Richard Lam
| Richard Lam | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 林振強 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 林振强 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Lín Zhènqiáng (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | lam4 zan3 koeng4 (Cantonese) |
| Born | 1949 Hong Kong |
| Died | November 16, 2003 (aged 54) Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Lyricist, columnist |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop |
| Ancestry | Huizhou, Guangdong (Hakka) |
Richard Lam Chun-Keung was a Cantopop lyricist with several hundred Cantopop songs to his name, and a columnist for Apple Daily and Next Magazine in Hong Kong. He is a Hakka of Huizhou, Guangdong ancestry.
Lam graduated from Salesian English School in Hong Kong and the University of California, Berkeley. He started out as a copywriter for an advertising agency owned by Wong Jim and Lam's sister Eunice. Lam was inspired by Wong to become a lyrics writer.
Lam was hired as creative director for Giordano clothing chain in 1988 by the then-owner Jimmy Lai. When Jimmy Lai entered into the media industry, Lam followed him, becoming a consultant and later a columnist for Apple Daily and Next Magazine.
Between 1980s and the 1990s, Richard Lam wrote more than a thousand pieces of lyrics until the 2000s. He slowed down on writing lyrics subsequent to being diagnosed with lymphoma. He died on 16 November 2003.
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