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Folk music musical instruments. The music of the Philippines' many Indigenous peoples are associated with the various occasions that shape life in indigenous communities, including day-to-day activities as well as major life-events, which typically include "birth, initiation and graduation ceremonies; courtship and marriage; death and funeral rites; hunting, fishing, planting and harvest ...
Notable folk song composers include the National Artist for Music Lucio San Pedro, who composed the famous "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan" that recalls the loving touch of a mother to her child. Another composer, the National Artist for Music Antonino Buenaventura , is notable for notating folk songs and dances.
Regine Velasquez is considered as the best-selling artist of all time in the Philippines with 7 million certified albums locally and 1.5 million certified albums in Asia. [7] [8] [9] Other artists such as Eraserheads and Rivermaya have three albums on the list, while Gary Valenciano, Jaya, Jolina Magdangal, MYMP, Smokey Mountain and Westlife ...
The song has become so famous that, by some counts, it has been recorded in as many as a hundred versions in 23 languages throughout the world. [13] Billboard reported that the song was the number two world hit of the 1980s. According to Billboard, Aguilar was the second best-selling recording artist of 1981 in Europe. [14]
Pages in category "Philippine folk songs" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anak (song)
2. The Office. Song: "The Office Theme" by The Scrantones PureWow Editor Alexandra Hough shares that The Office theme stands out because “it’s so simple and easily recognizable”—and I ...
"Bayan Ko" (usually translated as "My Country"; Spanish: Nuestra patria, lit. 'Our Motherland') is one of the most recognizable patriotic songs of the Philippines.It was written in Spanish by the revolutionary general José Alejandrino in light of the Philippine–American War and subsequent American occupation, and translated into Tagalog some three decades later by the poet José Corazón de ...
Four notes/four syllables are all you need to invoke one of the most popular songs of all time. 13. "Hound Dog," Elvis Presley Elvis made dozens of classic songs in his career, but when it comes ...