Songwriter Li Guyi sang the following songs:
In 1964, she won an award for singing the flower-drum opera "Mending Pot", and began to be familiar with the audience.
In 1976, Li Guyi sang the theme song "Never Forget" for the movie "The Great Wall of the South China Sea", and then sang a large number of movie songs.
In 1980, she sang the first pop song "Country Love" in mainland China.
In 1985, she held successful solo concerts in France and Holland.
In 1988, she was listed in the Book of Distinguished Persons of the World by the American Biographical Association.
Toward the end of the 1980s, she sang a number of new works with strong local flavor and opera flavor, such as "Front Door Love - Big Bowl of Tea", which drove the trend of a new style of folk song singing in the singing world again and again.
In 1996, she was honored with the "World Artist Achievement Award" by the ABI.
In 1999, she was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by CCTV-MTV (China Central Television and MTV).
Representative works include "The Moon Over the Sea", "I Love You", "I'll Be You When I Grow Up", "Tea is Thick in My Hometown", "Love in the Countryside", "My Sister is Looking for My Brother and Tears are Flowing", "Velvet Flower", "Clear and Pure Spring Water in the Borderland", "The Voice of Knowledge", "My Motherland and I", "White Feather Sends My Deepest Feelings", "Chopping Woodcutter in the Liu Hai Sea", "Liu Yang He", and "Unforgettable Tonight", among many others.
Expanded Information:
Li Guyi, born on November 10, 1944 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, with an ancestral home in Changsha, Hunan Province, is a Chinese soprano and a national-level actress, who graduated from Hunan Normal University. 1961, Li Guyi was selected to perform at the Hunan Flower Drum Opera Theater. In 1961, Li Guyi was selected to work as an actress in the Hunan Provincial Flower Drum Opera Theater, and began her stage career from then on.
Sweet voice, dignified appearance, the 70s and 80s set thousands of favorites in one but quite controversial female singers and actresses. She pioneered Chinese folk music and popular singing, and was known as the "mother of the Spring Festival Gala", the "living fossil of youth" and the "mother of new folk songs".
In 1961, Li Guyi was selected to become an actress at the Hunan Provincial Flower Drum Opera Theater, and began her stage career. In 1964, she starred in the flower-drum opera movie Mending Pot, and in 1974, she was transferred to the Central Orchestra as a soloist. In 1983, she appeared on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala with her song "Love in the Countryside".
In 1988, Li Guyi was listed in the "Who's Who in the World" compiled by the American Biographical Institute. 1991, Li Guyi was awarded the Ministry of Culture's "Outstanding Performer Award" and the "New Repertoire Excellence Award". 1996, Li Guyi was transferred to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe and became the Party Secretary and First Vice President of the Troupe. In 2003, Li Guyi participated in the Shenyang city to celebrate the "July 1 Square" cultural evening.
In October 2004, Li Guyi was appointed as a judge of the Nanjing "Dreaming Qinhuai" National Singers Singing Qinhuai Competition. 2005, Li Guyi held concert tours in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other places in the U.S. In February 2008, Li Guyi starred in the Oriental Satellite Television's "Spring Festival Gala of the Oriental Love".
In January 2011, Li Guyi recorded Anhui TV's talk show "Lu Yu You You Yao", and in 2012, she held a solo concert at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. 2014, she participated in Zhejiang TV's music inspirational program "I Love Sound".
In 2016, Li Guyi cooperated with Peng Yu and Marco to launch the song "nagging song". 2018, Li Guyi cooperated with Huo Zun to launch the song "a thought of blossoming". 2019, February 4, to participate in CCTV Spring Festival Gala, with Liu Hegang, Wang Li, Tang Fei sang the song "Unforgettable Tonight".