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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.
The multilingual P-Pop boy group Alamat has released numerous songs that heavily feature Cebuano lyrics. In 2017, the Filipino-American artist Karencitta released the single "Cebuana", a dance pop song with lyrics written in a mix of Cebuano and English. The song had a transformative impact on the Vispop genre. [26]
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 ...
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 song won for George Canseco and Amapola the Manila Film Festival award for best song of the year. The song did not fare well commercially, because Amapola had left (for her U.S. concert tours) and the song was not promoted properly, according to Canseco during an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer. But when Corrales revived the ...
Since the song was passed from generations to generations, the lyrics was wrongly interpreted as Baleleng. [1] The song is about a man bidding goodbye to a lady called Leleng as he is going to war. Like other Sama Dilaut songs, it is sung with the accompaniment of a string instrument like gitgit and biula, gabbang and the kulintangan. [8] [9]
The lyrics were written by scriptwriter Armando Lao and the music was composed by Jay Durias, who considers this song to be one of his best compositions and arrangements to date. The same song became the carrier single for their fourth album, The Way We Do, released in 2001. In November of the same year, South Border staged their biggest major ...
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 ...