Chris Tong Music

CHRIS TONG'S PERSONAL FAVORITES. I’ve been singing many songs — some are my own, and others are covers of songs I find beautiful. I’ve put together the following hour-long song sampler that gives a feeling for the wide variety of songs and singing styles I’ve been exploring, from the semi-operatic (The Sound of Music), to pop/rock duets (The Time of My Life and Somewhere Out There), to Latin (Sway), to R&B (On the Wings of Love), to songs with great harmonies (Who Loves You and Scarborough Fair), to the Great American Songbook (The Way You Look Tonight and Once Upon a Time) to songs from a wide range of artists, including the Bee Gees (How Deep Is Your Love), Huey Lewis (The Power of Love), Dusty Springfield (The Windmills of Your Mind), Jim Croce (I‘ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song), Neil Diamond (Play Me), the Bay City Rollers (I Only Want to Be With You), Richard Marx (Right Here Waiting), and Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco).

For an amusing way of seeing just how diverse these songs/singing styles are, I've listed the songs with the singers who made them famous below. So here's the humorous exercise: pick a singer's name in the left column, and try to imagine them singing particular songs in the second column! (I'll start you off. . . Julie Andrews singing The Power of Love, Jim Croce singing Sway, Huey Lewis singing The Sound of Music, etc.)

1. Dean Martin / Michael Bublé		Sway
2. Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) & Jennifer Warnes		The Time of My Life (duet)
3. Michael Jackson		Human Nature
4. Simon and Garfunkel		Scarborough Fair
5. The Bee Gees		How Deep Is Your Love
6. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons		Who Loves You
7. Neil Diamond		Play Me
8. Bay City Rollers / Dusty Springfield		I Only Want To Be With You
9. Julie Andrews		The Sound of Music
10. Richard Marx		Right Here Waiting
11. Fred Astaire		The Way You Look Tonight
12. Dusty Springfield		The Windmills of Your Mind
13. Linda Rondstadt & James Ingram		Somewhere Out There (duet)
14. Tony Bennett		I Left My Heart In San Francisco
15. Jim Croce		I'll Have to Say I Love You In a Song
16. Huey Lewis & the News		The Power of Love
17. Frank Sinatra		Once Upon a Time
18. Jeffrey Osborne		On the Wings of Love

CHRIS TONG'S PERSONAL FAVORITES:
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST (18 SONGS, 1:05:23)
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APRIL 10, 2024: 200,000 VIEWS! I’ve been singing and posting songs — my own and covers — on my YouTube music channel since the end of 2020. I’m delighted to say that my YouTube music channel just passed 200,000 VIEWS! Thanks so much for listening.

MAESTRO. Whatever you might think of Bradley Cooper's new movie, Maestro, Leonard Bernstein certainly wrote some beautiful music! Here‘s my cover of one of my favorites of his, from West Side Story (which deservedly re-entered the spotlight again in Steven Spielberg's recent movie version). It’s dedicated to my intimate partner, whose name "Mary" is the English translation of her Hungarian birth name, Maria.

As we close out 2023, and welcome 2024, I'm delighted to say that last year was a great year for my music: 113K listens on YouTube! Bringing our total to date up to: 150K listens. A big THANK YOU to everyone who enjoyed my music last year. I rather suspect that 2024 will send interesting, new adventures in music my way.

If dance is part of your celebration, here’s a little New Year’s Eve dance music I've put together for you. . .

NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE PLAYLIST:
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST (7 SONGS, 24:48)
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