The annual festival was then on its second year. I’m forever grateful,” he added.Īlso grateful for Javier’s support early in his career is composer and musical director Louie Ocampo, who wrote his first entry to the Metro Manila Popular Music Festival in 1979, when he was just 19 years old. But it’s nice to note that every Valentine’s Day, I’m told that the original version, the one Danny and I worked on, still makes it to the top 10. “After the initial version of song, I think two other artists remade. Unfortunately, that never materialized,” Garchitorena said. “Years later, I would bump into Danny again and he proposed doing a remake. “What was designed to be a jingle became a radio hit,” the former singer and model said, remembering how that song made him a full-fledged recording artist-although he had long since traded in his entertainment career for one in the financial sector. Sharing the same sentiment is Jaime Garchitorena, who had the “greatest privilege” to interpret Javier’s “Just A Smile Away” in 1990. I’m glad you have found rest in His peace.” ‘Crisp and clear tone’ He added: “Saying ‘thank you’ is not enough but I think I can perfectly reflect what many of us have felt for you, for all the ways you and the Apo Hiking Society moved us all. But you will never know how much your contribution and belief in what I could do with it has impacted my life,” Valenciano said.

You were always fully aware of how much that song impacted my career. I don’t know what I would do without that.“Thank you, Danny. And so he can really give me these tailor-made pieces of advice that feel really specific and really personal. “And so he really always has these real gems because he knows me so well and he knows the process so well. I think it’s such a bizarre profession,” Lewis told Us. “I talk with before every project and intermittently within every project.

Sign up for Us Weekly's free, daily newsletter and never miss breaking news or exclusive stories about your favorite celebrities, TV shows and more! Robert “Bob” Floyd in the blockbuster smash Top Gun: Maverick and can next be seen in the sci-fi romance Press Play and horror film Salem’s Lot, based on Stephen King’s bestselling book.Īctors Who Portrayed Real People in Movies and TV He currently plays Rhett Abbott on Amazon Prime Video’s Outer Range, Lt. Like his famous dad, Lewis is starting to carve out an impressive resume of his own.

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