Chang Yu-sheng
Taiwanese singer (1966–1997)
Tom Chang Yu-sheng (7 June 1966 – 12 November 1997) was a Taiwanese pop vocalist, songwriter and record producer.
Biography
Chang was born in Magong, Penghu, Taiwan, on 7 June 1966. His mother was Atayal and his father was a veteran of the ROC military. As the eldest child, he had two younger brothers and two younger sisters. He graduated from the National Chengchi University. In his spare time, he was keen on music, basketball, swimming, and reading.
He was known for his high vocals, capable of reaching notes up to D#6. His voice has been compared by some to Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply.
Chang died on 12 November 1997, at 31 years old, after being in a car accident on 20 October 1997.
Career
Being influenced deeply by Western rock music, Chang had participated in two metal bands at university before he gained publicity with a beverage tie-in ballad "My Future isn't a Pipe Dream" in 1988.
“Chang Yu-sheng” enters the record as taiwanese singer (1966–1997). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Chang, Yu-sheng and Taiwanese can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Chang Yu-sheng” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Chang, Yu-sheng and Taiwanese provides the most credible route into that argument.
The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q707349. VIAF identifies the subject as 233058977. The Library of Congress control number is no2012035502. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966, 1997 and 1988.
Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.
- Establishing names and roles
- Building a first chronology
- Locating cited institutions
Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Chang Yu-sheng”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Chang Yu-sheng primary sources, Chang Yu-sheng archive and Chang research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Chang Yu-sheng”?
- How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
- Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Chang Yu-sheng” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.