In 1967, he and several friends formed the "Rowan Four-Step Chorus" and began his singing career; later he sang for some movies and TV series, among which his representative works include Bruce Lee's posthumous work "Game of Death" ’s Chinese theme song and the theme song “Diamond” from the movie “The King of Thieves”.
In 1972, he formed the "Couple Chorus" with Shum Dianxia and performed overseas many times. In 1973, due to Luo Wen's personal development, the "Couple Choir" announced its disbandment; in the same year, he sang the theme song of the same name for the TV series "Under the Lion Rock". This song interprets and represents the spirit of Hong Kong people, and attracted attention after the song was released.
In 1974, he signed a contract with Wireless TV and became a contract singer for TVB. In 1975, he participated in the "All Japan Song Contestant" held by Yomiuri TV, ranking first for ten consecutive weeks, and finally won the overall award. Champion, becoming the first non-Japanese singer to win this award.
In 1976, he sang the lead vocal in the theme song of the same name for the TV series "Beautiful Futures". This song topped the top 10 pop song charts of Hong Kong radio stations for 24 consecutive weeks; in the same year, he made his debut in Hong Kong. The stage held 15 solo concerts, becoming the first Hong Kong artist to hold a solo concert.
In 1977, Luo Wen, who was developing in Japan, coincided with the Japanese TV series "A Splendid Future" being broadcast in Hong Kong, so he sang the Chinese theme song "A Splendid Future"; in the same year, he came from Japan Returning to Hong Kong for development, he released his first album "A Splendid Future" and sang the theme songs of several TV series. His representative works include the theme songs of the same name for the TV series "Family Change" and "Little Li Fei Dao".
In 1978, the album "Little Lee Flying Knife" was released. The title song "Little Lee Flying Knife" of the same name was on the "Chinese Songs Dragon and Tiger Chart" of Radio Hong Kong for 15 weeks and ranked at No. 1 In the same year, he won the Golden Disc Award at the 2nd Hong Kong Golden Disc Awards.
In 1979, he became the first Chinese singer to be allowed to perform at the Elport Hall in London, England. Later, he also held solo concerts at the Madison Park Theater in New York and the National Theater in Singapore, and became the first A Chinese singer who held a solo concert in Madison Square, New York. In the same year, he released the album "Good Songs for You". "Under the Lion Rock" included in the album is an inspirational song composed by Gu Jiahui and written by Huang Zhan; Another song "Good Song for You" won the 2nd Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award.
In 1980, he went to New York again to hold a solo concert at Lincoln Center; later he was invited to perform at the National Theater in Singapore again; in the same year, he held a concert at the Lee Stage in Hong Kong. Not only did she wear costumes with a lot of tassels, feathers, crystals, and diamonds, but she also wore high heels. Her makeup also downplayed the boundaries of gender, thus creating a cross-gender performance.
In 1981, he founded the "Paiyi Club" with his own money, dedicated to training young people who love dance; in the same year, he released the album "Hui", a concept album that expresses his ambitions and contains 13 songs. A song with a flower as its title. This album also made him the first singer in Hong Kong to release a concept album; in the same year, he also released another album "Midsummer Night", which was Rowan's first jazz album. He also appeared as a sailor when shooting the album cover; and the album cover of "Unfinished Love", the small disc that comes with "Midsummer Night", used a nude photo of Luo Wen. This move also made him the first person in Hong Kong to A male artist who took and published nude photos.
In 1982, he sang many patriotic Cantonese songs praising the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland. One of his representative works was "People on the Same Journey" based on the Silk Road; in the same year, he also exclusively supervised the production of Hong Kong's first film The Cantonese singing stage play "The Legend of White Snake", together with students from the troupe art club and Wang Mingquan, Michelle, Lu Haipeng and others, held 22 performances at Hong Kong Lee Stage.
In 1983, the album "Legend of the Condor Heroes" was released. The album included 12 theme songs and interludes from the wireless martial arts drama "Legend of the Condor Heroes", including the masterpieces "Iron-Blooded Heart", "The World Is Always" "Hello" received widespread attention in the Chinese society; in the same year, he received the "Hong Kong Top Ten Outstanding Youth Award" from the Outstanding Youth Association.
In 1984, the album "Fantasy of Love", which was recorded and produced in Japan, was released. The album included 13 songs including the patriotic song "Chinese Dream"; in the same year, he supervised the production of the stage play "The Story of Liu Yi" , and performed 25 times on the Li stage together with students from the Arrangement Club and Ouyang Peishan and Lu Haipeng.
In 1985, he was invited by the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Exchange Association to hold 7 solo concerts at the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou, becoming the first Hong Kong singer to hold a concert in mainland China; in the same year, he participated in the China Central Television Spring Festival Gala He performed at the party and sang three songs: "Happy Happy New Year", "In My Life" and "Chinese Dream", becoming the first singer to sing Cantonese songs in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
In 1986, in recognition of his contribution to the Hong Kong music scene, TVB awarded him the "Highest Honor Award of the Year"; in the same year, the album "Under the Lion Rock" was released, which was included in the album "In the Laser" " became the first Guangdong Rap song, while " A Few Winds and Rain " is a song with an inspirational theme, and won the 4th Top Ten Golden Melody Awards and the 9th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards.
In 1987, he became the first Chinese singer to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In the same year, he held three concerts at Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, each with an audience of 60,000. In 1988, he won the Best Pop Singer Award at the Hong Kong Top Ten Artist Annual Awards hosted by the first Artists Alliance; in the same year, he released the album "Chen Yuan", which included 10 songs. theme song.
In 1989, the "Just For Your Part" and "Today's Classics, Watch Luo Wen" concerts were held three times at the Hong Kong Cultural Center. The number of concerts reached 44, breaking the number of performances by Hong Kong artists. record; in the same year, the album "Just For You" was released. The song "Leave it to the person I love most in the world" in the album became one of Rowan's masterpieces. In 1990, the "Today's Classic, Watch Luo Wen" concert was held again at the Hong Kong Cultural Center; in the same year, the album "Late Love" was released.
In 1991, he won the Golden Needle Award at the 14th Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Awards Ceremony. In the same year, he held the "Roman Goodbye Lee Stage" concert at the Hong Kong Cultural Center on the Lee Stage in Hong Kong; in the same year, he went to Beijing to participate in In the movie "Farewell to the Forbidden City" about the Qing Dynasty, he played the role of the eunuch Xiao De Zhang.
In 1992, he went to Shanghai to film his personal music special "The Surprise". In the same year, he also established the "Rowan Music Scholarship Fund" at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto to promote and cultivate talents in the music industry. In 1993, she returned to TVB and became a contracted singer; in the same year, she released the album "Fake Love", which included the Cantonese version of "Twilight", "Just Give Me Lucky Once in a Lifetime", and the Taiwanese TV series "Horse". There are 12 songs including the theme song "Playing with Life" and the ending song "Twilight".
In 1994, he held 4 solo concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum; in the same year, he directed the romantic comedy film "The Legend of Mermaid" and starred in the fashion comedy "Morning Sir" with Lai Ming and Li Qi***. In 1995, he joined the BMG record company; later, he participated in the TVB celebration drama "Dao Ma Dan", in which he put on costumes and makeup and played the role of Peking opera actor Mei Lanfang; in the same year, he immigrated to Canada.
In 1996, the "All-Inclusive" TVB music special was launched; on August 2, it was officially announced that it would withdraw from the stage after the "Glory Stage" concert; starting from September, the "Glory Stage" concert was held at the Hung Hom Stadium At the "Stage" concert, he appeared in a black leather jacket when singing the song "In the Laser"; in the same year, he released the album selection album "Rowan's 25th Anniversary Classic Hits".
In 1998, he went to Flornes to perform and became the first Hong Kong male singer to be invited by the Russian Symphony Orchestra to perform in Flornes; in the same year, he recorded the symphony album "Love for Flornes" "S", in this album, Rowan re-interprets songs such as "Star", "Across Thousands of Rivers and Mountains", "Old Dreams Don't Need to Remember", accompanied by Flores and Magale; and with this album Won the Best Music Production Award for the Top Ten Golden Songs of the year.
In 1999, he held the Russian Genesis Concert and became the first artist to hold a full symphony concert in Hong Kong. In the same year, he collaborated with the symphony orchestra again and released the album "Russian Genesis Concert". In addition to including " In addition to classic songs such as "Under the Lion Rock" and "Flow Against the Flow", it also includes "There's a Mystery in My Heart" adapted from Beethoven's piano sketch "To Elise".
In 2000, the jazz-style album "Shanghai, New York" was released. This is a pure cover album, including Shanghai-style masterpieces such as "Night Shanghai", "Three Years" and other songs. Inviting 20 jazz musicians and 6 black chorus voices from New York to participate in the recording, this album also broke the record for album production costs in the Hong Kong music scene. In October 2001, he attended Joey Yung's solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum. In January 2002, he won the "Golden Song Silver Jubilee Honor Award" at the 24th "Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" awards ceremony.