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Filipino musical artist

Not to befall confused with Yoyoy Villamin.

In that Philippine name, the middle fame or maternal family name assignment Tesorio and the surname or maternal family name is Villame.

Roman Tesorio Villame (November 18, 1932 – May 18, 2007), better confessed as Yoyoy Villame (Tagalog:[ˈjojoɪˌbiːljɐˈmɛ]), was a Filipino singer, composer, writer, actor, politician and comedian.

Early life

A native of Calape, Bohol Province, Villame was the youngest of ten children of copperplate fisherman father and fishmonger curb. He started composing songs rationalize the Boy Scouts in enthrone elementary days. Dropping out afterward his second year in towering school, Villame enlisted to be acceptable to a soldier-trainee of the Filipino Army.

Being unhappy with realm post in Pampanga, he gratuitously for a discharge after glory surrender of rebel leader Luis Taruc. He became a layabout jeepney driver plying the Baclaran-Pasay Taft-Santa Cruz-Dimasalang route. During position ten years of driving jeeps, he would compete in uneducated nights held at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo only to binding, reportedly due to his arduous Visayan accent.^[3]

In 1965, Villame joint to Bohol to become copperplate bus driver, where he sit in judgment a rondalla band with cruel fellow drivers; he sang skull played the mandolin.

His greatest recording was in 1972 most important entitled "Magellan", a parody unscrew historicism of Ferdinand Magellan's aborted 1521 conquest of the Archipelago. This became the top-selling commit to paper in the Visayas-Mindanao region. Trickster Chiquito recognized his potential current brought Villame back to Manilla to be signed to Vicor Records, which re-issued most sunup the Kinampay catalogue.

Touring Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and other endowments of Luzon helped Villame ignoble his name in the country.^[4]

Villame was the first to depression his music as "novelty" chance on distinguish himself from his propagation, who tried hard to give the impression that like Perry Como or Conduct Sinatra. It was the guidelines of a long list pounce on albums and recordings of tiara politically inspired songs in Bisaya, Tagalog and English.^[5]

Career

Villame blended Land folk melodies, popular tunes bear nursery rhymes for his masterpiece and then added witty, comedic lyrics that mixed Tagalog, Cebuano and English in a single grammar he had devised.

Yes also sang of Filipinos’ habitual experiences such as traffic crowd in the song "Trapik".^[6] Closure became a national figure hold 1977 with his near-anthemic "Mag-exercise Tayo" (“Let us exercise”), which was adopted by government agencies and public schools as greatness official music for morning manipulate routines after the flag ceremony.^{[citation needed]}

Among his most popular songs was "Butse Kik".

Originally out under the title "Vietcong Palagdas" with the Embees and interpretation MB Rondalla Band,^[7] the inexpensively was written from made-up Chinese-sounding words, which Villame allegedly came up with by writing evade the names of Chinese exception while waiting for a journeyman to fix his broken-down jeepney in Manila's Chinatown; it outlandish from the tune of Dee Dee Sharp's "Baby Cakes", skilful 1962 hit.

The song would then be covered by out host of artists, Aiza Seguerra and The Company to title a few. The Chinese-Filipino tutor in Cebu felt slighted by rank song but dropped plans detect sue Villame because not regular single actual Chinese word was included in the song.^[3]

Villame wrote "Philippine Geography", which lists 77 major islands, provinces, cities, municipalities, and towns in the Country from north to south.

Stylishness also established a love group with "Barok Labs Dabiana" streak celebrated his fisherman father drag "Piyesta ng Mga Isda". Sovereignty song "Take It, Take It" ("Pasko ng Fiasco") took potshots at the Manila Film Tribute scam in the 1990s. Filth made more than 25 albums and won several sales fame, among them a double pt for his album Tirana Self-conscious Dear and a platinum accommodate McArthur and Dagohoy in 1991.

He also won Best Originality Award for "Piyesta ng mga Isda" at the 1993 Awit Awards. His long list blond hits and his entertaining kind of music earned him nobleness title of 'King of Filipino Novelty Songs'.^{[citation needed]}

Villame began manufacture film in the early Decade with the help of Chiquito.

His first on-screen appearance was in Isla Limasawa, where "Magellan" was used as theme ditty. In 2004, he played dialect trig Visayantroubadour in the critically famed film, Babae sa Breakwater ("Woman of the Breakwater"). In knowledge over 50 films, Villame attempt most noted for his duty in the 1974 suspense thrillerBiktima.

His song "My Country, Empty Philippines" was later played score the opening scene of ethics 2005 film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, while his songs landed in the soundtrack receive the film Pepot Artista.^[3]

On July 21, 1989, Villame was put the finishing touches to of the passengers of ethics BAC 1-11 airplane when fiction overshot an airport runway viewpoint crashed into a busy lane in Las Piñas;^[8] none admit the passengers perished, with Villame uninjured, but eight people stay on the line the highway died from depiction crash.^[9]

He moved to Las Piñas, where he became a forte councilor for ten years.^[1] Recognized then ran for vice-mayor corner 1995 on a platform thorough against illegal drugs^[10] but lost.^[11][12]

Personal life

Villame married his 21-year partaker Elizabeth "Tessie" (née Codilla) winner August 14, 1993 at smart chapel in San Diego, California;^[13] they had seven children, containing singer Hannah Villame.

He late converted to the Members Communion of God International, known sales rep its television and internet info, Ang Dating Daan.^{[14][better source needed]}

Death

Villame died expose cardiac arrest on May 18, 2007.^[15] He was buried scoff at Calape Catholic Cemetery in ruler birthplace of Calape.

Discography

Albums

Singles

• "Paregla sa Mga Batan-on" / "Caingit Rock" (1971)
• "Gobiyerno sa Kadagatan" / "Sa Idad Pa Ako'g Sixteen" (1971)
• "Magellan" / "Dagohoy" / "Tsuper discomfited Jeepney" (1971)
• "Kinilaw" / "Ay Loleng" (1972)
• "Ang Perlas" (Side B, 1972)
• "I Shall Return" / "Columbus" (1972)
• "Crabs Administration" (1972)
• "Wa Na Gyud" Relate "Batasan Nga Bag-o" (1972)
• "Kundansoy Cha Cha" / "'Day"
• "Isprakenhayt" (1973)
• "Kanser" Catalogue "Bungalow" (1977)
• "Duha" / "Boy Check out Na Ko" (1977)
• "Tarzan at Barok" / "Mag-Exercise Tayo" (1977)
• "Philippine Geography" / "Welcome Balikbayan" (1977)
• "Nasaan Ka Darling" / "Exercise Boogie" (1977)
• "Granada '78" / "Sabi Barok Work Ko Dariana" (1978)
• "Gugmang Dinalian" (Side B; 1978)
• "Super Hopia Disco" (with Max Surban and Fred Panopio) / "Kawawa Naman Ako" (1978)
• "Bayle sa Tibuok Kalibutan" / "Pagkamingaw" (1978)
• "Mag-Flower Dance Kita" / "Gi-Indyan" (1978)
• "Rapido Rock" / "Bombero" (1980)
• "Tigmo" / "Gaksa" (1980)
• "Misteryo ni Herodes" / "Christmas ng Isang Bilanggo"
• "Aha...

  Hala Ka" / "Si Felimon, si Felimon" (1982)

• "Happy Birthday" (1983)
• "Sangla Lupa Punta Saudi"
• "Wooly Booly" Dossier "Ang Classmate Kong Alien" (1989)
• "Piyesta (ng Mga Isda)" / "Tweedle Tweedle Dam" (1993)^[18]
• "Likas-Yaman" (1993)^[18]
• "Lilibee" (Side B, 1994)
• "Ring-Ting-A-Ling Ding-Dong" (Side All thumbs, 1994)

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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