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| I Am But a Small Voice |
From the “Roger Whittaker” website
“Since the summer of 1962 when he took his first steps on the road to a
career in entertainment, Roger Whittaker has become an outstanding star
all over the world, enjoying a series of highly acclaimed albums and a string
of hit singles that includes such classics as ‘Durham Town,’ ‘New World in
the Morning,’ ‘I Don't Believe in 'If' Anymore,’ and ‘The Last Farewell....’
“In conjunction with his first American tour in 1980, Roger launched
a major international song writing competition, Children Helping
Children, from the United Nations in New
York through UNESCO. Children from all
over the world were asked to submit
lyrics and poems on the subject of
promoting peace and understanding,
the best of which Roger would put to
music and record. The contest attracted
over one million entries from 57
countries.
“The winner was 13-year-old Odina Batnag from Manila in the Philippines
who was flown to New York and introduced to the huge audience at Roger's
Radio City Music Hall concert where her entry ‘I Am But A Small Voice,’ was
performed for the very first time.
“The song has been released worldwide with all proceeds raised by sales
being donated to UNESCO's education for handicapped children
programme...."
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In 1981, "I am But a Small Voice" was featured
on an album recorded by Lea Salonga, who
was at that time a 9-year-old musical star in
the Philippines.
You can find Lea Salonga's version of the song
on YouTube, here ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeESnq8_ByY
The lyrics are sung in Tagalog and English.
Since that time, Lea Salonga has gone on to
become an internationally-recognized singer
and performer. Her voice is featured in several
Disney films – for example, she was the singing voice of Princess
Jasmine in the Aladdin movie in 1992, and she sang the part of Fa
Mulan in the Mulan and Mulan II films in 1998 and in 2004.
Find more about Lea Salonga here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Salonga
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