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Ramon Muzones (March 20, 1913 – August 17, 1992) was a writer and lawyer and the posthumous recipient of the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature award in the Philippines in 2018. [1]
Pilar Garrido Corrales (born August 22, 1939) [1] is a Filipino pop singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best-known for her distinctive backbend [2] when singing and is popularly referred to as the "Asia's Queen of Songs" for her vocal style and longevity.
Max Surban is a Filipino Cebuano singer-songwriter. He has been given the "King of Visayan Song". Although known primarily for his singing of novelty songs, he has also recorded romantic ballads.
The remaining song, "Gugma Ko", uses the melody of Neil Diamond's "Song Sung Blue" and replaces the original English lyrics with Visayan-language ones. In 1979, Wood covered the Indonesian version of "Anak" from the fellow Filipino original artist Freddie Aguilar. Wood and his family migrated to the United States in the late 1970s. [citation ...
While "Awit sa Bohol" has official English and Boholano lyrics, and the song is normally performed in Boholano, the Eskaya cultural minority also have a version of the provincial anthem in their language, Eskayan. [4] However, unlike the English and Boholano versions, the Eskayan version is unofficial.
"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 ...
Martin Abellana (1904–1989) was a Filipino Visayan writer. He was a teacher by profession. In the years 1956 to 1958, he was president of the LUDABI, a group of writers in Cebuano.
"Sa Ugoy ng Duyan" (literally in Tagalog: "In the Rocking of the Cradle"; official English title: "The Sway of the Baby Hammock" [1]) is a Filipino lullaby. The music was composed by Lucio San Pedro while the lyrics were written by Levi Celerio. [1] Both of them were National Artists of the Philippines and this song was their most popular ...