When Eyes Are Filled With Tears
Side A
When Eyes Are Filled With Tears
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Come Close And Love Me
If I Had My Life To Live again
Goodbye
Side B
Had I known it
All of A Sudden
LoneLy Nights
Yesterday I heard The Rain
Let's forget The Time
Honey Love
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If You Go Away
Side A
If You Go Away
Love Is Blue
All The Love In the World
the Music Played
Maybe I Love You
Why Does IT Have To Be You
Side B
Stay
The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener
I've Been In Love Before
Stolen Moments
Reach Out For Me
My Wonderful World Is You
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Oh La La Pilita
Side A
Oh La La
Gotas De Lluvia
Gracias Amigo
Este Noche O Nunca
Pienas En Mi
Te Estroy Esperando
Side B
Hoy
Nunca Volvere A Qeurer
Concierto De Otono
La Foto
Con Estas Manos
Un Minuto Mas
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In Tokyo
Side A
Misty Tokyo
Love Is Blue
Since There's No You
To Sir With Love
Please Love Me Forever
Ginza Bluea
Side B
Blue Night In Tokyo
Something Stupid
Akasaka After Dark
Reach Out For Me
Strangers In The Night El Mundo
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This is Pilita
Will I Live
Child Of Clay
Algo Tonto
There Goes My Love There Goes My Life
Forget You
Groovin
What Could I Be
Please Love Me Forever El Mundo
Keep In Touch
Special People
Imagine
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Pilita Live At the Riviera
Side A
Intro
What About Today
Solitaire
1972 Grammy Medley
Side B
Kapantay Ay Langit
Music From Across The Way
I Believe In Music
Godfather
This Is My Life
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Pilita Live At The Riviera Vol 2
Side A
Overtune
More
Medley
Mexican Medley
Let Me Try Again
I Just Don't Want To be Lonely
Side B
The Way Of Love
The Yellow Ribbon
Come What May
Spanish Medley
Stay
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Pilita Live At the Riviera Vol 3
Side A
After Today
A Song for you
Wonderful dreams
Keep On Singing
You Will Be My Music
Se Acabo
Side B
Old Fashioned love Song
Help Me make it Through The Night
A Spanish Duet (Tipi Tipi Tin)
Mare, mare, mare
Surrender
My Way
Pilita Garrido Corrales (born August 22, 1939) is a Popular Filipina singer-songwriter, actress, comedienne, and television presenter. She is dubbed as "Asia's Queen of Songs" in her home country and is widely known for her rendition of "Kapantay Ay Langit"(originally by singer Amapola) which eventually became her signature song.
Pilar "Pilita" Garrido Corrales was born in Lahug, Cebu to a Spanish mother Maria Garrido and a half Filipino half Spanish father Jose Corrales.[3] After finishing her studies at Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion in Cebu, she went to Spain to enroll in a finishing school in music. In 1958, Corrales began her recording career after arriving in Australia for a brief period. She left her legacy by becoming the first woman to make the Australian pop charts with a local recording called 'Come Closer to Me'. She became a star of the Victoria Television circuit and her first hit, Come Closer to Me, became part of a collection on which she’s billed as one of the Grand Dames of Victorian Radio and Television.
Corrales holds the distinction of being the first female artist to top the Australian pop music charts long before Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John and Kylie Minogue. She also recorded at least 3 LPs in the late 1950s early 1960s: Pilita with Arthur Young :Pilita tells The Story of Love, I'll Take Romance and This is Pilita under Astor Records. Being one of the pioneers of Australia's early television years, a street was named after her in Victoria. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) featured Corrales and several pioneering female artists in Australia in the 2nd episode of the highly acclaimed TV special, Love is in the Air. Corrales returned to Manila in 1963 to pursue a career in the Philippine music industry. Her Philippine career began when she hosted a radio program La Taverna over DZPI where she sang Spanish songs and played the guitar. She performed regularly in stage shows at the Manila Grand Opera House. Subsequently, her reputation grew and during her international stints, she has performed with internationally acclaimed artists like Sammy Davis Jr. the Beatles4th July, 1966, Bob Hope, Pat Boone, Frank Sinatra and Julie Andrews. She also appeared in movies, most of them musicals. Her film debut was a lead role in the 1968 film Miss Wawaw and was followed by 11 films for the next two years. Corrales later recorded songs in Spanish in the early 1960s as well as songs in English, Tagalog and Cebuano during the 1970s under Vicor Music Corporation. Her multiawarded TV program at ABS-CBN, An Evening with Pilita (1965–1972), is widely considered as one of the benchmarks in Philippine broadcasting history.
Corrales frequently performed for Seeing Stars with Joe Quirino in IBC-Channel 13 after the martial law years where she demonstrated her range as a gifted performer of Spanish, English, Cebuano and Tagalog music. Aquarius Record Philippines produced a compilation of Pilita's Spanish songs in CDs like Noche de Ronda, Vaya Con Dios. Her signature song A Million Thanks to You by Alice Doria-Gamilla was translated in seven languages. She eventually recorded songs composed by Filipino composers like Danny Holmsen, George Canseco, Willy Cruz, Ryan Cayabyab and several others. Under Vicor Records, Corrales interpreted numerous Filipino classics and introduced them to younger audiences.
Corrales first met Canseco in Your Evening with Pilita (aired on pre-Martial Law ABS-CBN) as a guest in the composers' portion of the show". For the show Canseco brought with him You're All I Love. Canseco later wrote Filipino lyrics for the song, which became Kapantay ay Langit, the first song Canseco sold to a record label in 1966. The song was first recorded by Amapola for the movie theme of Kapantay Ay Langit starring Marlene Dauden and Eddie Rodríguez. The song won for George Canseco and Amapola the Manila Film Festival award for best song of the year. The song did not fare well commercially, because Amapola had left (for her U.S. concert tours) and the song was not promoted properly, according to Canseco during an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer. But when Pilita revived the song, it turned into a classic and defied trends and time. "The song," Pilita said, "was included in my album Philippine Love Songs Vol. 1, which was released in the early 1970s."
Through the personal invitation of Sammy Davis Jr., Pilita became the first Filipino to sing in Caesars Palace. In her concert in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas during the late 70s, Pilita sang Spanish, English, Cebuano and Tagalog songs, all conducted and arranged by Ryan Cayabyab.
After receiving a 1965 Philippine Citizen's Award for TV as Best TV Female Performer, Pilita went on to receive Cecil, Aliw, Tinig and Awit and several other awards for her performances and lifetime achievement. In 1990, she received a Merit Award from the FAMAS Awards. In 1991, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) for bringing Filipino musical artistry to international audience. She also holds the distinction of being the first Filipino to win in an international music festival by bagging the Best Performer Award during the 1st Tokyo Music Festival (1972) where she bested numerous international artists including the highly-regarded Olivia Newton-John.
These days she operates Pilita, a restaurant-bar in Greenhills named: PILITA'S, one of Manila's prime commercial districts. She is also a highly-acclaimed host and comedy actress on Philippine television. With over 135 albums to her credit and an international profile with many appearances in Asia, the Middle East, Australia and North America, she still enjoys a reputation as one of the Philippines most celebrated singers.
In 2006, Corrales was selected by Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC Channel 5) and FremantleMedia to be one of the celebrity-judges for the first-ever nationwide search for the Philippine Idol together with composer Ryan Cayabyab and rapper Francis Magalona. She was a judge in the first Asian Idol held in Indonesia, representing Philippine Idol.
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