1970s – 1980sHöhepunkt: 1970s
Manila Sound
Über Manila Sound
Manila Sound was the bright, breezy pop that swept the Philippine capital in the mid-1970s, fusing soft rock, funk, disco, and novelty humor sung largely in Taglish. Cheerful, danceable, and unmistakably local, it gave Filipino pop its first true mass-market identity. Bands like Hotdog and VST & Company turned Manila street life and young love into radio gold, and its hits remain fixtures of Filipino nostalgia.