香港长期是英国的殖民地,经济上对外开放,文化上对欧西特别宽容,西洋时尚,早在上世纪二三十年代,已经由中环一带,向外散播。
1950年代,西洋潮流进一步渗入平民生活。
新一代的潮,由电影带动。日战前洋电影在本地放映的数字每年平均超过二百部。黄湛森抵港后,数字有增无减。慢慢,读番书,看洋戏,玩舶来的呼拉圈和摇摇,在年轻人之中,变得理所当然。
新一代的潮,也由电台带动。多谢前卫主持人Aileen Woods和Uncle Ray的忘情推介,黄湛森和同辈的年青人,天天靠近电台,面向欧西,贴近流行,学懂将Frank Sinatra、Bing Crosby、Elvis Presley与Benny Goodman一起兼听,并且在摇头摆脑之间,确认欧西流行曲在创作、演奏、歌唱、录音,都不是香港或上海所能望其肩背。
电台广播欧西流行歌曲,由听觉开始,经过身躯,制造了新一代的口味和人格。
Secret Love (1950)
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Composer: Sammy Fain
Lyricist: Paul-Francis Webster
Vocalist: Doris Day
Once I had a secret love
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free
So I told a friendly star
The way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are
And why I am so in love with you
Now I shout it from the highest hills
Even told the golden daffodils
At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret anymore
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