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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|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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