Chris Tong Music

JANUARY 30, 2025: 300,000 VIEWS! I’ve been singing and posting songs — my own and covers — on my YouTube music channel since the end of 2020. I’m delighted to say that my YouTube music channel just passed 300,000 VIEWS! Thanks so much for listening. To celebrate, I've put together a playlist of my "top 20" favorites. I hope you enjoy my "adventures in singing"!

PERSONAL FAVORITES. I've put together a playlist of my "20 personal favorites", that gives a feeling for the very wide variety of songs and singing styles I've been exploring. The list includes:

songs old and new — from 1936 (The Way You Look Tonight) through 2024 (APT.)
the most popular songs in the world right now — Die With A Smile and APT. are currently (as of 2/14/25) the #1 and #2 songs on the Billboard Global 200 chart
semi-operatic songs — The Sound of Music
pop/rock duets — The Time of My Life (duet)
Latin — Sway
R&B — On the Wings of Love
songs with great harmonies — Who Loves You and Scarborough Fair
K-pop — APT.
songs from the Great American Songbook — The Way You Look Tonight, Fly Me To The Moon and Once Upon a Time
Christmas music — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
the Beatles — I Want To Hold Your Hand
the Bee Gees — How Deep Is Your Love
Huey Lewis — The Power of Love
Jim Croce — I'll Have to Say I Love You In a Song
Neil Diamond — Play Me
Bruno Mars — Die With A Smile and APT.
Richard Marx — Right Here Waiting
Petula Clark — My Love
Fred Astaire — The Way You Look Tonight
Frank Sinatra — Fly Me To The Moon and Once Upon a Time
Tony Bennett — I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons — Who Loves You

May you enjoy my "adventures in singing"!

MAESTRO. Whatever you might think of Bradley Cooper's new movie, Maestro, Leonard Bernstein certainly wrote some beautiful music! Here‘s my cover of one of my favorites of his, from West Side Story (which deservedly re-entered the spotlight again in Steven Spielberg's recent movie version). It’s dedicated to my intimate partner, whose name "Mary" is the English translation of her Hungarian birth name, Maria.

As we close out 2023, and welcome 2024, I'm delighted to say that last year was a great year for my music: 113K listens on YouTube! Bringing our total to date up to: 150K listens. A big THANK YOU to everyone who enjoyed my music last year. I rather suspect that 2024 will send interesting, new adventures in music my way.

If dance is part of your celebration, here’s a little New Year’s Eve dance music I've put together for you. . .