Yvette Barbra Hontiveros Almalbis, better known as Barbie Almalbis, is a Filipino singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Manila sound is a music genre in the Philippines that began in the mid-1970s in Metro Manila. The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s during the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country by being the forerunner to OPM.
Viva Records Corporation, commonly known as Viva Records, is a Philippine record label owned by Viva Music Group, a subsidiary of Viva Communications.
Julie Iris Fernandez-Lim, also known by her stage name "Juris", is a Filipino singer and songwriter.
ASAP Music is the record label of ABS-CBN's variety show, ASAP. ASAP hosts collaborated for the first time to produce music on its debut release, the album Hotsilog. It is said that producing the ASAP album took over a year; the reason being that most of the hosts/performers were already signed with other major record labels.
VST & Company was a Filipino disco band from Manila, Philippines, founded by Vic Sotto, Spanky Rigor, and Tito Sotto. Hailed as one of the most successful Filipino bands of the late 1970s, the group is considered by many to be one of the original proponents of OPM. The band originally consisted of Spanky Rigor, Roger Rigor, Male Rigor, Celso Llarina, Monet Gaskell, Val Sotto and Jun Medina. They pioneered the Manila sound genre along with bands such as Hotdog and Cinderella, and rose to fame with their first hit song, "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko". The song ignited Philippine disco culture, and sparked "VST Mania"; a craze that swept across the country throughout the late 1970s. Their five albums which host a catalogue of hits such as "Rock Baby Rock", "Swing It Baby", "Disco Fever", "Magsayawan", "Kiss Kiss", "Magnifica" and "Step No, Step Yes", plus three critically acclaimed full-length films, Disco Fever (1978), Swing It… Baby (1979) and Rock Baby, Rock (1979), hallmark the band's cultural influence and historical contributions to contemporary Philippine pop music.
Boyfriends is a musical group from the Philippines. Their heyday was in the 1970s as one of the most prominent bands of the Manila sound, with pop and disco harmonies reminiscent of the Bee Gees. 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.
Michael Alexander Alvarez Pamular, better known by his stage name Josh Santana, is a Filipino former television actor and singer.
Basil Salvador Valdez is a Filipino singer. He has received several Tinig Awards and the 1991 Tanglaw ng Lahi Award from Ateneo de Manila University.
Ramón Pereyra Jacinto, best known by his initials RJ, is a Filipino businessman, musician and radio TV personality. He previously served as Undersecretary for Government Digital Broadcast Television and the Digitization of the Entertainment Industry Sector in Department of Information and Communications Technology. He is also the founder and chairman of Philippine rock-and-roll radio station DZRJ and the Rajah Broadcasting Network.
Celeste Kalugdan Legaspi-Gallardo is a Filipino singer, actress, film and theatre producer. She is an advocate for the rights of the artists. Her singles and albums reached gold or platinum status during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. She is the daughter of National Artist for Visual Arts César Legaspi. She has been one of the founders of the following artist organizations: Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM), Culturtain Musicat Theater Productions, Performers' Rights Society of the Philippines, and the OPM Archive. She is married to Nonoy Gallardo, an advertising director and one of the premier Original Pilipino Music composers.
"Manila" is a song by Filipino band Hotdog. The song is written about love for the Philippines, most specifically its capital, and tells about a man who misses his home country while living in another country for years. The upbeat song was inspired by Tony Bennett's hit single, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". It topped the radio charts in 1976.
This page presents the albums and singles discography of Filipino multi-awarded singer Gary Valenciano. As of 2000, he has sold more than a million albums in the Philippines, becoming one of the best-selling Filipino recording artist of all time. His album "Shout for Joy" has sold 200,000 copies nationwide.
"Tala" (transl. Star) is a song by Filipino singer and actress Sarah Geronimo. It was written by Nica del Rosario and Emmanuel Sambayan, with music and production by Jumbo De Belen and Alisson Shore of Flip Music Production. It was released as the lead single from Geronimo's platinum album The Great Unknown.
Lloyd Samartino Jr. is a Filipino actor.
Annie B. is a 2004 musical and romantic-comedy film released by Viva Films directed by Louie Ignacio. It stars Jolina Magdangal with Dingdong Dantes, Jordan Herrera, Gloria Romero, Amy Austria, and Sarah Geronimo.
Angela del Rosario, known as Ella del Rosario, is a Spanish-Filipina American celebrity and multi-awarded lead singer who marqueed and collaborated with the wildly popular famous band Hotdog from 1974–1984.
Nobita is a Filipino rock band formed in Valenzuela in 2018. The group consists of Jaeson Felismino, Sam Aquino, Mark Quintero (bass), Richmond Bancolita (keyboards), and Jonathan Agbanlog (drums).
"Ikaw Lang" is a song recorded by Filipino band Nobita. It was initially uploaded on May 20, 2020, to YouTube and officially released to music platforms by IndieTV on June 12, 2020, as their third single overall. The song was written by vocalist Jaeson Felismino and collaboratively produced by the band members.
