香港向來是傳統的粵劇重鎮，1949年之後，因為政治動盪，紅伶戲班更多以港為基地，粵劇粵曲人材，新老結合，陣容鼎盛。很快，香港轉型，粵曲粵樂跟著轉型，它走的路，跟新興的電聲媒體，息息相關。

首先，部份粵劇團隊藝人因為市場相對興旺，加上拍電影容易帶來收益，而表現因循，演藝停滯不前。

同樣條件，卻促使另一部份團隊藝人，借助電台和電影的技術和平台，鑽研粵劇演藝。他們刻意發掘新興電聲媒體的潛力，積極灌錄唱片和製作電影，並因應這些媒體的特性，創造新的表演美藝，延續自三十年代已經開始的粵劇現代化改革。

黃湛森自幼多聽粵曲、常看粵劇，在舞台、銀幕和大氣電波，透過紅線女、馬師曾、任白和唐滌生等人的傾情演出，親身體會粵劇現代化的細藝和感動。

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