What is the musical status of Emil Wakin Chau?

Emil Wakin Chau should be one of the most accomplished, influential and representative singers and creators in Taiwan Province in the middle and late 1980s, and his creation spanned the whole 1990s. What is the difference between a singer and a composer? Singers rely on music companies to invite professional composers and lyricists to write songs, and then give them to singers for interpretation. The singer himself has not achieved much in writing lyrics and composing music. Creators can write lyrics, compose music, arrange music and even produce independently. I believe everyone knows that there is a phenomenon in the early Chinese music scene, which is extremely serious in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. There is a joke on the Internet: Miyuki Nakajima holds up half the sky's Chinese music scene and Koji Tamaki holds up half the sky's Chinese music scene.

There are not many composers in Hong Kong. Other singers, such as the Four Heavenly Kings, Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam and many other first-line singers, have a history of covering foreign songs, especially Japanese songs. In contrast, there are far more composers in Taiwan Province province who can compose independently than in Hongkong. For example, Tayu Lo, Jonathan Lee, Zhang Dongzheng, Chyi Chin, Tong Ange, Wang Jie, Wu Bai, Yu Chengqing and Wu Qixian are all creators who can write their own songs and lyrics. In the heyday of the Four Heavenly Kings, Chyi Chin, Emil Wakin Chau, Tongan Pavilion and Wang Jie were also selected by Taiwan Province. Although Emil Wakin Chau also ranks among the four kings of Taiwan Province, he is different from the other three absolute creators. Emil Wakin Chau's identity as a creator was not so pure, he was between the singers and creators who were popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan at that time.

Emil Wakin Chau's songs "Make Me Happy and Worry Me", "Flower Heart" and so on are very popular now. They are all Japanese songs covered by China lyricists, while "Make Me Happy and Worry Me" belongs to Jonathan Lee.

Other popular songs, such as rain or shine, ktv must ask friends. Emil Wakin Chau didn't write his own lyrics or music.

So, is Emil Wakin Chau just a singer who can sing?

Actually, it wasn't. Although Emil Wakin Chau sang songs written by others and covered Japanese songs, he also wrote many songs, and his creative strength was absolutely second to none among Taiwanese composers at that time.