Wan Kwong

Wan Kwong
Born	1947 (age 76–77) Saigon, Vietnam
Occupation(s)	Cantonese opera singer, actor
Years active	1960s – present
Chinese name
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yǐn Guāng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wan5 Gwong1

Wan Kwong (Chinese: 尹光), born Lui Minkwong (呂明光 and also known as Jackson Wan Kwong), is a singer from Hong Kong, known as "The Temple Street Prince".

Wan was born in Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City in 1949 and was an ethnic Cantonese from Vietnam and was trained as a Cantonese opera singer. Wan left with his family from Vietnam as the war broke out for Hong Kong. From the 1960s to 1980s, he switched to pop songs, whose lyrics, often in vulgar language, reflected the lives of the lower class in Hong Kong. Around the 1990s, he collaborated with other senior singers in Hong Kong, singing in pubs and on TV shows. He released an album called Ignoring Father (少理阿爸) in 2002 and still holds concerts occasionally.

Discography

• Hollywood Grand Hotel (荷里活大酒店)
• Counting Hair (數毛毛)
• The Fortune Teller Tai Tset Sai (相士大隻西)
• Ignoring Father (少理阿爸)
• Chasing the Dragon (追龍)

External links

• June Ng (4 September 2008). "Cult Icon Singer Wan Kwong". HK Asia-City. Retrieved 28 December 2010.