OPM aficionados have something to look forward to when the clock strikes midnight tonight, just in time for Mother’s Day.
And it’ll be doubly special for anybody who grew up listening to the enduring tunes featured in the soundtrack of Jeric Soriano’s youth-oriented 1984 movie musical “Hotshots,” which starred Aga Muhlach, Raymond Lauchengco and Gary Valenciano.
Of course, Gary V’s “Reaching Out” and Raymond’s “Shadow of Time” immediately come to mind. But after 37 years, the album’s “other” unforgettable ballad—Cecile Azarcon’s “Special Memory”—will be revived by the original interpreter herself, the lovely-as-ever Iwi Laurel. However, it’s a “cover” that comes w…
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