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Enrico de Jesus Puno (Tagalog: [ɛnˈɾɪkɔ de hɛˈsus ˈpʊnɔʔ]; February 13, 1953 – October 30, 2018), better known as Rico J. Puno (Tagalog: [ˈɾikɔ dʒeɪ ˈpʊnɔʔ]), was a Filipino singer, television host, actor, comedian and politician. He was considered as a music icon in the Philippines.
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 ...
The song is described as a bittersweet "mini-epic" inspired by the Beatles, referencing the actress Paraluman and the tango standard "El Bimbo". [1] [2] "I had a huge crush on this girl who was older; she was the one who taught me the dance, and I think that was the first time I was really in love with a girl.
Just a few years after their hiatus, the tribute album Kami nAPO Muna was released in honor of the group. The Filipino musical artists who did their own unique renditions of APO songs includes: Imago, Orange and Lemons, Parokya ni Edgar, Kamikazee, Sandwich, Sugarfree, Itchyworms, Sponge Cola, Boldstar, Sound, Drip, Rocksteddy, Top Suzara, Barbie Almalbis, Kitchie Nadal, Shamrock, and The Dawn.
In 2007, the Philippine CPDRC Dancing Inmates performed "Rico Mambo" at their prison in Cebu first in October [3] and again in November, [4] the latter as part of the television series Pinoy Big Brother with contestants Riza Santos, Megan Young, Gaby dela Merced, Victor Basa and Mcoy Fundales. Both videos use the 1984 recording of the song.
' Christmas is the Best Story ', 2023), lyrics by Robert Labayen and Lawrence Arvin Sibug and music by Kiko Salazar and Jonathan Manalo "Sa Belen Tayo Uuwi" (2023), written by CI Russel Patolot, SSP "Christmas: Courageous Hope" (2023), written and music by Rev. Fr. Rico John Bilangel, C.Ss.R.
In 1970, the song was first made into a lullaby which was originally recorded by Antonio Regalario and performed by Restituta Tutañez. [5] In 2023, the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Himig Himbing: Mga Heleng Atin included the song together with other Filipino songs and hele to promote indigenous lullabies.
Rico Rene Granados Blanco (born March 17, 1973) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur. He began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of the Filipino rock band Rivermaya from 1994 until 2007, and has been a solo artist since 2008.