Side A
Love Is A Many Splendored Things
The Way You Look Tonight
It's Magic
Love Story (Where Do I Begin)
Two For The Road
No Other Love
Side B
Cheek To Cheek
Come Fly With Me
Tome After Time
Loos of Love
Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
This modern day crooner brings back the sound of old-fashioned romance. Arthur's music moves people in ways you've never seen a performer do before. He truly is a very talented crooner that you can feel all the emotion and sincerity he puts in every one of his songs.
(The Philippine Star)
“Yes, this 6 foot balladeer, does an excellent job of mimicking Tony Bennett’s singing artistry only, he does it a note higher sometimes!
In fact, a foreign guest who attended one of his concerts was over heard commenting that Arthur sounds more like Tony Bennett than
Tony Bennett does!
Arthur is obviously gifted with a powerful, splendid and multi-ranged voice, topped with a masterful stage presence and a good grasp of humor that comes naturally! This pony-tailed big guy is without a doubt, a world-class performer with a lot of soul to give!
This man who loves to sing songs from his folks’ musical treasure chest makes no attempt to be cute. He’s satisfied with himself in the original! He’s no copy-cat …he just Arthur-izes the songs he sings, superbly well! And when he sings, you can close your eyes and swing along or dream along with him, that’s what the audience usually do in his shows and concerts as this charming balladeer smoothly croons classics like As Time Goes By, The Way You Look Tonight, If I Ruled the World, Till, Stranger in Paradise, Come Fly with Me, Because of You, I Can’t Stop Loving You, I Won’t Cry Anymore, I Left My Heart in San Francisco etc. “
(Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The History
Arthur started his music career in the early 80’s as a drummer and at the same time the lead vocalist of a band that played a combination of folk, country & rock… from The Beatles to Santana, Eagles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple etc. The band was called “The Kryptons”. They did the rounds of the Ol’ Shakey’s Pizza Parlour that during that time was so popular among the teenagers & rock music buffs because of its nightly live band entertainment.
After a year and a half of playing rock, Arthur got tired of the noise and decided to return to his first love, crooning the classics.
Since a young boy, Arthur’s been a big fan of standards, listening to the records of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Matt Monro, Johnny Mathis and even Diomedes Maturan who was a schoolmate of his dad’s in high school.
Joined several bands as a lead vocalists from hotel showbands to concept bands etc… performed songs of different genres but still no music genre transcends the “Good Ol’ Standards” he said. Tho’ there have been numbing road trips, identity problems, self-doubt, and rejection, through the years Arthur sort of analyzed himself, and said, '”This is all I'm going to do… reintroduce and perform the classics the standard way. Arthur committed himself to singing songs that would appeal to all ages, a principle that would guide him for the next 100 years. And he feels so satisfied that he’s been able to do that up to the present time.
Arthur recently won a very prestigious award, the 19th ALIW AWARDS BEST MALE PERFORMER IN HOTEL LOUNGES & BARS August 31, 2006.
"The music business and the entertainment business--in fact, all businesses--have become so narrow-channeled. I have done well in my narrow channel because I have never deserted it. I’ve been singing for years and still, nothing gives me greater joy than performing for an audience." –Arthur Manuntag
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