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Also known as Samuel Hui Koon-kit, Samuel "Sam" Hui Kwun-kit, Hui Koon-kit, Hui Kwun-kit, Hui Koon Kit, Hui Kwun Kit, Xu Guanjie, Sam Hui

Hong Kong musician and actor (born 1948)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Character
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1969
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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
232
Total plays
3,843

Samuel Hui Koon-kit, usually known as Sam Hui, is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is credited with popularising Cantopop both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular Cantonese rather than written vernacular Chinese in biting lyrics that addressed contemporary problems and concerns. Hui is considered by some to be the first major superstar of Cantopop, known as the God of Song. As an actor, he is well-known <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Samu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Samuel
Family name
Xu
Gender
male
Citizenship
China
Place of birth
Guangzhou
Occupation
screenwriter
Educated at
Ying Wa College
Languages spoken
Cantonese
Native language
Cantonese
Instrument
guitar
Official website
www.samhuiofficial.com
Image
Sam Hui 20240331 (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1948-09-06
ancestral home
Panyu District
start of work period
1967-00-00
permanent resident of
Hong Kong
Commons category
Hui Koon-kit, Samuel
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