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Samuel Tai
Samuel Tai (Chinese: 邰正宵; pinyin: Tái Zhèngxiāo, born 6 November 1966) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese singer-songwriter.[unreliable source?] Tai debuted in 1988 and then released his first solo album Good Boys (理想男孩) in 1990. In 1993, he wrote the song "999 Roses" (九佰九拾九朶玫瑰), which turned out to be a huge success and big hit. His most popular songs include "999 Roses", "Thousand Origami Cranes" (千紙鶴), "1001 Nights" (一千零一夜) and "Let You Hear My Heart Beating" (心要讓你聽見) etc. He subsequently released 30 albums. His latest album, In the Beginning was released on 31 August 2012.
Tai was born in Hong Kong and spent his childhood on Shanghai Street in Mongkok.[citation needed] He was educated at Min Guang College and Wellington English Secondary School. He admired Bruce Lee and has studied Wing Chun from Lok Yiu for many years. He qualified in Taekwondo with a first-degree black belt. Due to an injury he had to stay at home to rest. During recovery, his father bought a guitar to let him pass time; this started his attachment to music.
Tai's father, Tai Li-ren, is a Chinese medicine practitioner. Influenced by his father, Samuel Tai also intended to become a doctor. However, he couldn't continue his study at the Faculty of Medicine of HKU due to poor grades, so he went to the Kaohsiung Medical College in Taiwan for his medical study in 1985. He sang in the café and pub weekly as a part-time job to support his study.
After graduation, Tai got a medical technician license in Hong Kong. But his heart always longed for music. In 1988, Tai participated in a Pop music contest in Taiwan and won the 5th prize. After that, he signed a contract with UFO Records for 2 years, which was not very successful. In 1993, he wrote the song 999 Roses (九百九拾九朶玫瑰), which turned out to be a huge success and big hit. His most popular songs include: 999 Roses(九百九拾九朶玫瑰), Thousand origami cranes (千紙鶴), 1001 Nights (一千零一夜) and Let you listen to my heart (心要讓你聽見), and others.
Tai retreated out of the limelight for a few years to become active in church work. In recent years he has started to be very active on stage in mainland China. His new album, In the Beginning was released on 31 August 2012.
While at Kaohsiung Medical College in Kaohsiung, Taiwan studying medical technology, Tai also sang folk songs in restaurants. In 1988 he participated in the first session of Popular Music Competition and was one of the Winners (together with other winners, famous singer Chang Yu-sheng, Dave Wang, Jack Yao). That event started his music career; publishing albums like Nomad, Ideal Boys, Devoted to You, Cheer for Me, and others.
In the early 1990s, Chinese songwriter-singers from Taiwan rose in popularity. In 1993, Tai published the album To find a word to replace. The main hit song "999 Roses" became a big success, and was recognized as typical Chinese love song, even when the story was based on the story of him sending a rose to a female cancer patient he cared for that passed away. He later released "Feel so lonely when thinking of you", "Thousand origami cranes", "Let you listen to my heart" and "1001 Nights".
Tai's popularity gained him recognition of his creative talent. He started to perform covers of other singers' songs,[clarification needed] such as the "Blue Street Lights" and "Love Movies Play" by Leon Lai, "Devoted to you as usual" by Leo Ku and "Goodbye Means Tears" by Alan Tam. Tai also sang two songs sung by Leon Lai in Cantonese and included them in the album Rekindle Love. He thanked Leon Lai for making his songs so popular.
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Samuel Tai
Samuel Tai (Chinese: 邰正宵; pinyin: Tái Zhèngxiāo, born 6 November 1966) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese singer-songwriter.[unreliable source?] Tai debuted in 1988 and then released his first solo album Good Boys (理想男孩) in 1990. In 1993, he wrote the song "999 Roses" (九佰九拾九朶玫瑰), which turned out to be a huge success and big hit. His most popular songs include "999 Roses", "Thousand Origami Cranes" (千紙鶴), "1001 Nights" (一千零一夜) and "Let You Hear My Heart Beating" (心要讓你聽見) etc. He subsequently released 30 albums. His latest album, In the Beginning was released on 31 August 2012.
Tai was born in Hong Kong and spent his childhood on Shanghai Street in Mongkok.[citation needed] He was educated at Min Guang College and Wellington English Secondary School. He admired Bruce Lee and has studied Wing Chun from Lok Yiu for many years. He qualified in Taekwondo with a first-degree black belt. Due to an injury he had to stay at home to rest. During recovery, his father bought a guitar to let him pass time; this started his attachment to music.
Tai's father, Tai Li-ren, is a Chinese medicine practitioner. Influenced by his father, Samuel Tai also intended to become a doctor. However, he couldn't continue his study at the Faculty of Medicine of HKU due to poor grades, so he went to the Kaohsiung Medical College in Taiwan for his medical study in 1985. He sang in the café and pub weekly as a part-time job to support his study.
After graduation, Tai got a medical technician license in Hong Kong. But his heart always longed for music. In 1988, Tai participated in a Pop music contest in Taiwan and won the 5th prize. After that, he signed a contract with UFO Records for 2 years, which was not very successful. In 1993, he wrote the song 999 Roses (九百九拾九朶玫瑰), which turned out to be a huge success and big hit. His most popular songs include: 999 Roses(九百九拾九朶玫瑰), Thousand origami cranes (千紙鶴), 1001 Nights (一千零一夜) and Let you listen to my heart (心要讓你聽見), and others.
Tai retreated out of the limelight for a few years to become active in church work. In recent years he has started to be very active on stage in mainland China. His new album, In the Beginning was released on 31 August 2012.
While at Kaohsiung Medical College in Kaohsiung, Taiwan studying medical technology, Tai also sang folk songs in restaurants. In 1988 he participated in the first session of Popular Music Competition and was one of the Winners (together with other winners, famous singer Chang Yu-sheng, Dave Wang, Jack Yao). That event started his music career; publishing albums like Nomad, Ideal Boys, Devoted to You, Cheer for Me, and others.
In the early 1990s, Chinese songwriter-singers from Taiwan rose in popularity. In 1993, Tai published the album To find a word to replace. The main hit song "999 Roses" became a big success, and was recognized as typical Chinese love song, even when the story was based on the story of him sending a rose to a female cancer patient he cared for that passed away. He later released "Feel so lonely when thinking of you", "Thousand origami cranes", "Let you listen to my heart" and "1001 Nights".
Tai's popularity gained him recognition of his creative talent. He started to perform covers of other singers' songs,[clarification needed] such as the "Blue Street Lights" and "Love Movies Play" by Leon Lai, "Devoted to you as usual" by Leo Ku and "Goodbye Means Tears" by Alan Tam. Tai also sang two songs sung by Leon Lai in Cantonese and included them in the album Rekindle Love. He thanked Leon Lai for making his songs so popular.
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