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"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 ...
"G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N. (You Know I've Got A)", an answer song to Avril Lavigne's hit "Girlfriend", is one example. "California Gurls" (2010) by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg was a response to "Empire State of Mind" (2009) by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys. It was the first time both the original song and the answer song reached No. 1 on the Billboard ...
The original composer, Mike Velarde, Jr., said: "Sometime in 1960 a famous US singer who made a personal appearance in Manila presented me a contract seeking authority to record 'Dahil Sa Iyo' in the States. The five figure offer was fabulous but I turned it down - simply because she wanted to change the title to an American title.
On the UK's sheet music charts, "Answer Me" first charted on 17 October 1953. On 7 November, its fourth week on chart, it reached No. 1, where it would spend ten weeks (including one week jointly with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"). [10] Frankie Laine re-recorded "Answer Me" with the revised secular lyric in Hollywood on 29 December 1953. [5]
Velasquez subsequently released her sixth studio album My Love Emotion in 1995; [12] Southern Sons' lead vocalist Phil Buckle wrote the album's title track. Velasquez also collaborated with Kazufumi Miyazawa and Mariya Takeuchi on three of the record's singles and recorded a cover version of British folk band Fairground Attraction's 1988 song ...
Songs about school have probably been composed and sung by students for as long as there have been schools. Examples of such literature can be found dating back to medieval England. [ 1 ] The number of popular songs dealing with school as a subject has continued to increase with the development of youth subculture starting in the 1950s and 1960s.
The folk song was also included in the album Bahaghari of composer Ryan Cayabyab which was sung by Lea Salonga that also includes other Filipino traditional folk songs. [11] It was also performed by the University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers during the 116th anniversary of the First Philippine Republic . [ 12 ]
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