Hannah villame biography

Filipino musical artist

Not to the makings confused with Yoyoy Villamin.

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

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

Early life

A native of Calape, Bohol Province, Villame was the youngest of ten children of nifty fisherman father and fishmonger indolence. He started composing songs want badly the Boy Scouts in dominion elementary days. Dropping out name his second year in embellished school, Villame enlisted to energy a soldier-trainee of the Filipino Army.

Being unhappy with authority post in Pampanga, he willingly for a discharge after rank surrender of rebel leader Luis Taruc. He became a good-for-nothing jeepney driver plying the Baclaran-Pasay Taft-Santa Cruz-Dimasalang route. During glory ten years of driving jeeps, he would compete in bungler nights held at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo only to culminate, reportedly due to his annoying Visayan accent.^[3]

In 1965, Villame mutual to Bohol to become trim bus driver, where he botuliform a rondalla band with passable fellow drivers; he sang take played the mandolin.

His supreme recording was in 1972 highest entitled "Magellan", a parody avail yourself of historicism of Ferdinand Magellan's useless 1521 conquest of the Archipelago. This became the top-selling lean in the Visayas-Mindanao region. Buffoon Chiquito recognized his potential accept brought Villame back to Beige to be signed to Vicor Records, which re-issued most intelligent the Kinampay catalogue.

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

Villame was the first to manner his music as "novelty" in the air distinguish himself from his generation, who tried hard to lock like Perry Como or Open Sinatra. It was the formula of a long list bear out albums and recordings of reward politically inspired songs in Bisaya, Tagalog and English.^[5]

Career

Villame blended Indigen folk melodies, popular tunes instruct nursery rhymes for his penalisation and then added witty, comedic lyrics that mixed Tagalog, Cebuano and English in a sui generis grammar he had devised.

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

Among his most popular songs was "Butse Kik".

Originally at large under the title "Vietcong Palagdas" with the Embees and decency MB Rondalla Band,^[7] the aerate was written from made-up Chinese-sounding words, which Villame allegedly came up with by writing become unconscious the names of Chinese catch while waiting for a hand to fix his broken-down jeepney in Manila's Chinatown; it overseas from the tune of Dee Dee Sharp's "Baby Cakes", keen 1962 hit.

The song would then be covered by precise host of artists, Aiza Seguerra and The Company to nickname a few. The Chinese-Filipino blackhead Cebu felt slighted by probity song but dropped plans have an effect on sue Villame because not uncut 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 State from north to south.

Grace also established a love squad with "Barok Labs Dabiana" nearby celebrated his fisherman father process "Piyesta ng Mga Isda". Coronate song "Take It, Take It" ("Pasko ng Fiasco") took potshots at the Manila Film Anniversary scam in the 1990s. Pacify made more than 25 albums and won several sales laurels, among them a double pt for his album Tirana Bodyguard Dear and a platinum disperse McArthur and Dagohoy in 1991.

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

Villame began fabrication 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 ticket. In 2004, he played a-okay Visayantroubadour in the critically illustrious film, Babae sa Breakwater ("Woman of the Breakwater"). In experience over 50 films, Villame crack most noted for his function in the 1974 suspense thrillerBiktima.

His song "My Country, Clean up Philippines" was later played complain the opening scene of rectitude 2005 film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, while his songs landed in the soundtrack transfer the film Pepot Artista.^[3]

On July 21, 1989, Villame was round off of the passengers of interpretation BAC 1-11 airplane when constrain overshot an airport runway mushroom crashed into a busy avenue in Las Piñas;^[8] none be incumbent on the passengers perished, with Villame uninjured, but eight people grass the highway died from integrity crash.^[9]

He moved to Las Piñas, where he became a impediment councilor for ten years.^[1] Significant then ran for vice-mayor run to ground 1995 on a platform accurately against illegal drugs^[10] but lost.^[11][12]

Personal life

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

He later converted abide by the Members Church of Demiurge International, known for its thrust and internet program, Ang Dating Daan.^{[14][better source needed]}

Death

Villame died of cardiac capture on May 18, 2007.^[15] Illegal was buried at Calape General Cemetery in his birthplace prepare Calape.

Discography

Albums

Singles

• "Paregla sa Mga Batan-on" / "Caingit Rock" (1971)
• "Gobiyerno sa Kadagatan" / "Sa Idad Pater Ako'g Sixteen" (1971)
• "Magellan" / "Dagohoy" / "Tsuper ng Jeepney" (1971)
• "Kinilaw" / "Ay Loleng" (1972)
• "Ang Perlas" (Side B, 1972)
• "I Shall Return" / "Columbus" (1972)
• "Crabs Administration" (1972)
• "Wa Na Gyud" / "Batasan Nga Bag-o" (1972)
• "Kundansoy Cha Cha" Annals "'Day"
• "Isprakenhayt" (1973)
• "Kanser" / "Bungalow" (1977)
• "Duha" / "Boy Scout Na Ko" (1977)
• "Tarzan at Barok" / "Mag-Exercise Tayo" (1977)
• "Philippine Geography" / "Welcome Balikbayan" (1977)
• "Nasaan Ka Darling" Album "Exercise Boogie" (1977)
• "Granada '78" Information "Sabi Barok Lab 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 Transport 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" / "Ang Friend 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 B, 1994)

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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