Happy Family - Original Soundtrack Movie Theme - Music Box

Performers: The Wynners, James Wong, Wah Wa, Chen Qiuxia, etc. Record Label: PHILIPS
Publication date: 1975
Executive Producer: Feng Tianzhi

01. Just kidding!
02. Only one true confidant
03. LOVE Love
04. Money is the closest thing to us.
05. (Why) Holding hands
06. A love of learning is a blessing.
07. Clothes make the man.
08. But I love you
09, I feel very lonely today.
10. We've always been friends.
11. The Earth is round and round.
12. With concerted efforts, anything can be accomplished.
13. Towards the green hills and clear waters
14. Café de Coral

In terms of the revival history of Cantonese pop music, if "Parting Swallows" was the prelude to Cantonese pop music, "The Story of Laughter and Tears" composed by Joseph Koo and sung by Sandra Bullock was the first wave, the songs sung by Sam Hui in the movie "Games Gamblers Play" were the second wave, and then the series of songs sung by the Wynners in the movie "Happy Together" was the unstoppable third wave.
       In 1967, The Loosers, the predecessor of The Wynners, was formed. Two years later, the band won the runner-up in the "Hong Kong Open Amateur Singing Contest". In 1971, The Loosers won the championship at the Beach Pop Music Festival. Just when the band's future looked bright, the Chan brothers, Nat Chan and Nat Chan, left the band for some reason, and The Loosers announced their disbandment.
       In 1973, Alan Tam, who had returned to Hong Kong from Singapore, reformed his band with his former bandmates, renaming them The Wynners. The final lineup consisted of Alan Tam, Kenny Bee, Bennett Pang, Danny Yip, and Anthony Chan. The Wynners' debut EP, *Sunshine Lover*, was a huge success, with the title track immediately topping the charts. In 1974, the Wynners released their first full-length album, *Listen To The Wynners*, which sold over 20,000 copies that year. The Wynners' English songs were energetic, vibrant, and full of youthful energy.
       In 1975, The Wynners reached the peak of their career, with their shows, from "The Wynners' Diary" broadcast on RTV in January to "The Wynners' Rhapsody" on TVB in July, receiving enthusiastic responses.
       In order to keep the band at the forefront of the new trend, Wong Jim followed the example of foreign bands inviting popular bands to make musicals and invited the Wynners to step into the spotlight to film a youth musical called "Happy Together" and released the album "Happy Together Original Soundtrack".

       On December 24, 1975, the youth musical "Happy Together" premiered in Hong Kong. The play tells the story of how the unknown Wynners band stood out in a singing competition and became famous overnight. As a result, it grossed more than HK$1.9 million, ranking fourth among the highest-grossing Chinese films of the year.
       The soundtrack album for the movie "Happy Together" includes fourteen songs from the film. Wong Jim wrote the lyrics and music for all the songs except for "Let's Play" and "Together We Make Things Happen". Among them, "LOVE Love" is the song that Wong Jim won the runner-up in the "Hong Kong Popular Song Composition Invitational Competition" in 1974.
       The songs from the movie were incredibly popular at the time, with seven out of the fourteen songs charting. Songs like "Studying is a Blessing," which encouraged learning, "The Earth is Round and Round," which contained philosophical insights, and "Money is the Closest," with its rap flavor, all enjoyed high radio airplay. The Wynners' performances were fresh and natural; "Happy Together" and "LOV-ELove" propelled them to stardom, while "Only One True Friend" and "Today I'm Very Lonely" significantly boosted the popularity of Alan Tam and Kenny Bee.
       As the Wynners' first album featuring songs sung in Cantonese, *Happy Together* paved the way for the band's transformation with a very high starting point. Riding the wave of the success of the film of the same name, and with the support of artists like Wong Jim and Chan Chau-ha, the Wynners achieved both critical and commercial success. At that time, the Hong Kong music scene desperately needed positive and energetic idols, and the Wynners emerged to meet that need. Their tall and handsome appearance, fashionable and avant-garde style, and musical style closely resembling those of Western bands destined them to be more than just Loosers.
       The success of the Wynners marked the widespread acceptance of Cantonese pop songs across all levels of Hong Kong society, and singing Cantonese songs became a popular trend.