Teresa Teng/Teresa Teng Chinese Best Selection (1978-1986)

A Taiwanese female singer who had enormous popularity in East Asia, especially Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China from the 1970s to the 1980s, and called an 'Asian songbird'. Her Chinese name is Deng Lijun. A best compilation album released in Japan in 2006 (2 CDs). The disc 1 includes her major 18 songs with Chinese lyrics, such as 'Hé Rì Jūn Zài Lái/When Will You Return?' (A hit song originally sung by the Shanghai singer/actress Zhou Xuan in 1937. The Teresa Teng version became a huge revival hit in mainland China in the early 1980s), 'Yè Lái Xiāng/Night Fragrant Flower' (a Chinese pop song also sung by Li Xianglan/Yoshiko Yamaguchi in 1951), 'Yuè Liàng Dài Biao Wo De Xīn/The Moon Represents My Heart', 'Xiao Chéng Gù Shì/Small Town Story', and 'Tián Mì Mì/Your Sweet Smiles' (The original is an Indonesian folk song. Later used in Hong Kong film 'Comrades: Almost a Love Story' in 1996). Chinese pop gems with shiny, mellow and beautiful voice. The disc 2 includes 18 Chinese versions of Japanese hit songs. 'Kuukou/Airport', 'Tsugunai/Amends', 'Aijin/Mistress', 'Toki no Nagare ni Mi wo Makase/Going with the Flow of the Times' are her original hit songs in Japan. 'Tsugari-kaikyou Fuyu-geshiki/Tsugaru Channel Winter Scenery' is a cover of Sayuri Ishikawa. 'Kitaguni no Haru/Northern Spring' is a cover of Masao Sen. 'Erimo-misaki/Erimo Cape' is a cover of Shin'ichi Mori. 'Goodbye My Love' is a cover of Ann Lewis.