Thursday, May 31, 2007

Rowena Cortes 露雲娜 (好市唱片年代)

1976年9月,一位年僅十四歲、在香港成長的菲籍活潑可愛女孩子Rowena Cortes(露雲娜),參加了無線電視(HK-TVB)舉辦的流行歌曲創作邀請賽,並憑著一首來自同鄉前輩Andy Bautista的作品"There's Gotta Be A Way",榮獲冠軍大獎。她獲獎後旋即被當時的好市唱片公司(House Records)青睞,在短短壹年間為後者灌唱了下列共三張的個人LP專集:

Rowena Cortes                 (1976/PHLP 7616)


Side 1
  1. Sugar Honey Love    (Tony HillerMartin LeeLee Sheridan)
  2. Lazybones    (Hoagy CarmichaelJohnny Mercer)
  3. Let It Shine    (Linda Hargrove)
  4. No One Ever Gets The Blame    (Andy Bautista)
  5. At Seventeen    (Janis Ian)
  6. Blue Bird    ( Leon Russell)
Side 2
  1. Jolene    (Dolly Parton)
  2. Let’s Sing Forever    (Andy Bautista)
  3. Shop Around    (William Smokey RobinsonBerry Gordy)
  4. All Kinds Of Everything    (Derry Lindsay‧Jackie Smith)
  5. My Sweet Rosalie     (Tony HillerMartin LeeLee Sheridan)
  6. Single Girl    (Martha Sharp)
"Sugar Honey Love"



"Lazybones"


"At Seventeen"


"Blue Bird"


"Jolene"


"Let’s Sing Forever"


"All Kinds Of Everything"


"Single Girl"


Not A Baby Anymore          (1977/PHLP 7623)


Side 1
  1. Not A Little Baby Anymore    (Anders Nelsson)
  2. Dance Little Lady Dance    (Biddu AppaiahRon Roker‧Gerry Shury)
  3. Heading For Love    (Nick Demuth)
  4. Love You Hold The Key    (John FarrarOlivia Newton-John)
  5. Dancing Queen    (Benny Andersson Stig AndersonBjörn Ulvaeus)
  6. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do    (Neil SedakaHoward Greenfield)
Side 2
  1. Mississippi    (Werner Theunissen)
  2. Every Face Tells A Story    (Michael Allison‧Peter Sills‧Don Black)
  3. There’s Gotta Be A Way    (Andy Bautista)
  4. Torn Between Two Lovers    (Peter Yarrow‧Phillip Jarrell)
  5. Stupid Cupid    (Neil SedakaHoward Greenfield)
  6. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini    (Paul VanceLee Pockriss)
"Not A Little Baby Anymore"


"Heading For Love"


"Love You Hold The Key"Youtube連結

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"


"There's Gotta Be A Way"


"Torn Between Two Lovers"


"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"


Sweet Fairy                       (1977/PHLP 7638)


Side A
  1. Nina Pretty Ballerina    (Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus)
  2. Cookie Face    (Biddu Appaiah‧Sato)
  3. When I Hold Your Hand    (Rumiko Tanaka)
  4. My Kind Of Music    (Kaoru Itoho)
  5. I Wonder Who’s Waiting Up For You Tonight    (E. Welch‧G. Dee)
  6. Silver Ring    (Hiroko Taniyama)
Side B
  1. She’s A Witch    (Miyako Fujii)
  2. Living In Harmony    (Trevor SpencerAlan Tarney)
  3. Oh My Love    (Sanae Taguma)
  4. Love Sign    (Kieko Ohminato)
  5. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window    (Bob Merrill)
  6. Good Day Sunshine    (Masami Koizumi)
"Nina Pretty Ballerina"



"When I Hold Your Hand"


"My Kind Of Music"


"Silver Ring"


"Oh My Love"


"How Much Is That Doggie In The Window"


此外,在好市公司出版的數張合集LP唱片內,也有收錄了一些Rowena Cortes曾有或未曾有出現於上列其個人LP專集內的歌曲:

House Golden Hits 1976 Vol. 2    (1976/PHLP 767)



House Golden Hits 1976 Vol. 3    (1976/PHLP 7617)



Pop Folk    (Bang Bang Records/1977/PHLP 7621)



18 Greatest Hits Volume 1      (1977/PHLP 7625)



18 Greatest Hits Volume 2      (1977/PHLP 7633)


好巿唱片公司在1977年底被併歸繽繽唱片公司(Bang Bang Records)後,露雲娜於1978年改投EMI唱片公司,但只灌錄了一張個人的《Rowena Cortes Greatest Hits + 2》LP專集,她便離開了;其實該張專集,除了兩首是她首次為電影〈大煞星與小妹頭〉以粵語演繹戲中的主題曲"心花放"及插曲"誰能預計"外,其餘的全都是她在好巿唱片公司時期曾灌唱過的歐西歌曲。而她也是〈大煞星與小妹頭〉該片中的演員,更自始開始了在影視圈的發展。




1981年,無線電視(HK-TVB)推出了一套青春劇〈荳芽夢〉,露雲娜也有參與演出,並兼唱了由Anders Nelsson作曲的同名主題歌;這曲面世後大受聽眾歡迎,奠定了她繼續在往後轉唱粵語流行曲的基礎。同時她也改投了寶麗金(PolyGram)唱片公司,後者在1982年為她出版了一張名《青春1,000日》的個人LP專集,唱片內有其從唱以來的代表作"傳說"(無線電視(HK-TVB)的日本卡通片集〈千年女王〉插曲)、"荳芽夢"及"青春1,000日"等歌。其後她灌唱的熱賣歌曲,還有在1985年面世的"雨中Sha La La"及1987年的"戚眼眉"等。而她這些粵語歌曲,全都有收錄在九十及千禧年代寶麗金/環球唱片出版的《寶麗金88極品音色系列 - 露雲娜》、《二十世紀光輝印記露雲娜DCS聲選輯》、《真經典露雲娜Rowena Cortes》、《環球+百代 經典無間系列–露雲娜》、及《露雲娜 '87》、《青春 1,000日》CD專集內。

近年來,本地報章娛樂板已鮮有有關她的近況報導,僅有的是某網上討論區曾提到她的兒子已有十六、七歲,不會復出演唱了。

2006年,文志唱片公司終於出版了她在「好市」年代灌唱的歌曲CD版。


Her Best Album               (2006/CD20771)


  1. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini    (Paul VanceLee Pockriss)
  2. Torn Between Two Lovers     (Peter Yarrow‧Phillip Jarrell)
  3. Jolene     (Dolly Parton)
  4. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do     (Neil SedakaHoward Greenfield)
  5. Don’t Stop Believing     (John Farrar)
  6. All Kinds Of Everything    (Derry Lindsay‧Jackie Smith)
  7. S.O.S.    (Benny Andersson Stig AndersonBjörn Ulvaeus)
  8. Stupid Cupid     (Neil SedakaHoward Greenfield)
  9. Dancing Queen     (Benny Andersson Stig AndersonBjörn Ulvaeus)
  10. Not A Baby Anymore    (Anders Nelsson)
  11. Heading For Love    (Nick Demuth)
  12. At Seventeen    (Janis Ian )
  13. Special To Me    (Paul Williams‧William Finley)
  14. There’s Gotta Be A Way    (Andy Bautista)
  15. My Sweet Rosalie    (Tony HillerMartin LeeLee Sheridan)
  16. Love You Hold The Key    (John FarrarOlivia Newton-John)
  17. Let’s Sing Forever    (Andy Bautista)
  18. Sugar Honey Love    ( Tony HillerMartin LeeLee Sheridan
  19. Dance Little Lady Dance    (Biddu AppaiahRon Roker‧Gerry Shury)
  20. Mississippi    (Werner Theunissen)
  21. Every Face Tells A Story    (Michael Allison‧Peter Sills‧Don Black)
  22. Lazybones    (Hoagy CarmichaelJohnny Mercer)

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3 comments:

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I love her so much although I was not that generation.

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