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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][4] She sang several theme songs for several television drama series produced by TVB, Hong Kong's leading broadcaster,[5] and also performed on the music programme Jade Solid Gold produced by the same network. She later transitioned into a career in the insurance industry.[6][7][8]

Career

Pau recorded three studio albums for Crown Records[9]: 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

"Red Bean Crave" (紅豆相思), one of tracks from her debut album I Can Just Expect, 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.[10] Her own recording of the preexisting song helped her rise to fame ("成名").[5][11][9]

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.[12] Ivan Wong (黃國恩) in 2018 praised the 1983 album as overall very good ("很好成績").[5]

Second album

Of tracks from her second album, 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").[5] Her second album (1984) received a Local Platinum Disc award in 1988.[13]

Third album

Of tracks from her third album, 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 (薛仁貴征東). The song conveys its protagonist yearning for a lasting reciprocation ("相思深情").[14] 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).[5]

Fourth album

Pau recorded her 1987 album Love Revolution (愛的革命) for the Rising Sun Records (日昇唱片公司).[15]

Discography

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

  1. "Michelle Pau". www.listal.com. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  2. "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).
  3. "告別娛樂唱片 經典任白炒過$4,000 - 東方日報". orientaldaily.on.cc. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. "華語經典". orientaldaily.on.cc 東方日報. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  5. Wong 2018, p. 126.
  6. "Life Member". www.luahk.org. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  7. "International Management Award" (PDF). General Agents and Managers Association of Hong Kong.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. Huang 2014, pp. 47, 167.
  11. "你這剎那在何方‧‧‧？". orientaldaily.on.cc. 東方日報. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  12. "Gold Disc Award presented [1977-2019]: 1984". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  13. "Gold Disc Award presented [1977-2019]: 1988". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  14. Wong 2018, p. 26.
  15. 鮑翠薇新形象充滿時代氣息 (in Chinese). 華僑日報. 18 July 1987. p. 15.

References

  • 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

  • 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.