PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC : Angelito D. Ladra X-Nazareth
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC Pop music in the Philippines started as an adaptation or translation, if not complete imitation , of Western hits.
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC It started with Bobby Gonzales ’ Hahabol-habol (Hot Pursuit), a local version of the rock and roll songs of the 1950s, and Rico Puno’s Luneta , a local adaptation of The Way We Were. This immediately clicked with the youth and eventually gained wide acceptance even among the “ burgis ” (bourgeois or elite) crowd.
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC Bobby Gonzales Rico Puno
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC The start of the “Manila Sound” in the mid-1970s gave rise to songs using a colloquial language called Taglish , a combination of Tagalog and English. These Filipino lyrics sung to pop melodies resulted in highly singable songs with contemporary appeal.
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC Among the proponents of the Manila Sound were the Hotdog, Cinderella, The Rainmakers, and the Apo Hiking Society. After waning briefly in the 1990’s, this sound regained popularity in recent years with remakes of the 1970’s originals by contemporary rock bands.
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC Hotdog Cinderella
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC The Rainmakers Apo Hiking Society