Name & Brief introduction: Teresa Teng Private Albums CHARMING CHAPTER(out of print) 邓丽君私密影集之魅力篇. Teresa
Teng, born in Yunlin, Taiwan, on January 29, 1953 had 3 elder brothers
and one younger brother. Teresa started her singing life as young as the
age of 5. At the early age of 11 (1964), she won the Chinese Radio
Station Huangmei Singing Contest by the song "Visiting Yingtai." by 14
Years old, she hosted the show "Everyday One Star."
In 1969, she played the leading role in the TV series "Thank You,
Manager." She was also invited to perform at a charity concert in
Singapore. In the same year, she sang the theme song for the first
Taiwan TV series. In 1970, Teresa's first performance in Hong Kong was
held. In 1971, she became the youngest person ever to be awarded the
title of the Charity Queen of the Bai Hua You Arts Auction for making
charity sales. She also signed to Life Records of Taiwan. In 1972, she
was filmed in the movie "Ms. Music Fan" with Mr. Chang Chung. In the
same year, she made the Top 10 Singers list in Hong Kong.
Teresa decided to start singing in Japan in 1973, when she signed to
Polydor Records of Japan, so she was determined to try her best in
studing Japanese. However within a short period of 6 months she was
already able to communicate in Japanese with the staff of the company
and during meetings. Her first Japanese Album "KONYA KASHIRA? ASHITA
KASHIRA?" (Should it be tonight or tomorrow?) was released on March
1,1974. Her second Japanese album "KUUKOO" (Airport) was released on
July 1, 1974. Through this song "KUUKOO" she won the Best New Singer
award of Japan that year. She also signed to PolyGram Records of Hong
Kong and released the album "Good Bye, My Love" in 1975. The following
year, she held her first HK solo concert at Lee Theatre. In 1977, she
held her solo concert in Tokyo, Japan and won a television award for her
song "I live for you."
Teresa held her second solo concert of Hong Kong in 1978. In 1979, she
held her first solo concert in the US and Canada. Teresa also studied
English in UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) in California,
USA. On the same year, the album "Small Town Story" was released.
In 1980, Teresa performed in the US at the Lincoln Theatre in New York
and became the first Chinese to every perform at the Los Angeles Music
Center. She held her third Hong Kong solo concert. In addition, she went
to Taiwan to visit the Kinmen Island troops and performed at the Sun
Yatsen Memorial in which all funds from tickets went to the Patriotic
Fund. Teresa won the Best Female Singer award in Taiwan. In the same
year, her first Cantonese album "" was released. In 1981, Teresa held 7
consecutive solo concerts in Hong Kong, breaking the record for the
number of consecutive solo concerts by a single artist. Also, she won
the record-breaking number of 5 platinum records in a single year in
Hong Kong and also received the Patriotic Artist Award in Taiwan. In
1983, Teresa became the first Chinese to ever perform at Ceasar's Palace
in Las Vegas, USA. In the same year, she received an award from
PolyGram (Hong Kong) for reaching top sales, being the top selling
singer ever in the music industry of Hong Kong. She released her second
and famous Cantonese album "The Steps of the Road of Life", which got
the Double Platinum figure after a few days of its release.
Teresa Teng won the Annual Cable TV Award of Japan for 3 consecutive
years (1984, 1985, and 1986) by the song "TSUGUNAI" (Love Compensation)
in 1984, "AIJIN" (Lover) in 1985, and "TOKI NO NAGARE NI MI WO MAKASE"
(Let It Depend On The Flow Of Time) in 1986. No other singer, even to
this date, was able to achieve this. The song "AIJIN" (Lover) also set a
new record for staying on top of the broadcast charts in Japan for over
10 weeks. Her song "TOKI NO NAGARE NI MI WO MAKASE" sold over 5 million
copies in the Japan market in 1986.
Unfortunately, she left us on May 8, 1995 due to an asthma attack in
Chiang Mai, Thailand at age 42. Her coffin was wrapped with the Taiwan
flag and was carried by military officers and family members. Indeed,
during the funeral, Teresa was given many awards for her large
contribution to the nation and society.
This deck of poker contains 54 pictures of her historical photos and it's
worthy to be collected.
