Samuel Hui

Film & TV

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Samuel Hui Koon-Kit (許冠傑) is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor born on September 6, 1948 in Guangzhou, China. His family moved to Hong Kong as refugees in 1950. He is credited with popularizing 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…

Known for

• 许冠杰 - 此时此处演唱会2023
• In Memory Of Leslie Cheung2023
• TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會 — self2021
• 許冠傑：相識廿載演唱會'87 (升級版) — himself2015
• Winner Takes All — 黄大千2000
• All's Well End's Well, Too — Chow Tung1993
• Laughter Of Water Margins — Wu Sung1993
• 許冠傑光榮引退匯群星1992
• The Banquet1991
• Swordsman — Ling Wu Chung1990

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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

Sibling

Michael Hui

Occupation

screenwriter

Educated at

Ying Wa College

Languages spoken

Cantonese

Native language

Cantonese

Genre

cantopop

Instrument

guitar

Official website

www.samhuiofficial.com

Image

Sam Hui 20240331 (cropped).jpg

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