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. Philipp Steinke was born and resides in Berlin, Germany.

Songwriting and film composing career

Steinke scored the soundtracks for the TV movies ''Im Schatten des Pferdemondes'' and ''Für immer Venedig''. Steinke scored three episodes of the television series ''Heimatgeschichten'' and an episode of ''

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''. In March 2009, Steinke was staying in Los Angeles where he met and began a writing collaboration with

Roxanne Seeman Roxanne Joy Seeman is an American songwriter and lyricist. She is best known for her songs by Billie Hughes, Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, Earth, Wind & Fire, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jacksons, Jacky Cheung, and in ...

. Steinke and Seeman wrote "Amor En Suspenso (Crocodile Tears)" which was recorded by

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, Mexico's "Queen of Rock" for her '' Único'' album, released by

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. Guzman wrote the Spanish lyrics with Fernando Osorio. In 2010, Guzman's ''Único'' album went gold in Mexico. Steinke and Seeman were asked to write a song for

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, China's #1 Pop Icon, who wanted to record a Canto-jazz concept album. Working with Cheung's producer,

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, Steinke and Seeman wrote " Everyday Is Christmas". Cheung asked Seeman and Steinke for another song and they wrote " Which Way, Robert Frost". According to Cheung, though he had "Everyday Is Christmas" adapted into Chinese twice, neither version captured the English lyrics as they were written so he recorded "Everyday Is Christmas" in English.

's "

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" is the first

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album Cheung has recorded and went platinum in less than a week. In November 2011,

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, a

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singer, who gained fame by appearing on a Taiwanese talent show, ''

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'' (超級星光大道), singing "

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" (written and originally sung by

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) in the style of

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., released "Saving Grace", co-written by Steinke with

and Finn Martin, on his ''Endlessly'' album. " Which Way, Robert Frost?" was recorded again by

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on his Pop Goes Standards album, released February 17, 2014 by MCA Music, in The Philippines. " Which Way, Robert Frost?" received

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nominations in 2015 in multiple categories:

for Best Performance By A Male Recording Artist, Benjie Pating for Best Musical Arrangement, Arnie Mendaros for Best Vocal Arrangement, Ferdie Marquez & Efren San Pedro, Freq Studio & 12 Stone Studio for Best Engineered Recording. In October 2014,

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released their first Christmas album, "Holiday", including "Everyday Is Christmas" by Steinke and Seeman. In 2015, Sony released the Earth, Wind & Fire "Holiday" album with "Everyday Is Christmas", as The Classic Christmas Album, in Sony's perennial Christmas album releases.

Producing credits

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(2011) * Boy - We Were Here (2015)

References

External links

Asher Lane websiteprogramme.rthk.org.hk
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2500619/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2 *http://www.allmusic.com/artist/philipp-steinke-mn0002354609 {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinke, Philipp Living people German male musicians German songwriters Musicians from Berlin German record producers Year of birth missing (living people)