On the Water Side was written by Qiong Yao and composed by Lin Jiaqing. This song was written by Qiong Yao on 1975 for her film On the Water Side, and was sung by Gao Lingfeng and Jiang Lei.
1980, Teresa Teng sang this song and included it in the album "On the Water Side" of the same name. Since then, On the Water Side has been popular all over the country. 1988, Qiong Yao released a TV version of On the Water, which was sung by Li Bihua as an episode of a TV series. Before and after it, this song has also been covered by many singers several times.
The melody of the song is melodious, and Teresa Teng's singing is even more feminine. The perfect combination of Teresa Teng's timbre and lyrics embodies the flowing artistic conception created in the lyrics.
Although "On Water" was inspired by China's earliest poetry anthology "The Book of Songs", the tune did not use the traditional five tones of China, which added mysterious exotic colors to the work and better reflected the theme of "softness".
Teresa Teng's fame experience
1967, released his first solo album, Song of Teresa Teng-Fengyang Flower Drum, and began his singing career. 1969 became famous in Taiwan Province province by singing the theme song of the same name of Jingjing, the first series in Taiwan Province province. In the early 1970s, the record markets in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia were opened with works such as A Thousand Words and Hai Yun.
1974 won the Japanese record award "Newcomer Award" for his Japanese song "Airport", which established his acting career in Japan. 1976 held his first concert at Lee's Stage in Hong Kong. 1980 was elected as the first best female singer of Taiwan Golden Bell Award.
In the early 1980s, he was invited to give concerts at Lincoln Center, Los Angeles Music Center and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. 1983, China singers toured for the first time, and then stopped Shang Yan.