Pilar Garrido Corrales is a Filipino pop singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best-known for her distinctive backbend when singing and is popularly referred to as the "Asia's Queen of Songs" for her vocal style and longevity.
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.
Clarita "Claire" Crisostomo dela Fuente-de Guzman was a Filipina singer. She achieved celebrity status in the late 1970s with the jukebox hit "Sayang" and was given the title "Asia's Sweetest Voice" because of her singing style. She was dubbed "the Karen Carpenter of the Philippines" because of her contralto's resemblance to that of Carpenter's. Her first album in 1978 was then the Philippines' biggest seller at the time of release. She went on to record seven more albums. Besides "Sayang", she was also known for hits like "Minsan-Minsan" and "Nakaw na Pag-ibig".
George Masangkay Canseco was a Filipino composer and former politician. He composed numerous popular Filipino songs.
Victor Nobleza Wood was a Filipino singer, actor and politician. His voice earned him various titles, including "Jukebox King" and "Plaka King".
The Metro Manila Popular Music Festival was launched by the Popular Music Foundation of the Philippines in 1977 and held annually from 1978 to 1985. It was "the country’s pioneering and once foremost songwriting competition," according to The Philippine Star. Its objective was to promote the advancement of Filipino music, and its chief proponents were journalist Teodoro Valencia and Imee Marcos. These festivals launched many the careers of songwriters and singers, and gave original Filipino music more than a few memorable and modern-day song classics. Among them is Freddie Aguilar.
Gilda Olvidado is a Filipina movie and television writer, and melodrama novelist. Her novels have been turned into live-action movies by VIVA Films, and also been remade for television through Sine Novela.
Maria Cristina Yu Garcia-Cruz, professionally known as Maricris Garcia-Cruz, is a Filipino singer and actress. She came to prominence after winning the third season of Pinoy Pop Superstar. She is the Philippines' Divine Siren.
The first season of Pinoy Dream Academy formally began on August 27, 2006, and ended on December 16 of the same year. Nikki Gil was the main host of this season, while joining her in the Saturday Gala Nights were Bianca Gonzalez, Roxanne Barcelo, and Toni Gonzaga. Sam Milby was also part of the Saturday shows, but had stopped appearing mid-season. Barcelo also hosted the UpLate edition of the show.
Eduardo Antonio Winsett Gutierrez, Jr., professionally known as Tonton Gutierrez, is a Filipino film and television actor best known for his role as Governor Eduardo Buenavista in the original hit teleserye Pangako Sa 'Yo, it was topbilled by Kristine Hermosa, Jericho Rosales, Eula Valdez and Jean Garcia.
Alfredo "Fred" Panopio was a Filipino singer and actor who rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s.
Martha Cecilia was a Filipino writer of Tagalog romance pocketbook novels. She was the author of best selling novel series Kristine and Sweetheart. Many of her novels were serialized by ABS-CBN under Precious Hearts Romances Presents.
Sylvia Reyes La Torre-Perez de Tagle was a Filipino singer, actress, and radio star.
Raul Marco Sison is a Filipino singer, actor, and politician.
Roselle Paulino Nava-Tan, professionally and more commonly known as Roselle Nava, is a Filipino singer, film and television actress, and former politician. She is a multi-platinum female singer in the Philippines and one of the most in-demand divas during the 90s era. She is tagged as the "Philippines' Sentimental Diva" and the "former supreme songbird of ABS-CBN". She was formerly dubbed as the "90s Philippine Pop Queen". She started her career as a part of ABS-CBN's defunct youth-oriented show Ang TV (1992–1997) together with Jolina Magdangal, Claudine Barretto, Antoinette Taus, etc. She was also a regular host and performer of ASAP, the Philippines longest variety show, from 1995 to 2004 and since 2015.
Ricardo Alandy Sumilang, also known by his stage name Romeo Vasquez, was a Filipino actor and former matinee idol of Philippine cinema.
Ricardo "Ric" Manrique Jr. was a Filipino Kundiman singer. He was known as one of the two Hari Ng Kundiman in the Philippines, alongside Ruben Tagalog.
Roel Cortez was a Filipino singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the 1980s due to his Tagalog hit songs such as "Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie", "Dalagang Probinsyana", "Pinay sa Japan" and "Bakit Ako'y Sinaktan".
Bing Rodrigo was a Filipino singer most famous for songs such as "Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa" and "Gintong Araw". He was also known to have sung the most memorable jingle in all of Philippine culture, the "Seiko Wallet" commercial. He was contemporary to Jun Polistico, Anthony Castelo and Nonoy Zuñiga, and was crowned "King of Tagalog Songs" in 1982, and scored a number of gold records. He died in 2001.
Eva Eugenio is a Filipino singer in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is most famous for the hit song "Tukso". Along with Imelda Papin and Claire de la Fuente, she is dubbed as one of the "Jukebox Queens" of the Philippines.
