Kenny Bee

Chung Chun-to (born 23 February 1953), also known by his stage name Kenny Bee, is a Hong Kong singer, musician and actor. He is best known as the singer of the group the Wynners, and as a solo artist who has been active in the Hong Kong entertainment industry for nearly three decades.

Kenny Bee
Born
Chung Chun-to

(1953-02-23) 23 February 1953
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
Years active1973–present
Spouses
(m. 1988; div. 1999)
    Fan-jiang Su-zhen
    (m. 2014)
    Children4
    Chinese name
    Traditional Chinese鍾鎮濤
    Simplified Chinese钟镇涛
    Musical career
    GenresCantopop, Mandopop, Hong Kong English pop
    Instrument(s)
    • Vocals
    • keyboards
    • guitar
    • saxophone

    Career

    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. 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.

    Acting

    As 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).

    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. 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 addition, he was credited as the director for "100 Ways to Murder Your Wife" (starring himself, Chow Yun-fat and Anita Mui, 1986).

    Musicianship

    Alongside 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. The 1980s marked the peak of Bee's popularity with the Hong Kong audience so far, during which four of his studio albums went gold and two went platinum.[1] 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).

    Known for a distinct, husky voice, the singer penned most of his own hits and plays multiple instruments. In the early days he was often seen on stage with keyboards or a saxophone. In recent performances he usually accompanies himself with a guitar.

    Bee released his latest Cantonese solo album, Escape (濤出新天), in December 2006, backed by his new band Black Tea.

    Recently, Bee partnered with violin luthier Scott Cao to design their own line of classical guitars, "Bonstar." In 2008, Bee performed a series of solo concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum, as well as in Singapore and Macau. Aside from working solo, the Wynners continued their world tour.

    Personal life

    Bee has a blood brother and six half brothers and sisters, with his father a former real estate agent.[2] He married socialite-turned-actress Teresa Cheung in 1988, with whom he had a son, Nicholas Bee, and a daughter, Chloe Bee. The marriage ended in a high-profile divorce in 1999, feeding tabloids with stories on extramarital affairs, lavish spending habits and financial troubles for many months to come. Bee filed for personal bankruptcy in 2002, which expired on 17 October 2006.

    He is currently living with his second wife Fan Jiang, with whom he has two daughters, Chung Yee (Blythe Belle) and Chung Kwok.

    In December 2007, Bee released an autobiography, MacDonnell Road, named after a street in Hong Kong he grew up on.

    Filmography

    Year Title Role Notes
    1975Let's Rock
    1976Gonna Get You
    1977Rainbow in My Heart
    Chelsia, My Love
    1978Making It
    1979The Story of a Small Town
    Good Morning, Taipei
    All's Well that Does Well
    1980Sai Fung Dik Ku Heung
    The Spooky Bunch
    Cute Girlaka Lovable You
    Don't Forget the Promise
    Spring in Autumn
    Burning Love
    Love Comes from the Sea
    1981Errant Love
    My Cape of Many Dreams
    Another Springaka Once Again with Love
    Bang Bang Yat Chun Sam
    The Funniest Movie
    Undated Wedding
    Fung Kwong Sai Kai
    The Land of the Brave
    Special Treatment
    Cheerful Wind
    Lucky By Chance
    1982Crimson Street
    Six is Company
    The Green, Green Grass of Home
    Ye Sing Dik Ching Chun
    1983Let's Make Laugh
    1984Prince Charming
    And Now What's Your Name
    The Funny General
    Shanghai Blues
    1985The Flying Mr. B
    1986Strange Bedfellow
    100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
    Millionaire's ExpressFook Loi
    1987To Err is Humane
    Armour of GodBand member
    Reincarnation
    My Cousin, the Ghost
    My Heart is that Eternal Rose
    Project A Part II
    The Happy Bigamist
    1988Mr. Possessed
    One Husband Too Many
    18 Times
    Spy Games
    1989Happy Together
    A Fishy Story
    Burning Sensation
    City Squeeze
    Bachelor's Swan SongChan Chi-Nam
    Hearts No Flowers
    Miraclescameo
    My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
    1990BB30
    1991Sisters of the World Unite
    Mainland Dundee
    Top Bet
    Today's Hero
    Fist of Fury 1991Smart
    1992Fist of Fury 1991 II
    Mary from Beijingaka Awakening
    Once a Black Sheep
    Saviour of the SoulSiu-Chuen
    The Ape which Turned into a Man
    1993The Eagle Shooting HeroesWong Chung-Yeung
    The Tigers: the Legend of Canton
    Rose, Rose I Love You
    The Moon WarriorsEmperor Yen Ling
    1994Smoke Amongst the Floor[3]Yuhang Jiang/Zeng
    1995Ten Brothers
    The Chinese FeastKit
    1996What a Wonderful Life
    Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
    1998Ninth Happiness
    2000Healing Hearts
    2002Happy FamilyMr Han
    Troublesome Night 16Sung Kong
    2004Super Model
    Elixir of Love
    Leave Me Alone
    2005Initial DYuichi Tachibana
    A Chinese Tall Story
    2006Shanghai Red
    The Return of the Condor HeroesGongsun Zhi
    2007It's a Wonderful Life
    2010Just Another Pandora's Box
    Shanghai Blue
    2011Mr. Zhai
    A Land without Boundaries
    East Meets West 2011
    2012100% Kiss
    Together
    2013The Rooftop
    Traversal 101
    Star of Bethlehem
    2018Air Strike
    House of the Rising Sons
    2019FagaraHa Leung

    [4][5]

    Discography

    Cantonese albums

    • 閃閃星辰 – 1980
    • 不可以不想你 – 1981
    • 說愛就愛 – 1983
    • 要是有緣 – 1983
    • 我行我素 – 1984.07
    • 鍾鎮濤精選 (Collection) – 1984
    • 痴心的一句 – 1985.01
    • 鍾鎮濤(淚之旅) – 1985.09
    • 鍾鎮濤(Trip Mix): 淚之旅/太多考驗 (12" Single Mix) – 1985
    • 情變 – 1986.05
    • 鍾鎮濤(Trip Mix II): 香腸、蚊帳、機關槍/原諒我 (12" Single Mix) – 1986
    • 最佳鍾鎮濤 (New Song + Collection) – 1986
    • 寂寞 – 1987.03
    • 聽濤 – 1987.10
    • 晴 – 1988.05
    • 情有獨鍾 (New Songs + Collection) – 1988.10
    • 人潮內... 我像獨行 – 1989.03
    • 看星的日子 – 30 November 1989
    • B歌 (Collection, distributed in Singapore) – 1989
    • 鍾鎮濤 (3" CD, Collection) – 1990
    • 不死鳥 – August 1990
    • 仍是真心 – August 1992
    • 全部為你 – January 1994
    • 鍾鎮濤金曲精選 (2 Discs, Collection) – 1993.12
    • 88極品音色系列: 鍾鎮濤 Kenny Bee (Collection) – 1997.07
    • B計劃 (2 Discs, New Songs + Collection) – March 1998
    • B歌集 (2 Discs, Collection) – 1998.07
    • 鍾鎮濤dCS聲選輯 (Collection) – 2000.02
    • 俠骨仁心原聲專輯 – 2001.04.20
    • 真經典鍾鎮濤 (Collection) – 2001.07.27
    • 還有你 (2 Discs, Collection) – 2002.08.22
    • 濤出新天 – 2006.12.29
    • 佛誕吉祥 – 2009[6]

    Mandarin albums

    • 我的伙伴 – 1979.05.09
    • 早安台北 – 1979.08.20
    • 白衣少女 – 1980
    • 鍾鎮濤專輯 (Collection) – 1981
    • 鍾鎮濤(阿B) (Mandarin/Cantonese) – 1982
    • 表錯七日情(國) (Mandarin/Cantonese) – 1983
    • 哦!寶貝‧為甚麼 – 1983
    • 詩人與情人 – 1989.02
    • 捨不得•這樣的日子 – 1989
    • 捨不得 – 1990
    • 飄 – 1990.09
    • 活出自己 – 1991.06
    • 我的世界只有你最懂 – 1992.06
    • 祝你健康快樂 – 1993.09
    • 情人的眼睛 (Collection) – 1994.02
    • 簡簡單單的生活 – 1994
    • 《煙鎖重樓》 – 1994.11.22
    • 情歌對唱集(寂寞) (with Teresa Cheung, Mandarin/Cantonese) – 1995.05
    • 痴心愛你 – 1995.06
    • 男人 – 2004.02.16

    English albums

    • Why Worry – 1997

    References

    1. "Gold Disc Award" Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Hong Kong Group) Ltd. (IFPI Hong Kong). Retrieved 19 July 2007
    2. 10-point Hall of Fame – Kenny Bee (part 1) (Mandarin) on YouTube
    3. Chiung Yao#煙鎖重樓
    4. "Kenny Bee". IMDb. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
    5. "Kenny Bee". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
    6. 佛誕吉祥 on YouTube
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