Modern Express News (Reporter Wang Ziyang Ding Mengsha) On February 15, according to Taiwan media reports, the well-known singer Liu Wenzheng died of myocardial infarction in Las Vegas, USA in November 2022 at the age of 70. Many people may be unfamiliar with this name, but they must have heard his songs. He was called "Chinese Elvis" by fans in the last century. His representative works include "Orchid Grass", "Grandma's Penghu Bay", "Burning Firebird "" Light Rain in March" and so on.
Liu Wenzheng, born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1952, was originally from Renqiu, Hebei Province. He was a representative male singer in the Chinese pop music scene in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1975, Liu Wenzheng made his official debut with his first album "Promise". His passionate singing style and handsome and delicate image quickly made him popular in the entire Mandarin music scene. In 1977, he produced and hosted the music program "Liu Wenzheng Time", which set a record of 82% of the audience in Taiwan.
Since 1979, Liu Wenzheng has won the Top Ten Singer Awards of the Taiwan Golden Voice Awards for five consecutive years. The Taiwan campus song "Orchid Grass" he sang was brisk and became popular in the Chinese-speaking area. champion.
"Walking on the small road in the country, the old cow who returns at night is my companion..." "Penghu Bay, Penghu Bay, my grandmother's Penghu Bay, has many childhood fantasies of mine, sunshine, sand, waves, cacti, and a The old captain..."
In 1980, he sang campus folk songs "Country Road" and "Grandma's Penghu Bay" which were well-known to the audience and have been sung for more than 40 years. Many fans can hum the tune when they see the title of the song. A fan left a message, "The memory of my youth, the scene of two single-card recorders facing each other transcribing Liu Wenzheng's songs in a quiet room is still vivid in my mind." More attention, and many awards, together with Teresa Teng enlightened a generation of mainland pop fans.
In 1986, Liu Wenzheng established Flying Eagle Company and began to work behind the scenes. In 1991, he suddenly announced his withdrawal from the entertainment industry. In the same year, he emigrated to the United States.
The man has passed away, just like what he sang in the song: "How much loneliness and melancholy, all dissipate with the evening wind."
