His song "My Country, My Philippines" was played in the opening scene of the film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, while his songs landed in the soundtrack for the film Pepot Artista. In doing over 50 films, Villame is most noted for his role in the 1974 suspense thriller Biktima. In 2004, he played a Visayan troubadour in the critically acclaimed film, Babae sa Breakwater (" Woman of the Breakwater"). His first on-screen appearance was in Isla Limasawa, where "Magellan" was used as theme song. ![]() Villame began making film in the early 1970s with the help of Chiquito. His long list of hits and his entertaining style of music earned him the title of 'King of Philippine Novelty Songs'. ![]() He also won Best Novelty Award for "Piyesta ng mga Isda" at the 1993 Awit Awards. He made more than 25 albums and won several sales awards, among them a double platinum for his album Tirana My Dear and a platinum for McArthur and Dagohoy in 1991. His song "Take It, Take It" ("Pasko ng Fiasco") took potshots at the Manila Film Festival scam in the 1990s. He also established a love team with "Barok Labs Dabiana" and celebrated his fisherman father with "Piyesta ng Mga Isda". Villame wrote "Philippine Geography", which lists 77 major islands, provinces, cities, municipalities, and towns in the Philippines from north to south. ![]() The song was actually released by Villame earlier in his career originally under the title "Vietcong Palagdas" with the Embees and the MB Rondalla Band through Kinampay Records. The Chinese community in Cebu felt slighted by the song but dropped plans to bring Villame to court because not a single Chinese word was included in the song. The song would then be covered by a host of artists, Aiza Seguerra and The Company to name a few. His most popular song was " Butse Kik", a song written from made-up Chinese-sounding words which Villame allegedly came up with by writing down the names of Chinese stores while waiting for a mechanic to fix his broken-down jeepney in Manila's Chinatown it borrowed from the tune of Dee Dee Sharp's "Baby Cakes", a 1962 hit. He became a national figure in 1977 with his near-anthemic "Mag-exercise Tayo", which has been adopted by government agencies and public schools as the official music for their Monday morning exercise after the flag ceremony. He also sings about the Filipinos daily experiences such as the traffic congestion in the country in the song "Trapik". Villame blended Filipino folk melodies, popular tunes and nursery rhymes for his music and then added witty, comedic lyrics that mixed Tagalog, Cebuano and English in a form of grammar that he concocted. It was the beginning of a long list of albums and recordings of his politically inspired songs in Bisaya, Tagalog and English. Villame was the first to brand his music as "novelty" to distinguish himself from his contemporaries, who tried hard to sound like Perry Como or Frank Sinatra. Touring Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and other parts of Luzon helped Villame establish his name in the country. Comedian Chiquito recognized his potential and brought Villame to Manila to be signed to Vicor Records, which re-issued most of the Kinampay catalogue. This became the top-selling record in the Visayas-Mindanao region. His first recording was in 1972 and entitled "Magellan", a parody of historicism of Ferdinand Magellan's failed conquest of the Philippines. In 1965, Villame went back to Bohol to become a bus driver, where he formed a rondalla band with some fellow drivers he sang and played the mandolin. During the ten years of driving jeeps, he would compete in amateur nights held at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo only to lose, reportedly due to his strong Visayan accent. ![]() He became a passenger jeepney driver plying the Baclaran-Pasay Taft-Santa Cruz-Dimasalang route. Being unhappy in his post in Pampanga, he asked for a discharge after the surrender of rebel leader Luis Taruc. Dropping out after his second year in high school, Villame enlisted to become a soldier-trainee of the Philippine Army. He started composing songs for the Boy Scouts in his elementary days. Roman Tesorio Villame (Novem– May 18, 2007), better known as Yoyoy Villame ( Tagalog: ), was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist, actor and comedian.Ī native of Calape, Bohol Province, Villame was the youngest of ten children of a fisherman father and fishseller mother.
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