As a 15-year-old, he studied at night at a commercial school in Taipei, even though he was both physically and mentally drained from the day's work.
如今，他的歌聲已藉著唱片、錄音帶，傳遍了世界各地，並且更已傳入鐵幕之中，使大陸上的同胞，也能分享他醇厚、動人的歌唱。立志以歌唱為業二十年前，本名詹鐵岳的青山，還是一個十五歲的少年。白天在一個公家機關打工，晚上在台北市立商專夜間部念書。