Artist Van Huong: From a boy selling melon seeds to a king of comedy, what is life like in the U90s?

The smelly voice, mixed with a little humor, a little exclamation has become a legend of the vinyl entertainment industry and is enough to captivate audiences who love the comedy echo of the composer Yuanzhou. That is the famous singer Van Huong.

From Le Lieu entertainment shop, to become a singer

NS Van Huong is always excited when talking about the golden past, but does not forget the reality of a singer who has returned to the afternoon. The two words he remembers in his mind every time he hears a question about his starting point are "Li Lieu." The entertainment shop located on Saigon's Thi Nghe bridge in the 1960s and 1970s was the place that brought him adventure into the art world and has the stage name Van Huong.

His real name is Nguyen Van Huong, born in 1934 in My Thanh, Long Thanh My, Thu Duc (now in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City). HCM) in a farming family. According to him, in his childhood, he loved listening to the radio, then memorized many songs and rhymes of Southern singers.

At the age of 15, he left his hometown for Saigon. The first job he earned in the prosperous land of Hoi Hoi was selling melon seeds at Nguyen Van Hao Cai Luong theater. At that time, this place was considered the theater "Aircraft carrier", where every theater troupe opened attracted a large number of artists and newspapers to watch.

Although he sells melon seeds, when he is free, he praises a few echoes. Then one evening, artist Le Lieu, who opened an ancient singer shop in Thi Nghe bridge to see the song, saw the guy selling sweet and charming melon seeds, so he invited him to her shop to have a duet opportunity.

Many artists from Cai Luong village came to Le Lieu restaurant to listen to Van Huong sing, including the composer - Yuanzhou People's People. The composer Yuanzhou instructed Wen Huong how to sing ancient humor, and Wen Huong accepted Yuanzhou as his teacher.

At the time of his birth, composer Yuanzhou remarked that artist Van Huong was not handsome, his mouth was crooked and lacked height, so he thought of exploiting this voice, in order to replace some contemporary comedians but made a loss, causing losses to the troupes by condescending in claiming rights, As a result, the troupe had to change its play due to a lack of comedians.

The "King of Comedy" was born

At that time, Yuanzhou composers composed many ancient comedy songs. He thought about why the song could make the audience cry without making the audience laugh. Because, every morning he often sits reading newspapers at the café at the top of the alley, on Tran Hung Dao Street, District 5, where every day all kinds of social things take place in the miniature world. From jealous wives, drunken husbands beating wives, to buying lotteries and playing horse races, the hopes will change the lives of poor working people in the narrow alleys he knows.

Being working as an art director for many Saigon record labels at that time, he thought to renew the ancient song after the push "New Ancient Charm", bringing the name of People's Artist Le Thuy into legend - the first Neoclassical singer. And from the day he discovered the artist Van Huong, he thought of the dawn of the ancient comedy echo, when there was in the hands of a thick Southern vocalist, the entrance was smooth with plastic, stretching each word as if contained in every verse of compassion.

So he boldly composed the genre of ancient comedy, in order to include a satirical satire of the negatives of the family and society, which the character of Tu Frog is typical of the ancient comedy song he invented.

Exactly, in 1961, the song "Frog to Saigon" was born. Bringing Van Huong's name to the peak that made comedians at that time admire by the rapid popularity of a guy selling melon seeds with a "seven-mile comedy pair" flying into the world of comedy.

In 1972, Van Huong and artist Thanh Hai founded the singing troupe "Thanh Hai - Van Huong". The pregnancy period provided an opportunity for him to embark on an acting career.

People's Representative Le Thuy said: "Mr. Van Huong and I have an unforgettable memory, which is that I played the role of Ngan Tam, he played the role of Four Jiu in the play Luong Son Ba - Wishing Anh Dai on the stage of Kim Chung. At that time, we were very young, one side was just famous with the song "Who is the guy" in the style of "neoclassical intercourse", the other side was just loved by the audience with Tu Frog going to Saigon, we were all indebted to Master Vien Chau for laying the foundation for both of us to shine. Mr. Van Huong knows that his limitation is only a comedian voice, with a Southern accent and an ancient charm that makes the audience laugh, so he diligently learned the craft of acting, gradually gaining experience so that each role brings viewers excitement."

After the reunification of the country, artist Van Huong collaborated with the Reunification Collective Luong Reform Union (Tay Ninh), then with the Cai Luong Living Union (Phuoc Chung). In 1987, due to his old age, he retired from the stage and retired to open Van Huong artist shop in Long Thanh My Ward, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City. HCM to this day.

At the age of 90, artist Van Huong has not forgotten the roles that gave him great emotions even as supporting roles, specializing in bringing relaxing laughter in a marble, but those are valuable lessons of the artist's life that he keeps.

He once said: "It's past the age of seventy, and there is an audience who loves to be happy. I remember the plays I played such as: Half Love Song, Half Piece of Money, Over the Rainbow, General Robber and Red Silk Piece, Charming Bridges, Lieutenant Eyes, Forest Rain, Luong Son Ba - Wishing Anh Dai... It all went into memory. And the comedy echo, oh well. Hundreds of articles written by Vien Chau teachers for me, helping my name fly high, fly far, then have money to buy a house, buy a car, get married, take care of my children and grandchildren."

The audience remembered Van Huong did not forget the ancient songs associated with his name such as: Three fortune tellers, Fox-headed ink dog, What is life?, Going to sing cai luong, Drunk Knight retired, Telling the stage, Honda accident, At my age of the Ox, Money, money, I went to barber, Tu Frog went to the market, Tu Frog went to the fair, Tu Frog, Ba Beard went to the festival, Four Fallen Walls, Van Huong Great War Tu Frog, My wife is beautiful, My wife goes to fortune teller, My wife loves new music... These are the precious treasures of the Cai Luong stage that are more than 100 years old, but the merit of the person who brings the comedy echo to the public, is the artist Van Huong.

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