In recent performances he usually accompanies himself with a guitar.īee released his latest Cantonese solo album, Escape (濤出新天), in December 2006, backed by his new band Black Tea. In the early days he was often seen on stage with keyboards or a saxophone. Known for a distinct, husky voice, the singer penned most of his own hits and plays multiple instruments. Notable hits from this period include "Let Everything Be Gone With the Wind" (讓一切隨風), "If We Were Meant To Be" (要是有緣) and "A Romance" (一段情). The 1980s marked the peak of Bee's popularity with the Hong Kong audience so far,ĭuring which four of his studio albums went gold and two went platinum. In addition, he was credited as the director for "100 Ways to Murder Your Wife" (starring himself, Chow Yun-fat and Anita Mui, 1986).Īlongside acting, Bee develops his career as a solo singer-songwriter and has released over fifty studio and compilation albums, in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, to date. Career highlights include "Let's Make Laugh" (directed by Alfred Cheung, 1983), " Shanghai Blues" (directed by Tsui Hark, 1984), " Fist of Fury 1991" (with Stephen Chow, 1991), " the Chinese Feast" (directed by Tsui Hark, 1995) and " Initial D" (directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, 2005).
In the eighties Bee moved his base back to Hong Kong, and has since amassed a large number of movie credits, mainly in the genre of romantic comedies.
Before joining the Wynners, he was a vocalist and saxophonist on the Hong Kong nightclub circuit, and briefly fronted a band called the Sergeant Majors.Īs members of the Wynners went separate ways in 1978, Bee embarked on a solo career as an actor in Taiwan, playing lead roles in a number of romantic movies, amongst which were The Story of a Small Town, (directed by Li Hsing, 1979), Good Morning, Taipei (directed by Li Hsing, 1979), both of which won the Golden Horse Award, and The Green, Green Grass of Home (directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1983).
Bee made his break into the Hong Kong entertainment industry in 1973 as a member of the popular 1970s band, the Wynners (溫拿樂隊), sharing vocal duties with Alan Tam.
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