1. BOMBIE A. DALANGIN

2. POPULAR MUSIC
literally means “music of the populace,” similar to
traditional folk music of the past. As it developed in the
20th century, pop music (as it has come to be called)
generally consisted of music for entertainment of large
numbers of people, whether on radio or in live
performances. From the standard songs and ballads of the
legendary Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Frank Sinatra
to the rock and roll craze of Elvis Presley and the Beatles
and the present day idols in the alternative music and
disco modes, popular music is now shared by the entire
world.

3. BALLADS
The ballad originated as an expressive
folksong in narrative verse with text dealing
typically about love. The word is derived both
from the medieval French “chanson balladee”
and “ballade” which refers to a dancing song.
Used by poets and composers since the 18th
century, it became a slow popular love song in
the 19th century.

4. Today, the term ballad now refers to a love song in a slightly
pop or rock style, with the following characteristics:
1.Blues Ballads
The form emphasize the character of the performer
more than the narrative content,and is accompanied by
the banjo or guitar.
2. Pop Standard and Jazz Ballads
This is a blues style built from a single verse of 16 bars
ending on the dominant or half-cadence, followed by a
refrain/chorus part of 16 or 32 bars in AABA form. The B
section acts as the bridge, and the piece normally ends
with a brief coda.

5. 3. Pop and Rock Ballads A pop and rock ballad is an
emotional love song with suggestions of folk music, as in
the Beatles’ composition “The Ballad of John and Yoko”
and Billy Joel’s “The Ballad of Billy.” This style is sometimes
applied to strophic story-songs, such as Don McLean’s
“American Pie.”

6. STANDARDS
In music, the term “standard” is used to denote the most
popular and enduring songs from a particular genre or style,
such as those by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and Rodgers and
Hart. Its style is mostly in a slow or moderate tempo with a
relaxed mood. It also features highly singable melodies
within the range and technical capacity of the everyday
listener.

8. Another well-loved standards singer was American
balladeer Nat King Cole. Although an accomplished
pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his
soothing baritone voice, which he used to perform in big
band, vocal jazz, swing. traditional pop, and jump blues
genres. He was the first black American to host his own
television show and maintained worldwide popularity
over 40 years past his death. He is widely considered
“one of the most important musical personalities in
United States history.” His hit songs include Unfogettable,
Mona Lisa, and Too Young

9. Matt Monroe was an English singer who became one
of the most popular entertainers in the international
music scene during the 1960s. Throughout his 30-
year career, he filled cabarets, nightclubs, music halls,
and stadia in Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and
Hong Kong to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and
the Americas. Among his hit singles included Portrait
of My Love, Softly as I Leave You, the James bond
theme From Russia with Love, Born Free, which
became his signature song, and Walk Away. Other
popular singers of standards were Perry Como, Bing
Crosby, Andy Williams, Sammy Davis Jr., Doris Day,
Patti Page, Barbra Streisand, and Paul Anka.

10. ROCK AND ROLL
Rock and roll was a hugely popular song form in the
United States during the late 1940’s to the 1950’s. It
combined Afro-American forms such as the blues,
jump blues, jazz, and gospel music with the Western
swing and country music. The lead instruments were
the piano and saxophone, but these were eventually
replaced by modern instruments.

11. The greatest exponent of the rock
and roll style was the legendary
Elvis Presley. His hit songs such as
Heartbreak Hotel and Blue Suede
Shoes were complemented by his
good looks and elaborate
movements that included hugging
the microphone as he sang.
ELVIS PRESLEY
THE BEATLES

12. Presley’s style was the precursor of the British band known as
The Beatles, whose compositions further boosted rock and roll
as the favorite genre of the times. Examples of The Beatles’
songs in this genre are I Saw Her Standing There, Get Back,
While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Rock and Roll Music, and
Ticket to Ride.

13. The Beatles’ John Lenon and Paul McCartney
as Composers/Songwriters
John Lennon (1940-1980) was an
English musician, singer, performer,
songwriter and co-songwriter. He
was born and raised in Liverpool,
England. He rose to worldwide fame
as a founder member of the rock
band The Beatles, which was
considered as “the most
commercially successful band in the
history of popular music.”

14. Lennon formed as songwriting partnership with
Paul McCartney, which is considered as “one of
the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of
the 20th century.” Lennon’s hit compositions for
the Beatles include Strawberry Fields Forever,
Help, In My Life, Tomorrow Never Knows, Rain,
Norwegian Road, I am the Walrus, Come
Together, You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away,
and Happiness is a Warm Gun.

15. Sir James Paul McCartney (1942- ) is an English singer,
songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, co-writer, and composer.
Paul gained worldwide popularity and fame as a member of
The Beatles, which included John Lennon, George Harrison,
and Ringo Starr. Beatles was one of the most influential
groups in the history of pop music. The songwriting
partnership with Lennon for the Beatles is one of the most
celebrated of the 20th century. McCartney has been
“recognized as one of the most successful composers and
performers of all time, with 60 gold discs and sales of over
million albums and 100 million singles of his work with the
Beatles and as a solo artist.” It has been known that more
2,200 artists have covered his Beatles song Yesterday, which
more than any other copyrighted song in history.

16. DISCO
The 1970s saw the rise of another form
of pop music known as “disco.” Disco
music pertained to rock music that
was more danceable, thus leading to
the establishment of venues for public
dancing also called discos. The term
originated from the French word
“discotheque” which means a library
for phonograph records.

17. Famous figures of the disco genre include ABBA,
Donna Summer (“The Queen of Disco”), The Bee
Gees; Earth, Wind, and Fire; KC and the Sunshine
Band; The Village People; and Gloria Gaynor, bringing
us such hits as Dancing Queen, Stayin’ Alive, Boogie
Wonderland, and Hot Stuff
ABBA

19. POP MUSIC
Parallel with the disco era, other pop
music superstars continued to emerge.
Among them were Neil Sedaka (Laughter
in the Rain), Diana Ross and the
Supremes(Stop in the Name of Love),
Olivia Newton John (Hopelessly Devoted
to You), Stevie Wonder (You Are the
Sunshine of My Life), Elton John (Skyline
Pigeon), The Carpenters (We’ve Only Just
Begun), and Barry Manilow (Mandy).

20. MICHAEL JACKSON, The king of
Pop
The seventh child of the Jackson family, he made
his debut as an entertainer in 1968 as a member of
The Jackson 5. He then began a solo career in 1971
while still a member of the group and was referred
to as the "King of Pop" in subsequent years.
Jackson's 1982 album Thriller remains the world's
best-selling album of all time, and four of his other
solo studio albums are among the world's best-
selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987),
Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995).

21. TODAYS POP IDOL
As the 21st century continues to unfold, more
and more pop groups emerge spanning an
entire range of musical styles and genres.
There are music groups like Black Eyed Peas,
K Pop (Korean), My Chemical Romance, Fall
Out Boys, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Souja
Boy, Train, Maroon 5, and One Direction.
While solo performers include Adele,
Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Chris
Brown, Ariana Grande, Justin Beiber, Miley
Cyrus, Katy Perry, Nikki Minaj, Selena
Gomez, and others.

22. HIP HOP AND
RAPHip hop music is a stylized, highly rhythmic type of
music that usually (but not always) includes portions
of rhytmically chanted words called “rap.” In rapping,
the artist speaksalong with an instrumental or
synthesized beat. Hip hop arose in the 1970s within
the Afro-American and Latino youth in the Bronx
area of New York City. But by the 1980s, it had
spread to many other countries. It has since evolved
into a subculture that encompasses music (rapping,
DJing, scratching, and beatboxing); a nearly
acrobatic style of dancing, called break dancing; a
distinct manner of dress; and graffiti-style artwork.

23. PHILIPPINE POPULAR MUSIC
The one word that comes to mind when we think
of contemporary Philippine music is the type
commonly termed as Original Pinoy Music or
Original Philippine Music, or OPM for short. It was
originally used to refer only to Philippine pop songs,
particularly ballads, such as those popular after the
collapse of its predecessor, the Manila Sound, in the
late 1970s up until the present.

24. In the 1960s to 1970s, Nora Aunor, Pilita Corrales,
Eddie Peregrina, Victor Wood, Asin, APO Hiking
Society, and others were highly popular OPM
singers. In the 1970s to 1980s, the major
commercial Philippine pop music artists were Claire
dela Fuente, Didith Reyes, Rico Puno, Ryan
Cayabyab, Basil Valdez, Celeste Legaspi, Hajji
Alejandro, Rey Valera, Freddie Aguilar, Imelda
Papin, Eva Eugenio, Nonoy Zuñiga, and many
others.

25. ORIGINAL PILIPINO MUSIC (OPM)
The 1980s to 1990s are also regarded as the golden era of Philippine
ballads. Among the classics that emerged were those created by:
Ryan Cayabyab (Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika, Kahit Ika’y Panaginip Lang)
George Canseco (Kapantay ay Langit, Kastilyong Buhangin, Tubig at
Langis)
Willie Cruz
(Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas, Bituing Walang Ningning)
Jose Mari Chan (Beautiful Girl, Please Be Careful With My Heart, Constant
Change)
Gary Valenciano (Sana Maulit Muli)

26. Most of these compositions made use
of Western-type melody and harmony,
while expressing uniquely Filipino
emotions in movingly poetic lyrics.
These came to be known as OPM, and
were popularized by solo artists like
Pilita Corales, Nora Aunor, Basil
Valdez, Celeste Legaspi, Hajji
Alejandro, Leah Navarro, Sharon
Cuneta, Martin Nievera, Gary
Valenciano, ZsaZsa Padilla, Regine
Velasquez, and Ogie Alcasid.

27. At the start, OPM was centered in Manila, where Tagalog and English
are the dominant languages. However, other ethno-linguistic groups
such as the Visayan, Bikol, Kapampangan, and Ilocano also began to
sing and record their songs in their native dialects.
Between the 1980s and 1990s, OPM was led
by artists such as Martin Nievera, Gary
Valenciano, Lea Salonga, Regine Velasquez,
Sharon Cuneta, Vina Morales, Raymond
Lauchengco, Francis Magalona, Pops
Fernandez, José Mari Chan, Dingdong
Avanzado, Janno Gibbs, Ogie Alcasid, Joey
Albert, Manilyn Reynes, among many others.

28. In the 1990s, the famous solo artists and bands included The Eraserheads,
Smokey Mountain, Donna Cruz, Jessa Zaragoza, Ariel Rivera, Southborder,
Afterimage, Andrew E., Jaya, Rivermaya, Parokya ni Edgar, among many others.
Underground bands emerged and along with them were their perceptions of
idealism and self-expression.
More recently, OPM stars have
included Yeng Constantino, Sarah
Geronimo, Aisa Seguerra, and
international singers Arnel Pineda (of
the international rock group,
Journey), Charice Pempengco, and
others.

29. PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC
Pop music in the Philippines started as an
adaptation or translation, if not complete
imitation, of Western hits. It started with Bobby
Gonzales’ Hahabol-habol (Hot Pursuit), a local
version of the rock and roll songs of the 1950s,
and Rico Puno’s Luneta, a local adaptation of
The Way We Were. This immediately clicked
with the youth and eventually gained wide
acceptance even among the “burgis”
(bourgeois or elite) crowd.

30. The start of the “Manila Sound” in the mid-1970s gave rise to
songs using a colloquial language called Taglish, a
combination of Tagalog and English. These Filipino lyrics sung
to pop melodies resulted in highly singable songs with
contemporary appeal.
Among the proponents of the
Manila Sound were the
Hotdog, Cinderella, The
Rainmakers, and the Apo
Hiking Society. After waning
briefly in the 1990’s, this
sound regained.

31. PHILIPPINE JAZZ
Philippine musicians have also been inspired by jazz music. Among
them are jazz pianist and recording artist Boy Katindig, who comes
from the well-known clan of musicians that includes jazz piano
legend Romy Katindig and saxophonist Eddie Katindig. The
Katindig family pioneered Latin jazz in Manila.
Other notable Filipino jazz
musicians include Lito Molina,
Angel Peña, Emil Mijares, and
internationally known jazz
pianist Bobby Enriquez.

32. PHILIPPINE ALTERNATIVE FOLK MUSIC
The Philippines also saw the rise of alternative folk music
which was different from the traditional and popular form.
This new form combined ethnic instrumentation with
electronic accompaniment, while presenting themes or
issues of society and the environment. Some of the Filipino
composers who championed this style were Joey Ayala,
Grace Nono, and Edru Abraham of Kontragapi
(“Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino”). Among other
Filipino composers whose styles ranged from folk to semi-
ethnic werewere Freddie Aguilar, best known for his song
Anak; Yoyoy Villame, composer of Magellan; Florante,
composer of Ako’y Isang Pinoy; and Gary Granada,
composer of Ka Bayani

33. PHILIPPINE ROCK
The year 1973 saw the birth of
Philippine or “Pinoy” rock music
which successfully merged the rock
beat with Filipino lyrics. This new
sound was introduced by the
legendary Juan de la Cruz Band
(with their song Ang Himig Natin)
which had for its members Joey
“Pepe” Smith, Wally Gonzales, and
the originator of Jeproks, Mike
Hanopol, who later became a major
symbol of Pinoy rock.

34. Continuing this legacy of Pinoy rock
today are vocal groups and bands that
include River Maya, The Dawn, True
Faith, The Eraserheads, Wolfgang,
Bamboo, Parokya ni Edgar, Hale,
Sandwich, SugarFree, Sponge Cola,and
others.

35. PINOY RAP
I n the Philippines, rap was also made popular by
such composers and performers as Francis Magalona
(Mga Kababayan Ko and Watawat) and Andrew E
(Humanap Ka ng Pangit). Francis Magalona was born
on October 4, 1964 and died on March 6, 2009. He is
also known as FrancisM, “Master Rapper,” and “The
Man From Manila.” He was a Filipino rapper,
songwriter, producer, actor, director, television host,
and photographer. He is often hailed as the “King of
Pinoy Rap” and is considered a legend in the
Philippine music community.

36. REFERENCE:
HORIZON
MUSIC AND ARTS APPRECIATION FOR
YOUNG FILIPINOS
(LEARNERS MATERIAL)