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Michelle Pau

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Michelle Pau
Traditional Chinese鮑翠薇
Simplified Chinese鲍翠薇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBào cuì wēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingbaau1 ceoi3 mei4

Michelle Pau Tsui-mee (Chinese: 鮑翠薇) is a Hong Kong singer, primary active in 1980s.[1][2][3] She sang several theme songs for several television drama series produced by TVB, Hong Kong's leading broadcaster,[4] and also performed on the music programme Jade Solid Gold produced by the same network.[non-primary source needed] She later transitioned into a career in the insurance industry.[5][6][7][non-primary source needed]

Career

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Pau recorded three studio albums for Crown Records[8]: I Can Just Expect (我衹有期待, 1983), kyut zin jyun mou mun (決戰玄武門, 1984), and hou neoi dong caa (好女當差, 1985).

First album

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"Red Bean Crave" (紅豆相思), one of tracks from her debut album I Can Just Expect,[non-primary source needed] was originally featured as the main theme song of a 1941 Hong Kong film Red Bean Song (紅荳曲), whose Chinese title the song originally used.[9] Her own recording of the preexisting song helped her rise to fame ("成名").[4][10][8]

Pau's debut album received a Local Platinum Disc award (本地白金唱片) from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in 1984 for selling over 30,000 copies.[11] Ivan Wong (黃國恩) in 2018 praised the 1983 album as overall very good ("很好成績").[4]

Second album

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Of tracks from her second album,[non-primary source needed] Pau sang the main theme song "Sorrows in My Dreams" (夢裏幾番哀) and one of sub-theme songs "Hiding Away My Tears" (不見我淚流) for a 1984 TVB series The Foundation, both songs praised by especially viewers ("教觀眾非常受落").[4] Her second album (1984) received a Local Platinum Disc award in 1988.[12]

Third album

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Of tracks from her third album,[non-primary source needed] Pau song "Earthbound Pairing" (兩地情 "leong dei cing"), the main theme song for a 1985 TVB series The Legend of the General Who Never Was [zh] (薛仁貴征東). The song conveys its protagonist yearning for a lasting reciprocation ("相思深情").[13] She also sang another track “ding tin lap dei” (頂天立地), the main theme song for another TVB series of the same year The Brave Squad (好女當差).[4]

Fourth album

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Pau recorded her 1987 album Love Revolution (愛的革命) for the Rising Sun Records (日昇唱片公司).[non-primary source needed][14]

Discography

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The Chinese titles were translated by Wikipedia editors.

  • I Just Expect / A Day You Forget Me (我衹有期待 • 有一日忘掉我 ngo zi yau kei doi / yau yat yat mong diu ngo, 1983)
    Official title: Baau Ceoi-mei (鮑翠薇); literal translation: I Have Only Expectations
  • Five Lucky Stars (五福星 ng fook sing, 1984), with Derek Wan, Connie Mak Kit-man, Teresa Wong Yee-kar (黃綺加 / 王綺嘉 / 王綺加), and Susanne Ho Kar-lai (何嘉麗)
  • Main Theme of 'The Foundation' (決戰玄武門 主題曲 kyut zin jyun mou mun zyu tai kuk, 1984)
  • hou neoi dong caa / Sit Jan Gwai zing dung (好女當差 • 薛仁貴征東, 1985)
    Official title: Michelle Pau (鮑翠薇)
  • Love Revolution (愛的革命 ngoi dik gaak ming, 1987)

Notes

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  1. ↑ "校友之聲(2008) - 莊表康老師 今晚不音樂會現場 2008 民生音樂大匯演謝幕詞" (PDF) (in Chinese (Hong Kong)).
  2. ↑ "告別娛樂唱片 經典任白炒過$4,000 - 東方日報". orientaldaily.on.cc (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "華語經典". orientaldaily.on.cc 東方日報. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Wong 2018, p. 126.
  5. ↑ "Life Member". www.luahk.org. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "International Management Award" (PDF). General Agents and Managers Association of Hong Kong.
  7. ↑ "娛樂資料庫：轉行保險闖新天 | 蘋果日報•聞庫". 聞庫. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 "娛圈360：娛樂金曲光華重現 | 蘋果日報•聞庫". 聞庫. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Huang 2014, pp. 47, 167.
  10. ↑ "你這剎那在何方‧‧‧？". orientaldaily.on.cc. 東方日報. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Gold Disc Award presented [1977-2019]: 1984". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Gold Disc Award presented [1977-2019]: 1988". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  13. ↑ Wong 2018, p. 26.
  14. ↑ 鮑翠薇新形象充滿時代氣息 (in Chinese). 華僑日報. 18 July 1987. p. 15.

References

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  • Huang, Zhi-hua (黃志華) (2014). 原創 • 先鋒: 粵曲人的流行曲調創作 [Original Pioneers: Popular Songs by Cantopop Figures] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing (三聯書店(香港)有限公司). ISBN 978-962-04-3659-8.
  • Wong, Ivan (黃國恩) (2018). 電視汁撈飯: 跳進劇集歌大時代 [Tasty TV Fish Meal: The History of Songs from TV Dramas] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). ISBN 978-988-8571-24-6.

Further reading

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  • Tou, Siu-dip (涂小蝶 (2016). 第一章: 少男少女篇 – 第三節: 〈話我知〉 [Chapter 1: Lyrics for Young Demographics — Section 3: 'Words I Know']. In Zyu, Yiu-wai (朱耀偉) (ed.). 香港詞人系列：鄭國江 [Hong Kong Lyricists Series: Cheng Kwok-kong]. Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book (中華書局. pp. 14–16. ISBN 978-988-8420-28-5.
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