香港向来是传统的粤剧重镇，1949年之后，因为政治动荡，红伶戏班更多以港为基地，粤剧粤曲人材，新老结合，阵容鼎盛。很快，香港转型，粤曲粤乐跟着转型，它走的路，跟新兴的电声媒体，息息相关。

首先，部份粤剧团队艺人因为市场相对兴旺，加上拍电影容易带来收益，而表现因循，演艺停滞不前。

同样条件，却促使另一部份团队艺人，借助电台和电影的技术和平台，钻研粤剧演艺。他们刻意发掘新兴电声媒体的潜力，积极灌录唱片和制作电影，并因应这些媒体的特性，创造新的表演美艺，延续自三十年代已经开始的粤剧现代化改革。

黄湛森自幼多听粤曲、常看粤剧，在舞台、银幕和大气电波，透过红线女、马师曾、任白和唐涤生等人的倾情演出，亲身体会粤剧现代化的细艺和感动。

Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts (1951)

Composers: Jimmy Kennedy,
　　　　　 Nat Simon
Lyricists: Jimmy Kennedy,
　　　　Nat Simon
Vocalist: Patti Page

You told me I was your darlin'
You kept me hangin' around
Somebody else is your darlin'
So lonesome and blue I'll be found

Down the trail of achin' hearts
Where nobody's hidin' their tears
You sent me there where sadness starts
Down the trail of achin' hearts

Once I was passing your window
Under the light of a star
Somebody else played my love song
And played it on my old guitar

Down the trail of achin' hearts
Where nobody's hidin' their tears
You sent me there where sadness starts
Down the trail of achin' hearts

After you've had all your darlin's
Maybe you'll be on the shelf
One of these days, little darlin'
Now you may be down there yourself

Down the trail of achin' hearts
Where nobody's hidin' their tears
You sent me there where sadness starts
Down the trail of achin' hearts