Teddy Robin and the Playboys

{{Short description|1960s Hong Kong band}}

{{one source|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Teddy Robin and the Playboys

| image =

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| origin = Hong Kong

| genre = Hong Kong English pop, garage rock, rock and roll

| years_active = 1966–1970

| label = Diamond Records/Universal Music

| past_members = * Teddy Robin

  • Norman Cheng
  • William Kwan
  • Raymond Kwan
  • Frederick Chan
  • Ricky Chan

}}

Teddy Robin and the Playboys was a 1960s Hong Kong English pop and rock band. The most notable members were Teddy Robin (vocals/guitar), who has a successful career as a singer/songwriter, actor, and filmmaker; and Norman Cheng (lead guitar), who later became a top executive in charge of Polydor Records' Southeast Asian operations in the 1970s, and is the father of actor/singer Ronald Cheng. Other members included Teddy Robin's two brothers, Raymond and William Kwan, on rhythm guitar and bass, respectively; Frederick Chan on drums; and later, Ricky Chan on keyboards.{{r|李信佳}} Their first EP, "Lies" b/w "Six Days in May", was released in 1966.{{r|李信佳}} Other popular cover hits included "Pretty Blue Eyes", "Lies", and "Carousel".

Discography

= Studio albums =

  • 1967 - Not All Lies
  • 1967 - Breakthrough
  • 1968 - 365 Days
  • 1968 - Memories

= EPs =

  • 1966 - "Lies" b/w "Six Days in May"

= Compilations =

  • 1969 - The Best Of...
  • 2005 - The 'In' Sounds of Hong Kong!
  • 2008 - Teddy Robin & The Playboys

References

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{{cite book

|url={{Google books |plain-url=yes |id=wlDaDAAAQBAJ |pg=PA42 }}

|author=李信佳

|title=港式西洋風:六十年代香港樂隊潮流

|trans-title=Western Music the Hong Kong style: Band Sound of the 1960s' Hong Kong

|chapter=Chapter.1 當時得令:Track 1 Teddy Robin and the Playboys

|pages=42–45 |publisher=香港中華書局 |isbn=9789888366422

|date=2016-05-13 |access-date=2019-09-16 |language=zh-hant }}

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Category:Hong Kong rock music groups

Category:Hong Kong pop music groups

Category:Diamond Records (Hong Kong) artists

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