Ang It-hong

{{infobox person

| name = Hong Yi-feng
洪一峰

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| birth_name = Ang Bun-lo
洪文路

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|10|30}}

| birth_place = Ensui, Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (modern-day Yanshuei District, Tainan, Taiwan)

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|2|24|1928|1|1}}

| death_place = Taipei, Taiwan

| occupation = Singer, songwriter

| children = 3; including Chris and Eric

| awards = {{awards|award=Golden Melody Awards|name=Special Contributions
2010}}

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| alias = king of Formosan song (寶島歌王)

| origin = Taiwan

| genre = Hokkien pop, enka

| instrument = vocals

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Ang It-hong ({{zh|t=洪一峰|poj=Âng It-hong|p=Hóng Yīfēng}}; 30 October 1927 – 24 February 2010) was a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.

Biography

Ang was born Hong Wen-lu ({{zh|t=洪文路|p=Hóng Wénlù|labels=no|poj=Âng Bûn-lō͘}}) and educated in Taipei. At a young age, Hong learned to sing and play violin. He first performed at Taihoku City Public Auditorium as part of a children's group, and later as a singer of Japanese patriotic songs. Inspired by Haruo Oka, Hong quit his job at a lumber mill to become a singer, writing his first song, Butterfly in Love with a Flower ({{zh|labels=no|t=蝶戀花}}), aged 19 in 1946 under the stage name Hong Wen-chang ({{zh|labels=no|t=洪文昌|poj=Âng Bûn-chhông}}). He led a group of singers that performed frequently near the Danshui River until the February 28 Incident forced Hong to move to Tainan. Hong began singing on the radio in 1948, alongside {{interlanguage link|Chi Lu-hsia|zh|纪露霞}} and others. His radio performances drove his popularity, and, in 1957, he released his debut album A Handsome Young Man on a Hilltop ({{zh|t=山頂黑狗兄|poj=Soaⁿ-téng O͘-káu Hiaⁿ}}), under his best known stage name Ang It-hong, which was suggested by a fortune teller. His first album featured Hokkien lyrics set to Japanese melodies.{{cite news |title=Endless Singing |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=20,29,35,45&post=26110 |accessdate=7 August 2018 |work=Taiwan Today |date=1 April 2011}} Most of his works are songs in Hokkien. Ang's music frequently fused enka with jazz.{{cite news|title=Premier to support documentary on late crooner Hung|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/02/27/2003466753|accessdate=11 November 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=27 February 2010}} He worked closely with lyricist {{interlanguage link|Yeh Chun-lin|zh|葉俊麟}} on songs such as Memories of an Old Love ({{zh|c=舊情綿綿|poj=Kū Chêng Mî Mî|labels=no}}) and The One Adored ({{zh|t=思慕的人|labels=no}}). Ang appeared in the 1962 film Love Never Ceases, which featured the song Memories of an Old Love and several others written by Ang, which appeared on his second album Endless Love, featuring original melodies. Ang spent the late 1960s and 1970s in Japan, as Kuomintang authorities censored Hokkien pop and other media. As restrictions against Hokkien media were lifted in the 1980s, and martial law was suspended, one of Ang's students, Jody Chiang, rose to stardom. Ang also wrote songs for his son Chris.

By the time of his death, Ang had over 200 compositions to his name.{{cite news|title=Evergreen orchestra to honor musical legend|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=16371|accessdate=12 November 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=26 February 2010}} Ang died from pancreatic cancer on 24 February 2010 at Taipei Medical University Hospital.{{cite news|last1=Tang|first1=Hsiang-yi|title=This week in Taiwan's History: Feb. 23 to Feb. 28|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2014/03/01/2003584599|accessdate=11 November 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=1 March 2014}}{{cite news|title=Hung Yi-feng dies at 82|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/02/25/2003466567|accessdate=11 November 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=25 February 2010}} His funeral was held on 13 March.{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=Nation bids fond farewell to singer-songwriter Hung|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/03/14/2003467984|accessdate=11 November 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=14 March 2010}} He was posthumously awarded a Golden Melody Award for Special Contributions in June 2010.{{cite news|last1=Ho|first1=Yi|title=A-Mei strikes early at Golden Melody Awards|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/06/27/2003476498|accessdate=11 November 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=24 June 2010}} A virtual museum was set up in April 2011 to memorialize Ang's life and career.{{cite news|title=Virtual museum honors folk singer Hung Yi-feng|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/04/21/2003501310|accessdate=11 November 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=21 April 2011}} Ang's three sons produced and released a musical documentary about their father later that year.{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Yuting|title=Abba (阿爸)|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/movie/documentary/2011/10/21/320924/Abba-%E9%98%BF%E7%88%B8.htm|archivedate=20 December 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220124509/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/movie/documentary/2011/10/21/320924/Abba-%E9%98%BF%E7%88%B8.htm|accessdate=11 November 2016|work=China Post|date=21 October 2011|url-status=bot: unknown}}