Yoyoy villame biography

Filipino musical artist

Not to be confused with Yoyoy Villamin.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Tesorio and the surname or paternal family name is Villame.

Roman Tesorio Villame (November 18, – May 18, ), better known as Yoyoy Villame (Tagalog:[ˈjojoɪˌbiːljɐˈmɛ]), was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist, actor, politician and comedian.

Early life

A native of Calape, Bohol Province, Villame was the youngest of ten children of a fisherman father and fishmonger mother. He started composing songs for the Boy Scouts in his elementary days. Dropping out after his second year in high school, Villame enlisted to become a soldier-trainee of the Philippine Army. Being unhappy with his post in Pampanga, he asked for a discharge after the surrender of rebel leader Luis Taruc. He became a passenger jeepney driver plying the Baclaran-Pasay Taft-Santa Cruz-Dimasalang route. During the ten years of driving jeeps

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“To recall some details in his biography, he (Villame) would have fun crooning and drinking with his fellow drivers on the island of Bohol in the Central Philippines, the place where he composed his first hit song “Magellan” (Peñaranda, ),” Pinzon writes.

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Roman Tesorio Villame, better known as Yoyoy Villame, was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist, actor, politician and comedian.

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Roman Tesorio Villame (November 18, – May 18, ), better known as Yoyoy Villame, was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist and comedian.

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