As he worked quietly over the years, he wrote and popularized many works, so much so that youngsters in Malaysia's Chinese community are apt to say, "We grew up singing Tan's songs."
默默耕耘的歲月裡，他所創作、推廣的歌曲無數，大馬華社的年輕學子都會說，「我們是唱陳老師的歌長大的。」