Smokey Mountain High
January 3, 2007 at 2:57 am kidswereus 36 comments
“Kailan/Kailan mo ba mapapansin ang aking lihim/Kahit anong gawing lambing/Di mo pinapansin”. These are the opening lyrics of my then favorite song, ‘Kailan’ sung by the teenage pop group organized by Ryan Cayabyab. Ryan christened the group as Smokey Mountain, yes after the famous dumpsite (in the Philippines). The group was composed ofTony Lambino, James Coronel (thanks lovelygirl!), Geneva Cruz, and Jeffrey Hidalgo.
The group disbanded after releasing one album. Geneva worked on a separate album and also got offers endorsing the fashion watch Swatch, Tony joined the cast of Ang Tv, and it took Jeffrey a good seven years before returning to the music business. James, however, decided to try again the whole teenage singing group thing. Two years after the first batch of Smokey Mountain disbanded, Smokey Mountain was revived this time with James, Chedi Guevarra, and Banig.
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lovely girl | January 3, 2007 at 6:29 am
James last name is Coronel.
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kidswereus | January 3, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Thanks for the correction! 😀
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twodz | January 7, 2007 at 5:27 pm
oh my… “da coconut nut is a giant nut. if you eat too much, you get very fat!” sila kumanta nito diba?? lol i remembered tony lambino sang at a mini concert at our church. hahaha
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odarbozoz | January 11, 2007 at 1:12 am
Hey aren’t they the ones who sang Anak ng Pasig? or was it Paraiso?
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lovely girl | January 12, 2007 at 9:13 am
anak ng pasig is by geneva cruz (solo) and paraiso was performed by smokey mountain (the 2nd group)
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cocomangas | January 13, 2007 at 3:53 pm
smokey mountain rocks!
their rendition of can this be love is the only version i’ll ever like. hehe.
was can this be love a composition of ryan cayabyab though? im not really sure.
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JV | January 26, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Smokey Mountain me likey! weeee!!
We even have a cassette tape of their album at home..dont know if its still working
I certainly love their coconut song and i also like the classic song that they have in their album “Paraiso” thats cuz i heard it again in a group singing competition that my friends joined..
Paraiso, help me make a stand
Paraiso, take me by the hand
Paraiso, make the world understand
That if I could see a single bird
What a joy!
This tired and hungry land could expect
Some truth and hope and respect
From the rest of the world
whooo!! the best! makes me wanna sing again haha!
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surferchick | January 30, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Paraiso is indeed a moving song, I believe this was the best that the second batch of Smokey Mountain ever performed 😀
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JAP | January 31, 2007 at 10:41 am
OOOPPPSSS! Di po si banig yung isang menber nila. Zhar yata yung name. 🙂
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kidswereus | February 3, 2007 at 12:00 am
Thanks for the correction Jap!
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jake | February 28, 2007 at 7:33 pm
hehehe i accidentally bumped into this site it it reminded me of childhood hehe. nothing beats mr. C’s genius when he formed smokey mountain. I can still perfectly hum practically all their songs until this day hehehe.
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kidswereus | March 1, 2007 at 8:45 am
Hey jake! How’d you know about kidswereus? Kailan and Paraiso are still in my head, would you believe? Glad you saw us! Do you remember 14K?
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Lorna De Leon | July 4, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I really love all songs of smokey mountain
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kidswereus | July 6, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Ditto!
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chloe | July 30, 2007 at 7:23 pm
I’m also a big fan of Smokey Mountain first batch but I love Jeffrey Hidalgo the best. He wasn’t actually gone from the music scene after the group disbanded because he released his first solo album in 1993. It was entitled, I’ll Be Your Friend and this was released under Viva Records. He was also part of Viva’s TV sitcom, 17 Bernard Club which was also shown in 1993. He had several solo albums thereafter: Intimate Mood (Star Records, 1998), Can This Be Love? (Star Records, 2000) and Jeffrey 05. He also made other TV, movie and music projects after SM. FYI. If you have other questions or you want to have updates about Jeffrey, I’m just an e-mail away. Thanks and more power!
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willi | August 5, 2007 at 4:14 pm
i too am a big fan of the smokey mountain, ung orig. back in high school hehe. they also sung “Mama” which is a song about an OFW mom-daughter relationship, and it was sung by geneva in an international competition in russia where she won the grand prize. paraiso (by the 2nd batch) also won in an intenational competition (2nd best song, natalo ng isang australian), at yung smokey mountain as a group ang nagwagi sa best performer. “kailan” “can this be love” “da coconut nut” “mama” ang galing talaga ni mr. c!!! yeah, i remember 14k. kasama dun si jolina magdangal.
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Liza | August 16, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Ano naba update ni jeffrey hidalgo ngayun? love na love ko taong ito
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Ingrid | September 8, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Smokey Mountain I love ’em .. . . . In fact I have been looking for their album but to no avail… sad to say… 😦 but then again I was able to get a copy of their songs from website…. and have completed al the songs in their album… Hope this group will have a reunion and make a new albumm. Mr. C kaya mo yan! More power to Mr C. and the Smokey Mountain guys.
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osang | February 20, 2008 at 8:04 pm
i love jeffrey hidalgo..
he’s not only good in singing but also in school…
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kidswereus | February 29, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Hi Osang. Really? Did you go to school together?
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misisgarci | March 11, 2008 at 3:26 pm
jeffrey hidalgo went to UP Diliman for college. also an advocate of environmental causes.
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kidswereus | March 12, 2008 at 8:07 pm
cool.
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chloe | March 16, 2008 at 1:10 am
hi its me again! just dropped by and then i saw some comments about jeffrey hidalgo. 🙂 jeffrey is still busy with his singing career but also with producing his sister, Arnee’s You Got It All deluxe edition cd album. btw, if u happen to be in eastwood city on april 4, 2008 please do catch arnee’s cd launch. jeffrey will also be there to perform. hi osang! ur right jeffrey’s really good in school and is actually top 11 on the chemical engineering board exam he took several years ago. he is a certified chem eng and is actually managing his own company that manufactures cleaning products. hi liza! sori i just happen to read the messages here. i hope ur already updated. if u still want to know more about jeffrey, you can visit his website: http://www.officialjeffreyhidalgo.com or you can e-mail him at jeffreyhidalgo@officialjeffreyhidalgo.com. thanks guys!
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kidswereus | March 27, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Thank you Chloe for the information. We really appreciate it!
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chloe | April 1, 2008 at 10:59 pm
no prob. 🙂 btw, this is jeffrey’s new site: http://www.jeffreyhidalgo.com and e-mail address: jeffrey@jeffreyhidalgo.com. God bless and more power!
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michelle | May 19, 2008 at 10:11 pm
pwede makuha ang lyrics ng Mama? plssssssss… pwede ba send sa email ko… thanks ha and more power
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eric de los santos | July 16, 2008 at 11:05 pm
i really love their song sana marami pang kantang magagawa sila at ibalik ang group nila sayang kasi sila isa pa lahat ng kanta nila mga meaning full maxado. please ibalik sila please…………
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annette | August 18, 2008 at 11:16 am
wla lng, hnap ko kc lyric ng mama kya me npunta sa page n2, but its good thing kc nremember ko mga childhood pals ko we used to sing all smokey mountains song,. and naalala ko i sing the song mama in one competition in my high school days, kktuwa.. wla lng…
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jangga | September 23, 2009 at 1:34 am
hi!! any updates about jeffrey hidalgo… super fan ako ng smokey mountain esp. jeff and geneva…i love them
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mikos bello | January 3, 2011 at 11:18 am
ask ko lang kung saang batch si jayson anganan?
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sedrick | May 1, 2014 at 7:32 pm
Second batch siya. I like his voice so much
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kirk | May 15, 2015 at 10:24 pm
Too many mistakes. I really laughed so hard after reading this article. The group wasn’t disbanded after releasing one album, the 3 members Geneva Cruz, Jeffrey Hidalgo, and Tony Lambino left the group for different reasons. The group’s creator Ryan Cayabyab replaced them with Jayson Angangan, Chedi Vergara (not Guevarra), and Shar Santos, not BANIG! Banig was a solo performer and never became a part of the group.
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kirk | May 15, 2015 at 10:27 pm
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Lei | October 2, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Reminscin’ now. Si James Coronel I heard sa call center sya before dunno now… si Tony naman sa IRRI sya ngayon, studied abroad before. Naabutan ko yung 2nd batch I took voice lessons kase sa Sunvar Plaza (music studio ni Mr.C) I remember I was 11 yrs. old yata at that time I even asked my mom to get James Coronel’s autograph. Si Ms. Annie Quintos yung voice teacher ko. I like the love team of Geneva and Tony. Sad ako nung nawala na yung 1st batch, but I still did support the 2nd batch. Sina Chedi and James I love their song Kahit Habang Buhay. I have the Smokey Mountain’s best hits cd, now playing their music at work. 🙂 #feelingnostalgic
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SimplyG | August 28, 2023 at 10:11 pm
After Jeffrey Hidalgo left Smokey Mountain,he got the offer from Viva Artists Agency in 1992.He also released his solo debut album “I’ll Be Your Friend” in said year when he was 14 or 15 years old.He also introduced was one of the supporting cast in 1994 film,”Kadenang Bulaklak”.
The names of second batch in Smokey Mountain are James Coronel (remain from first batch),Chedi Vergara,Shar Santos Silonga(she was different from Banig but same powerful voices) and Jason Angangan.