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Original Pilipino Music, more commonly referred to as OPM, a commercial acronym coined by Danny Javier of the APO Hiking Society, [6] originally referred only to the pop genre of music from the Philippines, predominantly ballads and novelty numbers, that became popular after the wane of its direct 1970s commercial predecessor, Manila Sound.
Manila sound is styled as catchy and melodic, with smooth, lightly orchestrated, accessible folk/soft rock, sometimes fused with funk, light jazz and disco.However, broadly speaking, it includes quite a number of genres (e.g. pop, vocal music, soft rock, folk pop, disco, soul, Latin jazz, funk etc.), and should therefore be best regarded as a period in Philippine popular music rather than as a ...
Years active. 1973–present. Labels. Vicor Music /Sunshine, RCA. Ferdinand Pascual Aguilar (Tagalog: [pɐsˈkwal ʔɐɣɪˈlaɾ]; born February 5, 1953), better known as Freddie Aguilar, [1] Ka Freddie Aguilar, or simply Ka Freddie, is a Filipino folk musician and singer-songwriter regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino ...
1969–2018. Daniel Morales Javier (August 6, 1947 – October 31, 2022), better known simply as Danny Javier (Tagalog: [ˈdanɪ habˈjɛɾ]), was a Filipino singer, composer, actor, television host and businessman. He was known as one of the members and lead vocalist of the popular musical trio APO Hiking Society along with Boboy Garrovillo ...
1970 [3] –present. Musical artist. Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab (born May 4, 1954), known professionally as Ryan Cayabyab (Tagalog: [ˈɾajɐn kɐjɐbˈjab]), is a Filipino musician, composer and conductor regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He was the Executive and Artistic Director for several ...
Jun Alañon, Mon Alañon. Milla Poblete. Arthur Ritona. Tony Cortez. Hotdog was a Filipino band formed by brothers Dennis and Rene Garcia that achieved fame in the Philippines during the mid-1970s. [1][2] Their first album, Unang Kagat,[3] was released in 1974 [2] by Villar Records. [4] The album led to the 1975 movie of the same name, also ...
Levi Celerio. Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002) was a Filipino composer and lyricist who is credited with writing over 4,000 songs. Celerio was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines for Music and Literature in 1997. He is also known for using the leaf as a musical instrument which led to being recognized as the "only ...
He was a pioneer and leading exponent of Pinoy folk rock [1] during the DZRJ-AM radio boom in Manila during the 1970s. His more popular singles include the hit ballad ...