Born on October 20, 1962, Dave Wang is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer whose Cantopop ballads and Mandopop hits dominated the Asian pop scene during the late-1980s and 1990s. His father, Wang Hsieh, was a Shaw Brothers actor who encouraged his son to work in film, and Dave Wang starred in kung-fu movies like 1977's Executioners from Shaolin and 1978's Soul of the Sword while still a teenager. He moved to Taiwan in 1979 and began pursuing a career in music instead, releasing his debut album, A Game A Dream, in 1987. One year later, he repurposed the title track's melody for his first Cantonese single, "Bits of Sadness, Bits of Craze." Both releases became popular titles throughout the Asian market, with Dave Wang winning the "Most Popular Newcomer" award at both the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards and the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards in 1990. He continued releasing albums in both Mandarin and Cantonese throughout the mid-1990s, with songs like "Do I Really Have Nothing," "Who Could Know a Drifter's Heart," and "Forget You Forget Me" serving as his biggest hits. Although he emigrated to Canada in 1994, Dave Wang maintained an active career, focusing on Mandarin releases following his final Cantonese-language album, L'Amour et le Rêve, in 2002. He announced his retirement as a songwriter in 2010 but continued to tour for the remainder of the decade.
