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Yoyoy Villame (November 18, 1932 - May 18, 2007) born Roman Tesorio Villame, was a Filipino
Filipino people

Filipino people refers to an ethnic group in the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia. The name Filipino was derived from Las Islas Filipinas , the Spanish language name given to the Philippines in the 16th century, by Spanish explorer Ruy L?pez de Villalobos....
 singer, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, and comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
. Villame was a native of Calape, Bohol
Calape, Bohol

Calape is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bohol province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 27,921 people in 5,588 households.The first settlers of Calape were said to be migrants from Cebu and other municipalities in Bohol....
 and was the father of singer Hannah Villame. He died of cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest

A cardiac arrest, also known as cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the abrupt cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively during Systole ....
 at the Las Piñas Medical Center in Metro Manila
Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region is the metropolitan area of the city of Manila, the national capital of the Philippines....
 on May 18, 2007.

re getting his break in the music industry, Villame was at one point a jeepney
Jeepney

Jeepneys are the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II and are well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating....
 driver and at another, an army draftee who fought in the government’s anti-insurgency campaign in Central Luzon
Central Luzon

Central Luzon , also known as Region III , is an administrative division or Regions of the Philippines of the Republic of the Philippines, primarily serve to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon , for administrative convenience....
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Yoyoy Villame (November 18, 1932 - May 18, 2007) born Roman Tesorio Villame, was a Filipino
Filipino people

Filipino people refers to an ethnic group in the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia. The name Filipino was derived from Las Islas Filipinas , the Spanish language name given to the Philippines in the 16th century, by Spanish explorer Ruy L?pez de Villalobos....
 singer, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, and comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
. Villame was a native of Calape, Bohol
Calape, Bohol

Calape is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bohol province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 27,921 people in 5,588 households.The first settlers of Calape were said to be migrants from Cebu and other municipalities in Bohol....
 and was the father of singer Hannah Villame. He died of cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest

A cardiac arrest, also known as cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the abrupt cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively during Systole ....
 at the Las Piñas Medical Center in Metro Manila
Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region is the metropolitan area of the city of Manila, the national capital of the Philippines....
 on May 18, 2007.

Early life

Before getting his break in the music industry, Villame was at one point a jeepney
Jeepney

Jeepneys are the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II and are well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating....
 driver and at another, an army draftee who fought in the government’s anti-insurgency campaign in Central Luzon
Central Luzon

Central Luzon , also known as Region III , is an administrative division or Regions of the Philippines of the Republic of the Philippines, primarily serve to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon , for administrative convenience....
. He went back to Bohol to become a bus driver, and there he formed a rondalla band with his fellow bus drivers as band mates. The owner of the bus company took notice of Villame’s efforts, setting up a music studio named Kinamay Records just for him. Villame's first recording was in 1972 and entitled Magellan. It was the beginning of a long list of albums and recordings of his politically inspired songs in Sugboanon
Cebuano language

Cebuano is an Austronesian language language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people. It is the largest member of the Visayan languages, and is also referred to as "Visayan"....
, Tagalog
Tagalog language

Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. It is a basis for the Filipino language, which is the principal language of the national television and radio, though broadsheet newspapers are almost completely in English....
 and English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
.

Notable works

Among his notable works include Butse Kik
Butse Kik

Butse Kik is one of Yoyoy Villame's novelty songs widely regarded as one of his hits in the Philippines, and became a radio staple.The song consists of nonsense-lyrics that sound somewhat like Chinese language....
, a song written from made-up Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
-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
Chinatown

A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of overseas Chinese residents, usually outside of Greater China. Chinatowns are present throughout the world, including those in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe....
. He also wrote Philippine Geography, which lists 77 major islands, provinces, cities, municipalities, and towns in the Philippines from north to south. His long list of hits and his entertaining style of music has earned him the title of "King of Philippine Novelty Songs".

Villame began making movies in the early 1970s, and was noted for his role in the 1974 suspense thriller Biktima. In 2004, Yoyoy played a Visayan
Visayas

Visayas is one of the three island groups in the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea....
 troubadour
Troubadour

A troubadour was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages .The troubadour school or tradition began in the eleventh century in Occitania, but it subsequently spread into Italy, Spain, and even Greece....
 in the critically acclaimed movie, Babae sa Breakwater (Woman of the Breakwater).

Discography

  • ABC and the Music
  • ABC Rock
  • Adlaw Gabi-I
  • Ako'y Babalik
  • Ano Ba 'Yan
  • Aral Sa Pasko
  • Awit Na Kanta
  • Ay Ay Ay I Love You
  • Ayaw Na
  • Balikbayan
  • Ballroom Dancing
  • Baranggay Tinapay
  • Barok Goes to Hong Kong
  • Barsi
  • Bayang Mahal
  • Bayle-sa Tibuok Kalibutan
  • Bolare
  • Bombero
  • Bombero Rock
  • Boy Scout Ako
  • Brunei Beauty
  • Bulkan Pinatubo
  • Bungalow
  • Bus Driver Boogie
  • Buti Pa Magtanan
  • Butse Kik
    Butse Kik

    Butse Kik is one of Yoyoy Villame's novelty songs widely regarded as one of his hits in the Philippines, and became a radio staple.The song consists of nonsense-lyrics that sound somewhat like Chinese language....
  • Cha Cha Han
  • Cora
  • Crush Ko Sya
  • Da Da Da (Tsismis)
  • Da Da Da (Tsismis) - Tagalog version
  • Dagohoy ug Lapu-lapu Rock (w/ Max Surban
    Max Surban

    Maximo Surban, better known as Max Surban is a Cebuano language singer. He has been given the monicker King of Visayan Song. Like his fellow Visayan languages, the Bohol singer Yoyoy Villame, Max Surban has also become famous for his singing of so-called novelty songs which usually have humorous lyrics and may or may not be se...
    )
  • Diklamasyon (Magellan vs. Lapu-Lapu)
  • Duha
  • Edad 16
  • Eklipse
  • Eleven Indians
  • Estorias Filipinas
  • Estoryang Kataw-anan (w/ Max Surban
    Max Surban

    Maximo Surban, better known as Max Surban is a Cebuano language singer. He has been given the monicker King of Visayan Song. Like his fellow Visayan languages, the Bohol singer Yoyoy Villame, Max Surban has also become famous for his singing of so-called novelty songs which usually have humorous lyrics and may or may not be se...
    )
  • Exercise Boogie
  • Flower Dance
  • Garbo Sa Kabisayaan
  • Gi-indiyan
  • Granada
  • Gugmang Dinalian
  • Gusot Na Rin
  • Hain Ka Na
  • Hala Tawo
  • Hangtud Kanus-A
  • Happy Birthday
  • Happy Happy Songs
  • Hayop na Combo
  • Hernando's Hideaway
  • Hey!
  • Hikalimti Na Lang
  • Huwag Yan
  • Huweteng
  • I Have Two Hands
  • I Know
  • I'll Never Love Again
  • I'm Sorry
  • Ikaw
  • Ikaw Ang Bulok
  • Intriga
  • Ipinanganak Sa Kuweba
  • Islahanan
  • Kahayang sa Ngitngit
  • Kahit Sira
  • Kaming Mga Waiter
  • Karoling-Karoling
  • Kilum Kilum
  • Komedi Histori
  • Kudeta ni Bonifacio
  • Kuratong Baleleng
  • Las Piñas
  • Leonora
  • Likas Yaman
  • Lilibee
  • Limahung
  • Live-In
  • Lorena
  • Lu-oy
  • Lu-oy Tawon
  • Mag-exercise Tayo
  • Mag-flower Dance
  • Magellan - Yoyoy Villame
  • Magellan Ug Lapu-lapu
  • Magkasinabot
  • Magkusad Na Ta Pe
  • Magsugal Ta (w/ Max Surban
    Max Surban

    Maximo Surban, better known as Max Surban is a Cebuano language singer. He has been given the monicker King of Visayan Song. Like his fellow Visayan languages, the Bohol singer Yoyoy Villame, Max Surban has also become famous for his singing of so-called novelty songs which usually have humorous lyrics and may or may not be se...
    )
  • Manangguite
  • Mangingilad
  • Manok Ni San Tilmo
  • Mentras Lariang
  • Meri Krismas
  • Metro Manila Rock
  • Mr. Robotbot
  • My Country, Philippines
  • Naala-ala Mo Ba Giliw
  • Nasaan Ka Darling
  • Nasalisihan
  • Noong Ako'y Bata
  • Oh! Sweet
  • Oh, Palad Ko
  • Pagkamingaw
  • Pagtugtog Ng Kombo
  • Pangako Ng Isang Boy Scout
  • Pasensiya Mga Batig Nawong
  • Paskong Masaya
  • Pepita Bungangera
  • Philippine Geography
  • Pinangga Ako
  • Piyesta Ng Mga Isda
  • [Poor Boy
  • Puppy Love
  • Rapido Rock
  • Repetim-Repetim
  • Ring-Ting-A-Ling Dingdong
  • Rudolph D'Red Nose Ranger
  • Sabi Barok Lab Ko Dabiana
  • Sabit Sabit Sa Christmas Tree
  • Sana Kung Maari Pa
  • Selosa
  • Sikat na Pangit
  • Sion Tion
  • Take-It Take-It
  • Tarzan At Barok
  • Tatay Ko
  • Tekya
  • Terrorist Story
  • The Bible
  • The Teacher and Pupils
  • Threat Bomb
  • Tili-Ling Tili-Ling
  • Trapik
  • Tsuper Ng Jeepney
  • Tunay Na Diwa Ng Pasko
  • Tunay Na Pag-ibig
  • Tweedle Tweedle Dam
  • Umuwi Sa Husband
  • Unang Panonood Ng Sine
  • Unsa Pay Akong Mahimo
  • Visayang Tigas
  • Wilma
  • Wise (Lies)
  • Yuta Sa Saad


Filmography

  • Babae sa Breakwater (2004)
  • Milyonaryong mini (1996)
  • Tunay na magkaibigan, walang iwanan... peksman (1994)
  • Andrew Ford Medina: Huwag kang gamol (1991)
  • Wooly Booly 2: Ang titser kong alien (1990)
  • Bikining itim (1990)
  • Teacher's Enemy No. 1 (1990)
  • Tootsie Wootsie (1990)
  • Wooly Booly: Ang classmate kong alien (1989)
  • Barok Goes to Hong Kong (1984) .... Barok
  • Batul of Mactan (1974)
  • Biktima (1974)
  • Eh, kasi bisaya (1972)


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