Kung Sakali-Ogie Alcasid published: 07 Jul 2008 views: 430851 author: UniversalRecPH First single off Ogie Alcasid's new album The Great Filipino Song Book; features Marian Rivera; originally sung by Pabs Dadivas during the late 70's and was ...
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