Gary Valenciano
Edgardo José Martín Santiago Valenciano, better known as simply Gary Valenciano (shortened to Gary V.), is a Filipino musician, composer, actor, producer, and gospel singer who is best known for many songs, especially those that became theme songs for movies. Gary Valenciano energetic dance moves also garnered him the nickname "Mr. Pure Energy."
Born in the suburb of Santa Mesa in Manila on August 6, 1964, he is the sixth of Vicente Valenciano and Grimilda Santiago Ortiz’s seven children. Santiago Ortiz is a Puerto Rican woman of Italian descent who became a popular opera singer in Manila during the 1960s, and her love for music passed down to her son, Gary. Gary Valenciano took his primary and secondary studies in La Salle Greenhills. It was during his high school days, while being on a brief stint the musical group Kundirana, that he devoted himself to music.
He first appeared as a solo in a television show called The Pilita and Jackie Show in 1982, but he was finally noticed after his performances in the TV shows Germspesyal and Penthouse Live.
Gary Valenciano had his first solo concert, in April 1984, inside the jam-packed Araneta Coliseum. He was soon to make 21 albums, three of them released internationally, including a Christian inspired album called Out in the Dark.He is married to María Anna Elizabeth "Angeli" Evangelista Pangilinan, with whom he has three children: Juan Paolo Martín, José Angelo Gabriel, and Kristina María Mikaela.
Gary Valenciano Albums
Born in the suburb of Santa Mesa in Manila on August 6, 1964, he is the sixth of Vicente Valenciano and Grimilda Santiago Ortiz’s seven children. Santiago Ortiz is a Puerto Rican woman of Italian descent who became a popular opera singer in Manila during the 1960s, and her love for music passed down to her son, Gary. Gary Valenciano took his primary and secondary studies in La Salle Greenhills. It was during his high school days, while being on a brief stint the musical group Kundirana, that he devoted himself to music.
He first appeared as a solo in a television show called The Pilita and Jackie Show in 1982, but he was finally noticed after his performances in the TV shows Germspesyal and Penthouse Live.
Gary Valenciano had his first solo concert, in April 1984, inside the jam-packed Araneta Coliseum. He was soon to make 21 albums, three of them released internationally, including a Christian inspired album called Out in the Dark.He is married to María Anna Elizabeth "Angeli" Evangelista Pangilinan, with whom he has three children: Juan Paolo Martín, José Angelo Gabriel, and Kristina María Mikaela.
Gary Valenciano Albums
- Gary (1984)
- Gary...Next (1985)
- Gary...Inside Out (1985)
- From Gary, Merry Christmas (1986)
- Moving Thoughts (1987)
- Faces of Love (1989)
- Heart and Soul (Live Album)
- Shout for Joy (1991)
- Dancing in the Moonlight (1992) - Internationally by Toshiba-EMI in Japan
- Shout Live (1993)
- Hataw Na (1993)
- Move Live (1995)
- Out of the Dark (1995) - Internationally in the United States
- Outside Looking In (1995) - Internationally by Polygram
- Interactive (1998)
- Revive (2001)
- one 2 one (2002)
- I Will Be Here (2002)
- Beyond Words (2003)
- At the Movies (2003)
- Pure Heart (2005)
- Soul Full
- Relevance (2006)
- Anak
- Babalik Ka Rin
- Could You be Messiah
- Di Bale Na Lang
- Each Passing Night
- I Will Be Here
- Kailangan Kita
- Narito
- Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos
- Reaching Out
- Sana Maulit Muli
- Shout For Joy
- Side By Side
- Take Me Out of the Dark
- That’s Why
- Warrior Is A Child
- We Are The Reason
- Fool Til The End
- Hang On
- How Did You Know
- Ikaw Lamang
- Laughter All The Time