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His father was concerned their Chinese background would put Chan at a disadvantage in the music industry and encouraged him to relegate his music pursuits as a hobby and to pursue a business career instead. Chan's father was supportive of his involvement in Children's Hour but was reluctant of supporting his music career by the time he was age 14 or 15 when he began composing songs.

Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka are among the songwriters which served as his inspiration in his childhood. At school he was often selected to perform in school programs. He was also accompanied by the family's house helper to participate in the radio program Children's Hour on DYRI where children performed the piano, sang, and recited poetry. Ĭhan was exposed to music in his childhood with his maternal grandmother from Cebu often playing music at their house and his mother being a pianist. Chan's mother was the only child of a Chinese-Filipino couple. His father was an immigrant from Fujian, China who came to the Philippines at age 13 and started a sugar trading company in Bacolod. Jose Mari Lim Chan was born on March 11, 1945, in Iloilo City and was the first-born child of Antonio Chan and Florencia Lim. Recipient of the first ever ABS-CBN 'ELITE Platinum Award' in 2005 and a recipient of the 2006 Dr. He received a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Philippine Association of the Recording Industry and The Metro Pop Foundation. Awarded in 1974 as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines.

He is also the chairman and president of Signature Music, Inc. He is currently chairman and CEO of Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company, Inc. Regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM).

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Jose Mari Lim Chan ( Tagalog: born March 11, 1945) is a Filipino singer, TV host, songwriter and businessman in the sugar industry.