Chinese name 羅文 (traditional) Birth name Tam Pak-Sin (譚百先) Chinese name 罗文 (simplified) Name Roman Tam | Pinyin Role Singer Jyutping lo4 man4 (Cantonese) | |
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Died October 18, 2002, Hong Kong Movies Twilight of the Forbidden City Albums Denon Mastersonic - She Diao Ying Xiong Chuan Similar People Jenny Tseng, Joey Yung, Eason Chan, Manfred Wong | ||
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Roman Tam Pak-sin, (11 February 1945 – 18 October 2002), known professionally by his stage name Law Man, was a Hong Kong singer. He is regarded as the "Grand Godfather of Cantopop".
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Career
Tam was seen as a cultural icon to Chinese communities around the world (including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and, later Mainland China). He had a string of hits in a career spanning 30 years. He was well respected for his singing skills, his positive outlooks, and his insistence on correct pronunciations.
Born in Baise, Guangxi, China, with family roots in Guiping, Guangxi. He moved to Guangzhou (Canton) in 1947 at the age of 2. He later emigrated to Hong Kong in 1962 at the age of 17. After forming a short-lived band known as Roman and the Four Steps, he became a contract singer under studios term at TVB. He briefly switched to Asia Television in the early 1990s.
During the 1990s, he accepted many budding singers as his students. Some of which who became famous included Joey Yung and Ekin Cheng. He had sung many well-known songs for various TV series including Below the Lion Rock and the 1982 TVB TV series The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
Tam never married. He died in Hong Kong at Queen Mary Hospital from liver cancer.
