Sarah Geronimo Records duet with BACKSTREET BOY Howie D.

April 5, 2008

Fresh from a hugely-successful concert tour of Canada and the US, Sarah Geronimo stayed behind in LA to do the vocals for a duet with Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough in LA. The song, titled I’ll Be There and produced by Christian de Walden, will be included in Sarah’s latest CD which will be released in July. De Walden is the same guy who acted as go-between for Claire dela Fuente and Richard Carpenter for Claire to record the song Something in Your Eyes.Howie D. reached worldwide fame as a member of the BSB along with AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson and Nick Carter. He is best known for his falsetto singing which is easily recognizable in hits like I Want It That Way, Drowning, The Answer to Our Life, The Perfect Fan and Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely.

He is the lead singer in the songs Spanish Eyes, What Makes You Different Makes You Beautiful and How Did I Fall in Love with You. He is set to visit the Philippines in July to shoot a video with Sarah and promote the duet.

Meanwhile, Sarah is coming to more honors as the big winner at the Third MYX Music Awards held at the Meralco Theater last Wednesday, March 26. The Viva recording artist won four trophies, the most by any nominee this year — Favorite Song for Ikaw, Favorite Artist, Favorite Female Artist and Favorite MYX Celebrity VJ. Sarah accepted the awards while she was in the US.

Ikaw is a composition by Medwin Marfil of True Faith included in Sarah’s latest album Taking Flight which is composed of original works by Filipino songwriters. Other selections are I’ll Be Alright by Louie Ocampo and Edith Gallardo; Close to My Heart also by Louie with lyrics by Freddie Santos; I’m Sorry by Soc Villanueva and Jungee Marcelo; Time to Let Go featuring Mark Bautista and composed by Rebel Madagasang; I’ll Be Here also by Rebel; So and What If I, both written by Trina Belamide; Miss and Kahit Na by actor-turned-musician Chuckie Dreyfus; and Mr. Deadma by newcomer Drizzle Nuniz.

Sarah, together with fellow singing champions Rachelle Ann Go, Christian Bautista and Mark Bautista, recently performed in the cities of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnepeg, Toronto and Montreal in Canada; and in San Jose, Houston and Anaheim in the US.

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