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Visayan pop, better known as Vispop (not to be confused with the Scandinavian musical genre), is short for Visayan popular music.Despite its name, it usually refers to popular music in the Cebuano language; pop music sung in other Visayan languages is known by other terms.
Susan Fuentes (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈfwɛntɛs]; 1 November 1954 – 7 September 2013) was a Filipino singer known as the "Queen of Visayan Songs". [1] She recorded and popularized Visayan classics such as Matud Nila (They Say in English; Sabi Nila in Filipino), Gimingaw Ako (I Feel Lonesome), Usahay (Sometimes in English; Minsan in Filipino), Rosas Pandan and Miss Kita Kung Christmas.
He has been given the "King of Visayan Song". Although known primarily for his singing of novelty songs, he has also recorded romantic ballads. Like his fellow Visayan, the Bol-anon singer Yoyoy Villame, Max Surban has also become famous for his singing of so-called novelty songs. On several occasions, both Yoyoy Villame and Max Surban have ...
The winning songs from the competition made it to several radio station's hit song countdowns. 1st Visayan Pop Music Festival grand prize winner Duyog was part of the MOR 97.1 Cebu's Epic Top 20 Countdown for 23 weeks, while third runner-up Balay ni Mayang was No. 3 MOR 91.9 CDO BIGA10 Hits Daily, No. 6 Bay Radio 104.7 FM Batangas' 20 Hit Combo ...
Later that year on September 24, 1970, the Bohol Provincial Board passed Resolution No. 215, making the song the official hymn of Bohol. [ 1 ] A few years later, the provincial government launched a competition to translate the song's lyrics into Boholano , with the winning entry being written by lyricist and composer Maxelende Ganade . [ 2 ]
The term, which is in the blended form, comes from the Cebuano words Bisaya, referring the Visayan languages, and "rock", for rock music. The term was coined by Cebuano writer Januar E. Yap in 2002 [1] and was first applied to Missing Filemon's first album. Earning wide reception among the young in the Visayas and Mindanao, Bisrock is a fairly ...
Billed by the show as the "M16 of Samar", he is best known as the vocalist of the Cebu-based reggae band Junior Kilat, which is responsible for songs such as Original Sigbin (In Bisaya mythology, Sigbin is a mythical creature), K Fyne (Okay, Fine) and Ako si M16 (I am M16), which secured the Best Song in the 2005 NU Rock awards sponsored by the ...
Ben Zubiri also wrote Cebuano songs. In 1941 he wrote his most famous song, Matud Nila. This song has been labeled by some as the cultural anthem of the Cebuanos. He also was a comedian in radio dramas as well as offering advice on the program Purico Amateur Hour. Ben Zubiri died in 1969.