitar. In 1965, Lam left Hong Kong to further his studies in the United Kingdom. During this time and his subsequent stay in the United States, his musical horizon was further broadened by exposure to a great variety of musical genres in those countries.

When he first went to the United Kingdom in 1965, he attended Dover College (he was a Leamingtonian there) under the headship of Timothy Cobb.[3] His long time pal Ching Y. Wong, S.C., also from Diocesan Boys' School. attended there as well. After about a year, he transferred to Barcote School of Coaching to join his brother, Tony. There he formed a folk song group, the Midnighters, with two friends. Lam paid a return visit to both colleges in January 2019.

Career

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After his studies in the UK, Lam remained for a few years for work before moving to California, where he coached tennis and worked in a stock brokerage firm. It was during this time that Lam started writing his own songs. Not long thereafter, he returned to Hong Kong to launch his music career.

Lam started as one of the lead singers in the band "Jade".[4] In 1976, he went solo with the release of his first English album, "Lam". His first Cantonese album came out in 1978. In 1980, two of his compositions ("In The Middle of The Water"《在ざい水みず中央ちゅうおう》and "Need You Every Minute"《分ぶん分ぶん鐘かね需要じゅよう你》) won Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. Throughout the 1980s, 23 of Lam's songs topped the RTHK Chinese Pop Chart, making him second only to Alan Tam, who had 28.[5][6]

Over the years, he has introduced a wide variety of song styles to the Hong Kong pop music scene, with many originals and covers becoming Cantopop classics. He taps into a wide variety of sources to choose which songs to do covers of, including songs from the United Kingdom, United States, Western Europe, Russia, Middle East, Latin America, Japan, South Korea, etc. The pieces he selects to cover range in genre from folk songs, classical music, and jazz musicals, to funk and rock and roll. His work encompasses a wide stylistic range, from country rock, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk, jazz, rap, traditional Chinese songs, to tango and bossa nova. Lam has also hosted television music programs, acted in tele-dramas, and played lead roles on film.[citation needed]

Lam performing in 2009

During a May 2003 performance at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Lam accidentally fell 2.5 metres through a stage floor opening while performing as a guest of Liza Wang. The accident injured his right ear, resulting in partial hearing loss, particularly in high frequencies, and tinnitus. Thereafter, he could essentially only hear sounds in mono.[7][8] A few months after his injury, he gave a series of concerts across southern China for the purpose of acclimating himself to performing with his altered hearing. During this short period, he readily adapted to this new reality and was able to perform "like normal" on stage, thereby resuming his career in full.[citation needed]

Lam has remained active for more than four decades. Over this timespan, he has gained not only the recognition and respect of peers such as Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, and Paula Tsui, but he has also played a significant role in shaping the Hong Kong music scene. Many of today's top singers such as Eason Chan, Hacken Lee, and Andy Lau have been influenced by his music.[citation needed]

In recognition of his contribution to music, Lam was given numerous awards, including the Golden Needle Award in 1994, the CASH Hall of Fame Award in 2003, the J.S.G. Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015,[9] and the RTHK Hall of Fame Award in 2016.[10]

Personal life

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Lam married Ng Ching Yuen in 1980. Together, they have a son, Alex Lam Tak Shun, who is also a singer and actor,[11] and a daughter April. Lam and Ng divorced in 1994. On 17 July 1996, he married singer and actress Sally Yeh. As Sally Yeh, April and Alex were all raised abroad, they cannot read Chinese, so he writes pronunciation guides for them.[citation needed]

In sports, Lam used to love playing tennis, and now he loves playing golf. Besides composing songs, his creativity also gets him into drawing, and he has a particular fondness for drawing mazes. In 2013, an intricate maze artwork drawn by Lam was depicted and engraved onto the cassock of a Lalique crystal Buddha. This was the very first collaboration project that the French brand Lalique had worked with a Chinese artist. Lam also likes tailoring, often modifying clothes to his own taste.[12]

Voice and timbre

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Lam has a very wide tenor range. His highest notes could reach F5, D#6 in full voice and volume rather than soft falsetto. His lowest note is G2, ten notes below middle C (C4).[citation needed]

Discography

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Concerts

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  • 1976 《Teresa Carpio & George Lam Concert》
  • 1981 《林子りんこ祥さちShow》
  • 1983 《林子りんこ祥さち演えんじ唱會》
  • 1985 《林子りんこ祥さち85演えんじ唱會》
  • 1987 《林子りんこ祥さち演えんじ唱會》
  • 1988-1989 《LAM 88-89 LIVE》
  • 1990-1991 《特とく醇あつし星ほし徽林子こ祥さち90演えんじ唱會》
  • 1992-1993 《白しろ花はな油ゆ林子りんこ祥さち有情うじょう演えんじ唱會》
  • 1995 《林子りんこ祥さち寄よせ廿にじゅう載の情じょう演えんじ唱會95》95 Lam in Live
  • 1998 《林子りんこ祥さち葉は蒨文好こう氣き連れん場じょう98'》
  • 2001《最愛さいあい接觸せっしょく林子りんこ祥さち演えんじ唱會》 Live Contact Lam 2001
  • 2001 《01年ねん拉ひしげ闊壓軸じく 林子りんこ祥さち&陳ちん奕迅音樂おんがく會かい》
  • 2002 《港樂こうらく·林子りんこ祥さちHKPO & Lam Live》
  • 2005 《子こ有ゆう祥さち情じょう林子りんこ祥さち演えんじ唱會》 " Always" Lam in Concert
  • 2007 《仍然最愛さいあい林子りんこ祥さち杜もり麗うらら莎演唱會》Teresa & Lam Live at the HK Coliseum 2007
  • 2009 《十分十二子祥演唱會》Lam@Coliseum
  • 2010 《Lam Made in Love 音樂おんがく會かい》
  • 2011-2012 《Vintage Lamusic Concert 》
  • 2011 《Music is Love George Lam X Hacken Lee》 《林子りんこ祥さちx李り克かつ勤つとむ 拉ひしげ闊音樂おんがく會かい2011》
  • 2013 《絕對ぜったい熹祥- A Mix & Match Concert with 林子りんこ祥さち & 趙ちょう增ぞう熹》
  • 2016 《林子りんこ祥さち佐治さじ地球ちきゅう四よん十じゅう年ねん演えんじ唱會》George Lam 40th Anniversary Concert – Hong Kong
  • 2016, 2018《越えつ唱越響ひびき40年ねん演えんじ唱會》
  • 2019 《林子りんこ祥さち Lamusical 2019 演えんじ唱會》Lamusical2019
  • 2019 《林子りんこ祥さち開ひらく心こころ演えんじ唱會 The Smiling Concert》
  • 2020 《林子りんこ祥さち開ひらく心こころ演えんじ唱會 The Smiling Concert》
  • 2022《林子りんこ祥さち開ひらく心こころ演えんじ唱會 香港ほんこん站》
  • 2023 《林子りんこ祥さち開ひらく心こころ賀が歲さい演えんじ唱會》
  • 2023-2024 《林子りんこ祥さち50堅けん演えんじ唱會》

Filmography

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(actor unless otherwise noted)[28][29]

Year Title Role Awards
1978 Luckies Trio
《各かく師し各かく法ほう》
1979 Money Trip
《懵女，大賊たいぞく，傻偵探さがせ》
The Secret
《瘋劫》
1980 Disco Bumpkins
《摩ま登とう土ど佬》
Confused Hero
《糊塗こと英雄えいゆう》
1981 All the Wrong Clues
《鬼おに馬うま智さとし多た星ほし》
Life After Life
《再生さいせい人じん》
1982 Aces Go Places
《最さい佳けい拍はく檔》
It Takes Two
《難なん兄あに難なん弟おとうと》
Boat People
《投とう奔怒海うみ》		 Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
1983 All the Wrong Spies
《我わが愛あい夜來やらい香こう》		 Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song
1984 Banana Cops
《英えい倫りん琵琶びわ》
The Owl vs Bombo
《貓頭鷹たか與あずか小しょう飛ひ象ぞう》		 Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song
1985 Kung Hei Fat Choy
《恭きょう喜き發はつ財ざい》
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
《夏なつ日にち福ぶく星ぼし》
It's a Drink, It's a Bomb
《聖せい誕奇遇ぐう結ゆい良緣りょうえん》
Lost Romance Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song
1986 Passion
《最愛さいあい》		 Won – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song
1987 Easy Money
《通つう天てん大盜たいとう》
1988 Heart to Hearts
《三さん人にん世界せかい》
Starry is the Night
《今夜こんや星ほし光こう燦爛さんらん》		 Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song
1989 Perfect Match
《最さい佳男よしお朋友ほうゆう》
Heart into Hearts
《三さん人にん新しん世界せかい》
1990 A Bite of Love
《一いち咬OK》
Shanghai Shanghai
《亂世らんせい兒女じじょ》
1991 The Banquet
《豪ごう門もん夜宴やえん》
The Perfect Match
《富貴ふうき吉祥きっしょう》
1992 Heart Against Hearts
《三さん人にん做世界かい》
1993 Perfect Couples
《皆みな大だい歡喜かんき》
1997 A Queer Story
《基もと佬四十じゅう》
Up for the Rising Sun
《擁よう抱だき朝陽あさひ》
2003 Love Under the Sun
2004 Six Strong Guys
《六ろく壯士そうし》
2006 Love at First Note
《戀愛れんあい初はつ歌うた》
2007 The Pye-Dog Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song
Wonder Women
2009 Look for a Star
《游ゆう龍りゅう戲おどけ鳳おおとり》
2011 Hi, Fidelity
《出で軌的女人にょにん》
2018 Europe Raiders
2021 Singing With Legends
《我わが们的歌か3》 		Variety show, senior singer

References

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  1. ^ 東方とうほう日報にっぽう (11 October 2016), 東方とうほう日報にっぽう: 生なま於杏林りん世よ家か 林子りんこ祥さち呻冇人じん教きょう急きゅう救すくい）
  2. ^ 星ほし島とう日報にっぽう (26 February 2019), 星ほし島とう日報にっぽう: 林子りんこ祥さち重じゅう返かえし母校ぼこう 父子ふし檔演唱會葉は蒨文唔做嘉よしみ賓まろうど）
  3. ^ 明あかり周しゅう [Ming Zhou] (16 February 2019), 林子りんこ祥さち專せん訪おとずれ】林子りんこ祥さち重じゅう遊ゆう英國えいこく母校ぼこう） [[Interview with Lin Zixiang] Lin Zixiang revisits his alma mater in the UK]
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  26. ^ "When a Man Loves a Woman". Spotify.
  27. ^ "決定けってい". Spotify.
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Awards
Preceded by Golden Needle Award of RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award
1994 		Succeeded by
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