Editing Sam Hui (section)

{{Short description|Hong Kong musician and actor (born 1948)}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Xǔ (surname)|Hui]]|2=Sam Hui|3=Hui Koon-Kit|lang=Hong Kong}}
{{infobox person
| name               = Sam Hui
| image              = Sam Hui 20240331 (cropped).jpg
| alt                = Sam Hui in 2024
| caption            = Sam Hui in 2024
| native_name        = {{zh|t=許冠傑}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|9|6}}
| birth_place        = [[Guangzhou]], [[Guangdong]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (enter DEATH date then BIRTH date (e.g., ...|1908|31|8|1967|28|2}} use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) -->
| death_place        = 
| other_names        = Hui Koon-kit, Samuel Hui
| education          = [[The University of Hong Kong]] ([[Bachelor of Social Science|BSocSc]], 1971)
| occupation         = {{hlist |Musician|singer|songwriter|record producer|actor}}
| years_active       = 1967–1992<br/>2003–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Rebecca Hui|1971}}
| children           = 2
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Michael Hui]] (brother)|[[Ricky Hui]] (brother)}}
| awards             = {{awards|award=[[Hong Kong Film Awards]]|name='''Best Original Film Song'''<br/>1991 ''[[The Swordsman (1990 film)|The Swordsman]]''}}
| website            = {{url|http://www.samhuiofficial.com/}}
| module             = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| alias        = God of Songs (歌神), Brother Sam
| background   = solo_singer
| origin       = [[Hong Kong]]
| genre        = [[Cantopop]], [[Hong Kong English pop]]
| instrument   = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| label        = [[Diamond Records (Hong Kong)|Diamond Records]] (1967)<br/>[[Polydor]] (1971–1983)<br/>Contec Sound (1983–1985)<br/>[[Cinepoly Records]] (1985–1990)<br/>[[PolyGram]] (1990–1992)<br/> [[:zh:國際娛樂 (香港公司)|IEC]] (2007–present)
| associated_acts = [[Lotus (Hong Kong band)|The Lotus]]
}}
| module2            = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = {{linktext|許|冠|傑}}
| s = {{linktext|许|冠|杰}}
| p = Xǔ Guànjié
| j = Heoi2 Gun3git6
}}
}}
'''Samuel Hui Koon-kit'''<ref name=name>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2038717/pictures-canto-pop-superstar-sam-huis-40-years-limelight|title=In pictures: Canto-pop superstar Sam Hui's 40 years in the limelight|date=21 October 2016|access-date=6 May 2018|location=Hong Kong|work=South China Morning Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZmRAAAAIAAJ|title=Knock Off|magazine=Sight and Sound|volume=9|issue=7–12|page=43|date=1999|access-date=31 May 2018|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> (born 6 September 1948),<ref name="name" /><ref name=name/>{{sfn|Chu|2017}} is a [[Hongkongers|Hong Kong]] musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is credited with popularising [[Cantopop]] both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular [[Cantonese]] rather than [[written vernacular Chinese]] in biting lyrics that addressed contemporary problems and concerns.<ref>[http://www.ejinsight.com/20160112-how-tvmost-show-made-its-audience-feel-like-hongkongers How TVMost show made its audience feel like Hongkongers], EJInsight, 12 Jan 2016</ref> Hui is considered by some to be the first major superstar of Cantopop, known as the [[List of honorific titles in popular music|God of Song]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/tian-ci-%E2%80%93-faye-wong-and-english-songs-in-the-cantopop-and-mandapop-repertoire/ |title=Tian Ci – Faye Wong and English Songs in the Cantopop and Mandapop Repertoire |author=Tony Mitchell |work=Local Noise |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803181700/http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/tian-ci-%E2%80%93-faye-wong-and-english-songs-in-the-cantopop-and-mandapop-repertoire/ |archive-date=3 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> As an actor, he is well-known for portraying the main character "King Kong" in five installments of the [[Aces Go Places (film series)|Aces Go Places film series]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilman|first=Sean|date=2019-08-12|title=The Aces Go Places Series|url=https://medium.com/the-chinese-cinema/the-aces-go-places-series-e68c9bf10d7b|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2021}}