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Ms. Pilita Corrales
Aptly regarded as the greatest singer of the Philippines. Ms. Pilita Corrales is also referred to as "Asia's Queen of Songs". |
We take pride in showcasing the beautiful voice of the "Barbara Streisand" of the Philippines"!
Ms. Corrales hails from Cebu City, Philippines, and was born in 1939 from a Spanish and Cebuano ancestry.
It was in 1958 when she became the first woman to make it to the Australian pop charts, a star of the Melbourne TV circuit, and billed as one of the Grand Dames of Melbourne Radio and Television. A street was even named after her outside Melbourne.
Her popularity did not stop from there. Ms. Corrales have had stage performances with internationally-acclaimed artists like Sammy Davis Jr. (who personally invited her to be the first Filipino to perform in Ceasar's Palace), the Beatles, Bob Hope, Pat Boone, Frank Sinatra and Julie Andrews. She also appeared in mostly musical movies.
Pilita's numerous recorded albums were in Spanish, English, Tagalog and Cebuano under Vicor Music Corporation. Her multiawarded TV program, "An Evening with Pilita" (1965-1972), is widely considered as one of the benchmarks in Philippine broadcasting history.
Her other achievements? Well, Ms. Pilita Corrales:
- was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991 by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry for bringing Filipino musical artistry to international audience.
- is the first Filipino to win in an international music festival by bagging the Best Performer Award during the 1st Tokyo Music Festival (1972).
- recorded over 135 albums to her credit.
Having an international profile with many appearances in Asia, the Middle East, Australia and North America, Pilita still enjoys a reputation as "singing icon and living legend".
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