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"The Bund" is a song composed by electronic music group The Shanghai Restoration Project released on the group's first eponymous release, inspired by the Shanghai jazz bands of the 1930s. An instrumental version of the song titled "The Bund (Instrumental)" was released in 2008 on the group's Day – Night (Instrumentals) album.
The song would also become one of the top 10 songs awarded in the 1980 RTHK Gold songs awards. [2] Yip gained international fame after the song's release, and it has since become her signature song. [3] The 1996 film Shanghai Grand released some 16 years later also re-used the same song.
Koo used Yip to sing commercial Jingles while she was working as a secretary in HSBC, one was the jingles was a song about savings account for HSBC. [1] [2] Her first record, Bu Liao Qing (Love Without End) was recorded in the same year. [1] At that time she recorded predominantly English covers of Mandarin songs and Mandarin songs. [2]
Shanghai was divided into the International Concession and the French Concession in the 1930s and early 1940s. Owing to the protection of foreign nations (e.g., Britain and France), Shanghai was a prosperous and a rather politically stable city. Some shidaiqu songs are related to particular historical events (e.g., the Second Sino-Japanese War ...
The Bund of Shanghai (上海灘), theme song from TV series The Bund (1980) All Kind Sentiments (萬般情), theme song from TV series The Bund II (1980) Shanghai Beach of the Dragon Tiger Battle (上海灘龍虎鬥), theme song from TV series The Bund III (1980) When I'm Asked (問我) Both are forgetten in the mist (兩忘煙水裡)
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After the events in God of Gamblers II, Tai-kun, who lost his ESP powers, has regained the abilities again and seeks revenge against Sing, the Saint of Gamblers. When Tai-kun, aided by his fellow disciples, exerts ESP powers under full force against Sing who is doing likewise to them, the spacetime becomes distorted and sends Tai-kun and Sing to Shanghai in 1937.
It was recorded by Doris Day in 1951 and was a big hit for her. Other charting versions were recorded by Bing Crosby and by the Billy Williams Quartet.. The recording by Doris Day was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39423, with the flip side "My Life's Desire". [2]