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Roman Tam Pak-sin (Chinese: 譚百先; pinyin: Tán Bǎixiān; 12 February 1945– 18 October 2002), known professionally by his stage name Law Man (Chinese: 羅文; pinyin: Luó Wén), was a Hong Kong singer. He is regarded as the "Grand Godfather of Cantopop".[1]
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.[2] After forming a short-lived band known as Roman and the Four Steps and winning a talent contest in Japan,[3][4] he became a contract singer under studios term at TVB. He briefly switched to Asia Television in the early 1990s.
Tam was also known for bending and breaking gender norms, with a "flamboyant" on-stage persona. He was the first Hong Kong pop star to perform in drag and was featured in a magazine while posing in the nude. Although the latter was controversial at the time, Tam "'got away with his on-stage flamboyance because of his off-stage discretion' and was accepted 'in mainstream Chinese culture at a time when homosexuality was outlawed'".[6] He never married and maintained a high degree of privacy in his personal life.[4]
Tam officially retired in 1996, but continued to perform occasionally with other artists.[4]
^HKVPradio, . Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2011., Retrieved 7 April 2007. Article archived in 2008. Excerpted from the original article in Rhythm magazine by Lucia Chan, 8 June 2004.
^(in Chinese)Southern Metropolis Daily. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
^Allen Chun; Ned Rossiter; Brian Shoesmith, eds. (2004). Refashioning Pop Music in Asia: Cosmopolitan Flows, Political Tempos, and Aesthetic Industries. Routeledge. ISBN9781135791506.
^ abc"How 'Godfather of Canto-pop' Roman Tam lives on in hearts". South China Morning Post. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^"5 songs that defined Canto-pop legend Roman Tam's career". South China Morning Post. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^"Godfather of Canto-pop Roman Tam: 'an imperfect man' who sought perfection". South China Morning Post. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^"Canto-pop legend Roman Tam dies of cancer". South China Morning Post. 19 October 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^"Hong Kong pop icon Tam dies". 19 October 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2022 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
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