Boyfriends (Filipino band)

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Boyfriends
Origin Quezon City, Philippines
Genres
Years active
  • 1978–1995
  • 1999–present
Labels PolyEast Records
MembersBob Guzman
Gary Ariola
Artie Ilacad
Lloyd Sale
Past membersJoey Abando

Boyfriends is a musical group from the Philippines. Their heyday was in the 1978 as one of the most prominent bands of the Manila sound, [1] [2] with pop and disco harmonies reminiscent of the Bee Gees. [3] Several of their recordings are among the most popular Tagalog and English songs of the Philippines from the late 1970s and early 1980s, and have since been covered by a number of the Philippines' most popular singers, among others. [4]

Contents

Band members

Current members

Early members

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

[5] [6]

  • Dahil Mahal Kita (1978, Canary Records)
  • With Love (1978, Canary Records)
  • 3 (1979, Canary Records)
  • Forever (1981, Canary Records)
  • First Love (1983, Canary Records)
  • Unplugged Reunion Album (1995, OctoArts-EMI)
  • Akustik (1999, OctoArts-EMI)

Compilation albums

  • Best of the Boyfriends (1980, Canary Records) [7]
  • Greatest Hits (1981, Canary Records)
  • The Story Of: Boyfriends (The Ultimate OPM Collection) (2001, EMI Philippines) [8]
  • Greatest Hits (2014, PolyEast Records)

Notable songs

Covered by Lea Salonga on her album Lea , [9] as well as by Dingdong Avanzado and Martin Nievera.
Listed by Ogie Alcasid as one of the ten "most memorable songs of his life". [10] He recorded it as the theme song for the Vilma Santos movie Dolzura Cortez Story. [10] It was also used as the theme song for the TV series Guns and Roses , in a recording by Jovit Baldivino. [11] A notable cover version sung in the drama Be My Lady on ABS-CBN performed by the fictional Crisostomo family portrayed by Erich Gonzales, Al Tantay, Janice de Belen, Yves Flores, RK Bagatsing and Nonoy Frolian.
Covers by Manilyn Reynes, Keempee de Leon, and, most recently, Ken Chan.
Anthologized in Bongga (The Biggest OPM Retro Hits). [12] Covered by Ogie Alcasid., [13] and also covered by Sexbomb Girls and all-Filipino global boy group, Hori7on.
Covered by Ogie Alcasid feat. Urban Flow, from Alcasid's 10th Anniversary album (1998).
Covered by Filipino Jukebox Rock Band White Lies

References

  1. ↑ Dalton, David (2007). The Rough Guide to the Philippines. Penguin. p. 544. ISBN   9781405380447.
  2. ↑ Alama, Rudolph Ian (2010-11-14). "Manila Sound". Sun Star . Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bossa Nova". Bulalo Soup for the Pinoy Soul. 2007-05-25. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Villanueva, Pamela (2008-05-24). "Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal - The Boyfriends Cover". YouTube . Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "My OPM LP Collection - Boyfriends, Part 1". My OPM LP Collection. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "My OPM LP Collection - Boyfriends, Part 2". My OPM LP Collection. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Boyfriends (3) - Best Of The Boyfriends". Discogs.
  8. ↑ "The Ultimate Opm Collection - The Boyfriends". Allmusic . Retrieved 17 October 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Panaligan, Jojo P. (6 July 2009). "Lea Salonga returns compliment to Nicole Scherzinger". Manila Bulletin . Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  10. 1 2 Lo, Ricardo F. (2002-10-02). "The songs of Ogie's life". Philippine Star . Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Jovit Baldivino - Dahil Mahal Kita Lyrics". YouTube . Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  12. ↑ "Bongga (The Biggest OPM Retro Hits)". Titik Pilipino. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "All the Classics - Ogie". Allmusic . Retrieved 17 October 2011.


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