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The label was founded by Don Manoling Villar in 1950 as a sister company to his Mabuhay Recording Company and it became a major player in the local music business. The label was also responsible for major developments that changed Philippine pop music forever. Villar signed up two young groups, The New Minstrels and the Hotdog.
Lyricists are an underestimated lot.
Published May 26, 2021, 8:59 PM Celeste Legaspi PINAS FM: Until recently, a radio station operating in Metro Manila and beamed nationwide played nothing but Original Pilipino Music throughout the day DWDM-FM, previously known as 95.5 Pinas FM, had been the best thing that happened to OPM in recent years. It went one step higher than that Presidential Decree issued by former President Ferdinand Marcos which required the mandatory airing of 4 OPM songs every hour, on the hour, on all radio stations nationwide back in the late 1970s. The order was later reinstated by President Corazon Aquino in ...