- Jose Mari Chan( José Mari L. Chan )【 9 albums 175 lyrics 】
- José Mari L. Chan (born March 11, 1945 in Iloilo City), commonly known by the nickname Joe Mari Chan is a Chinese Filipino singer, songwriter and businessman in the sugar industry. He is currently chairman and CEO of Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company, Inc. (BISCOM) and A. Chan Sugar Corporation. He is also the chairman and president of Signature Music, Inc.
Musical career
Chan first appeared on the local scene as the host and singer of a television show called '9 Teeners' of ABS-CBN in 1966. His first single Afterglow was released in 1967.
His first long playing album Deep in My Heart was issued in 1969. In 1973, he represented the Philippines in the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo where his song Can We Just Stop And Talk Awhile went into the final entries.
In 1975, he moved to the United States to run a branch office of their family's sugar business and remained there for 11 years. In 1986, he returned to the Philippines and went back to the music industry with the release of his album A Golden Collection.
In 1989, he released his album Constant Change. It was named Album of the Year by the Awit Awards, the local equivalent of the American Grammy Awards and reached the Diamond Record in terms of sales. It also sold in other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
In 1990, his Christmas album, Christmas in Our Hearts was released. It reached triple platinum status that same year, eventually earning the Double Diamond Record Award in 1995. The significant popularity of his iconic Christmas songs and the album during the holiday season annually earned him the title of 'Father of Philippine Christmas Music'.
In 1994 he released his eighth album, Thank You Love, where he has another song 'Is She Thinking About Me' with Christine Bersola-Babao and another christmas song, 'Christmas Past'. His 2001 album A Heart's Journey won Album of the year in the Awit Awards. In 2005, he composed 'We're All Just One' as the theme song of the (2005 Southeast Asian Games). In 2007 He released his 12th album Love Letters And Other Souvenirs.
In 2009, Joe Mari was inducted to the Philippines Eastwood City Walk Of Fame.
In 2011, he released his 13th full-length album, The Manhattan Connection: The Songs of Jose Mari Chan. The album, which was produced by Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer. The songs were reimagined by music producer Yaron Gershovsky.
In 2012, he released his 14th over-all album Going Home To Christmas. It was his second Christmas album after 22 years since Christmas In Our Hearts was released in 1990. In 2013, he guested in The Ryzza Mae Show. Christmas In Our Hearts was re-issued in 2015 to mark its 25th anniversary. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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Going Home to Christmas
2012
1.Pagdating ng Pasko
2.Starlight (Provided)
3.Christmas Anyway (Provided)
4.With the Eyes of a Child (Provided)
5.Christmas Air (Provided)
6.A child Again at Christmas (Provided)
7.That time of Year (Provided)
8.December 25 (Instrumetal) (Provided)
9.Christmas Mem'ries (Provided)
10.A Christmas song for you (Provided)
11.Pinoy na Krismas (Provided)12.Ring in the New
13.The Bells at Christmas (Provided)
14.Let Love Be The Gift
15.Christmas Air (Instrumental) (Provided)
16.Christmas Moments
17.Song of the Firefly
18.Going Home to Christmas
19.Come Let Us Adore Him (Provided)
20.December 25
21.Christmas Story (Provided)
22.It's Christmas -
Strictly Commercial: The Jingles Collection
2008
1.'We Wunta Sunta' Sunta (The Orange Drink of Cosmos Bottling Corp.) (Provided)
2.Aren't You Glad You Use Dial'/'Dial Soap Is for the Two of You (Provided)
3.Kleenex 'Softest Yet Strong Even When Wet' (Provided)
4.'Coke Adds Life'/'Reach out for a Coke' (Tag Melodies from the Internat (Provided)
5.Bankard Is Putting You One Step Ahead (Provided)
6.Alaska Milk 'Sa Lasa't Lasa Walang Tatalo Sa Alaska' (Provided)
7.International Trucks Go a Longer Way in the Long Run (Provided)
8.Camay 'Kutis Porcelana' (Provided)
9.3D Electric Fan (Provided)
10.BBC (Barangay Broadcasting Corporation) TV Network I.D. 1&2: 'Big, Beau (Provided)
11.Cafe Puro 'Like an Old Friend' (Provided)
12.Teem 'With the Fresh Fruit Taste' (The Lemon Drink of the Pepsi-Cola Bo (Provided)
13.Comtrust 'We Share the Same Horizon' Commercial Bank & Trust Co. (Provided)
14.Hallmark Card 'No One Throws Away Memories' (Provided)
15.Alpine 'Tunay Na Gatas, Ang Krema't Linamnam' (Provided)
16.Bpi Express Teller 'When You Need Your Money Right Away'/Bpi Express Te (Provided)
17.Rustan's Supermarket 'Buhay Sagana Sa Presyong Kay Tipid' (Provided)
18.Briggs and Stratton 'Ang Makinang Maton' (Provided)
19.Nescafe 50 Golden Years 'The Break That Relaxes' (Celebrating Nescafe's (Provided)
20.9 Teeners (The 1996 Abs-CBN TV Show Theme) (Provided)
21.Sunny Boy Instant Full Cream Milk (Provided)
22.Hitachi 'Makes Your House a Home' (Provided)
23.Knorr Real Chinese Soup 1 & 2 (Provided)
24.Komatsu Machines 'Let's Move Ahead Together' (Provided)
25.Mama's Love Baby Powder & Baby Oil (Provided)
26.Mr. Clean Calamansi 'Kalinisang Kuskos-Piga'/Mr. Clean 'Kuskos-Piga Pat (Provided)
27.Instant Nido 'In 4 Seconds Flat' (Provided)
28.Iloilo 'We're Back in Business' for the Iloilo Investors Foundation, In (Provided)
29.Firestone Tires (Tag Melody from the U.S. Parent Company Firestone Tire (Provided)
30.Snowtime Ice Pops 'You're Ok' (Provided)
31.Isetann Department Store 'We Know, And We Have, What You Want' (Provided)
32.Sterling Greeting Cards 'The Nest Best Thing to a Personal Greeting' (Provided)
33.Cafe Puro 'The Taste of Brewed in an Instant' (Provided)
34.Dutch Boy Quality Paints 'Let Me Color Your World' (Provided)
35.B.C. Apples 'Big and Crunchy Canadian Apples' (Provided)36.Footsteps by Zenco 'Fashion for Your Feet' (Provided)
37.WRR 101.9 FM I.D. 1 to 4 'Radio Romace' the Song (Provided)
38.Salem Cigarettes Song Main Melody from the U.S. Commercial 'You Can Tak (Provided)
39.Annie Rose 'The Shape of Things to Come' (Provided)
40.Sunquick 'Over 20 Glasses of Juice' (Provided)
41.'It's a Hyatt World' Commissioned by Hyatt International (Chicago) (Provided)
42.Chiclets 'Big Sa Bibig Chiclets Big Bite' (Provided)
43.Sunflower Crackers 'A Rainbow of Flavors' (Provided)
44.Magnolia Ice Cream '60 Flavorful Years' (Provided)
45.Pci Bank and You, Working for a Better World (Provided)
46.Pinpin the Theme of the Children's TV Show (Provided)
47.Basf 'The Inventor of Tape' (Provided)
48.Only Sunkist Tastes Like a Sunkist (Provided)
49.At Bank of Commerce We're Committed to You (Provided)
50.McJim Leather 'You'll Always Be in Style with McJim' (Provided)
51.Gunston Cigarettes 'The Flavor That Wins Them All' (Provided)
52.Landbank 'We're Banking on the Countryside' (Provided)
53.Crispy Chicken Nuggets by Magnolia (Provided)
54.Jack N Jill Breakfast Cereals Puts the Good in Your Morning (Provided)
55.Bear Brand Wonderland (Provided)
56.Bank of the Philippine Islands Centennial Song A Cherished Part of Me
57.People's Television (PTV) Channel 4 Network I.D. 'Four for You' (Provided)
58.Tombow Ballpens (Provided)
59.So-En 'Fashion to Love, Quality to Last' (Provided)
60.Sulpico Lines (Provided)
61.Sony 'The Sound of Life' (Provided)
62.La Germania (Provided)
63.Gaisano 'The Place to Be. The Place for You and Me' (Provided)
64.Sweden Ice Cream (Provided)
65.Bancnet 'It's Really All the Atm You'll Ever Need' (Provided)
66.Holden by General Motors (Provided)
67.Pioneer Insurance 'You're Sure When You're Insured with Pioneer' (Provided)
68.World Balance 'The World of Winners' (Provided)
69.Fairmart 'Fair, Fair Prices at Fairmart' (Provided)
70.Philippine Air Lines 'Love at Thirty Thousand Feet' Medley with 'Big, B (Provided) -
Love Letters & Other Souveneirs
2007
1.You and I
2.My Foolish Heart (Provided)
3.Windmills Of Your Mind
4.April Fools
5.Love Letters (Provided)
6.So In Love (Provided)
7.Moment to Moment
8.We Can Be Kind (Provided)
9.Just for a While
10.Unexpected Song
11.God Only Knows12.I Just Want to Dance With You (Provided)
13.How Do You Fall in Love (Provided)
14.It's Not For Me To Say (Provided)
15.September in the Rain (Provided)
16.Moonglow And The Theme From 'Picnic' (Provided)
17.Our Love Is Here To Stay
18.I Talk to the Trees (Provided)
19.If We Were In Love (Provided)
20.Anywhere The Heart Goes (Provided)
21.Too Beautiful to Last (Provided) -
Christmas in Our Hearts
1990
1.A Wish on Christmas Night
2.Do You Hear What I Hear?
3.Mary's Boy Child
4.Christmas in Our Hearts
5.A Christmas Carol
6.A Perfect Christmas
7.Give Me Your Heart for Christmas
8.This Beautiful Day9.Christmas Children
10.Little Christmas Tree
11.When a Child Is Born
12.It Is the Lord!
13.The Lord's Prayer
14.Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)
15.May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You -
Constant Change
1989
1.Constant Change
2.Please Be Careful with My Heart
3.No Rewind, No Replay
4.Sing Me Your Song Again, Daddy
5.The Sound of Life6.My Girl, My Woman, My Friend
7.I Have Fallen in Love (With the Same Woman Three Times)
8.Stay, My Love
9.Be Gentle
10.So I'll Go -
A Golden Collection
1985
1.Afterglow
2.Beautiful Girl
3.Here, There & Everywhere - Counterpoint to Lennon and McCartney's
4.Afraid for Love to Fade
5.A Love to Last a Lifetime
6.Here and Now
7.Can We Just Stop and Talk Awhile
8.Refrain9.Tell Me Your Name
10.Love at Thirty Thousand Feet
11.Big, Beautiful Country
12.Mr. Songwriter
13.Leave You
14.Deep in My Heart
15.Good Old Fashioned Romance -
Anthology
1.After Glow
2.My Girl My Woman My Friend
3.Sing Me a Song Daddy
4.Please Be Careful With My Heart (feat. Regine Velasquez)
5.Thank You
6.So I'll Go7.Mr Song Writer
8.Is She Thinking About Me
9.Constant Change
10.Can We Stop and Talk a While
11.Beautiful Girl
12.Refrain -
A Heart's Journey
1.A Day in the Life of a Song
2.The Best of Friends3.A Phone Call -
Miscellaneous
1.Empty Space
2.Afraid For Love To Fade
3.Can't We Start Over Again
4.Empty Space Prayer of Heart of Jesus5.Thank You, Love
6.People Need the Lord
7.Moonlight Serenade
【Correction of errors in the album information】