Sweeney Todd Star Marvin Ong Releases Debut Album
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I’m extremely proud of the kids who have been part of the Trumpets production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. A majority of them have continued to be in the profession; and, one of the latest to produce an album is Marvin Ong, who sang the famous Chicago hit Hard to Say I’m Sorry during the launch.
He was last seen onstage in the Repertory Philippines production of Sweeney Todd, where his lovely voice caught the attention of Viva recording executives.
Philippine Daily Inquirer contributor Gibbs Cadiz described his debut album as such:
[Marvin Ong] seems more at home singing “old” songs–meaning, the radio hits that made their mark when he hadn’t been born yet, from a time when melody and lyric mattered more than the beat. There’s an intimate quality to his vocals that honors these songs well–such as the Carpenters’ I Need to Be in Love (now an exquisite expression of youthful yearning), the 5th Dimension’s Worst That Could Happen (which, in the ’70s, was translated into Tagalog and became the Hajji Alejandro hit Panakip-Butas, or didn’t you know?), even Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ reworked Hang On.
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