 Though a controversial figure in his time, Li Jinhui contributed hundreds of songs to the musical community released by many major recording companies, including Great China, Pathe-EMI and RCA-Victor.He also discovered and catapulted into stardom some of Shanghai's most famous recording artists and actress during the late 1920s to 1940s.In his lifetime, critics derided his work as "Yellow Music" because of its sexual associations.