Dave Wang | |||||
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Dave Wang on a Shandong TV programme in 2012
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Background information | |||||
Chinese name | 王傑 (traditional) | ||||
Chinese name | 王杰 (simplified) | ||||
Pinyin | wang2 jie2 (Mandarin) | ||||
Jyutping | wong4 git6 (Cantonese) | ||||
Birth name | 王大為 (pinyin: wang2 da4 wei4) | ||||
Born |
British Hong Kong |
20 October 1962 ||||
Other name(s) | Wang Chieh Wong Kit Dave Wong Wang Jie |
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Occupation | Singer, actor | ||||
Genre(s) | Mandopop, Cantopop | ||||
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums | ||||
Voice type(s) | Tenor | ||||
Label(s) |
UFO Records/Warner Music (1988–1995) Pony Canyon (1996–1998) Emperor Entertainment Group (1999–2009) |
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Years active | 1987–2017 | ||||
Spouse(s) | Virginia Mok (m. 1993; div. 1997) | ||||
Children | 2 | ||||
Parents | Wang Hap (father) | ||||
Ancestry | Xi'an, Shaanxi, China | ||||
Influenced by | Dan Hill, John Lennon | ||||
Awards
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Dave Wang (traditional Chinese: 王傑; simplified Chinese: 王杰; pinyin: Wáng Jié; Wade–Giles: Wong Kit; born 20 October 1962) is a Taiwanese-Hong Kong singer and songwriter. His popular hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s include "一場遊戲一場夢" (A Game A Dream) and "幾分傷心幾分痴" (Bits of Sadness, Bits of Craze), "是否我真的一無所有" (Do I Really Have Nothing?), "誰明浪子心" (Who Can Understand A Loner's Heart?), "忘了你 忘了我" (Forget You Forget Me), and "安妮" (Annie).
Wang was born in British Hong Kong, as the son of a former Shaw Brothers actor, Wang Hap. He moved to Taiwan when he was 17. Before landing his first record deal in 1988, Wang wrote songs for other singers under pen-names such as "Little Grass" and "Northern Wind". He worked as a Tae Kwon Do instructor, ice-skating coach, taxi-driver, delivery-man, waiter, bartender, and cook. He also spent three years in the Taiwanese military to obtain a Taiwan ID card, despite holding a Hong Kong British passport. His first marriage ended when his wife at the time left him while he was serving in the military.
Wang released his Chinese debut album A Game A Dream (一場遊戲一場夢), which sold over 500,000-copies in December 1987, which was used as the theme song in the 1988 telemovie The Game They Call Sex. Another of his hits, "幾分傷心幾分痴" (Bits of Sadness, Bits of Craze), released in 1988, shares the melody and base music of "一場遊戲一場夢" (A Game A Dream) but sung in Cantonese with different lyrics. It was an insert song on Looking Back in Anger and the music video features Yin Szema.