Xie Lei, King of Treasure Island

cheungchunto

Xie Lei, King of Treasure Island


Xie Lei (born February 2, 1940), whose real name is Xie Maoxiong, is a singer born in the Dadaocheng area of ​​Taipei City.


Xie Lei has continuously published more than 100 albums since his debut in 1964; he is the first male singer in Taiwan to publish a Mandarin album, and the first male singer in Taiwan to sell one million albums (excluding pirated copies). It is Taiwan's most famous treasure island (Taiwan) evergreen tree and a senior treasure island singer. He was a popular youth idol in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia at that time. 2/5 of songs sung by him became popular because of him. He is still the most senior treasure island king who is highly respected inside and outside the circle and has a good popularity.
(https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%AC%9D%E9%9B%B7_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B))


The Taiwanese music scene has been established to this day, and the never-ending treasure island singer "Xie Lei" is the first male singer to release a Mandarin album in Taiwan. He owns more than 100 albums and has sold more than one million copies.
In the 1960s, the song "Summer Kisses Winter Tears" was adapted from "How Much Tenderness and How Much Love" is well known. Xie Lei impresses fans with his delicate and powerful singing. He is popular all over Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even all over the world. Wherever people listen to popular songs in Mandarin, there must be Xie Lei's singing. There are countless popular songs, such as: How much tenderness, how many tears, the night sky, a cup full of bitter wine, Manli, Lishan infatuated flowers...
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ... %E6%A8%82%2F%E7%92% B0%E6%98%9F%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82WSMMusicHK)


In recent years, I have only learned about Xie Lei, a singer. I didn't know him before. Maybe I have heard his songs and his name, but it seems that we are in parallel worlds.
Recently, I found that he has a strong voice, and his voice is still very loud in his 80s, which requires extra maintenance.
I hope he comes to Hong Kong to sing and watch him once.
／06 2022

thermostat

He was really very popular in s.e. asia in the past, from wiki.