Jacky Cheung Sings ‘Love Scale’ by Sabahan Composer
Jacky Cheung's Jazz Album, released on 29th January 2010
Cantonese superstar Jacky Cheung (張學友), one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong’s vibrant entertainment industry has selected to use a song my friend and schoolmate Roger Wang wrote as part of his new jazz album entitled Private Corner (Released: 29 Jan 2010).
Roger composed ‘Love Scale’ for Double Take’s debut album, which was released in 2003 with Mia Palencia taking the vocals for the original English version. Seven years later, the track has been rendered in Cantonese to ‘十二個音’ and is finally having its moment of glory in the international scene.
It just blows my mind to think of the idolatry of Jacky Cheung in school, Roger’s lone madness with the guitar and the hundreds of times we’ve heard wannabes at karaoke bars yelp Jacky’s songs…
The fact that the ‘God of Songs’ is now singing a tune written by Roger is amazing and unbelievable! I bet Roger is pinching himself now; he shares how it happened on his blog. I’m beaming with pride for him. Congratulations Roger… you deserve it!
Check out 十二個音 (Love Scale) here:-
Hello Jackie,
I have started to follow your blog again. Do you mind to post more? It is interesting to read about your adventures. How is the diet going?
Thanks Pinchy! My diet has been put on hold until after the Chinese New Year. It’s rude to resist Chinese people when they offer i.e. their mother’s best cookie etc. Do sign up to my feed so you know when there’s a new update. Gong Xi Fa Cai!