![]() ![]() The band became a regular performer on the noontime show Eat Bulaga!, hosted by the Sotto brothers (Tito, Vic) and Joey de Leon. įoreign artists such as the Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago influenced the musical style of VST & Company, at a time when disco music dominated the airwaves during the mid-to-late 1970s. ![]() So Tito thought, kailangan may panagot doon sa Boyfriends. Sabi ng waitress (the waitress said), "Sir! Hindi ninyo alam yan? 'Yan ang kanta ng Boyfriends!" And he knew it came from OctoArts. Tinanong niya yung waitress, "ano'ng kinakanta mo?". There was one time, nandun siya sa Vicor. In a mini documentary special by ASAP, featuring artists that gave birth to the Manila sound movement, which then led to the beginnings of OPM (Original Pilipino Music), Male Rigor confirms Tito Sotto's anecdotal account: 'Di ba, "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko", 'tapos yung flip-side nun eh, "Ikaw ang Aking Mahal"? 'Yung pag-labas n'un, naging monster hit. n'ung waitress! Ano ba'ng kinakanta mo riyan? Maganda eh, sabi ko. Itong Octo (Arts) nakatsamba, itong Boyfriends maghi-hit yung "Dahil Mahal Kita". ![]() Ayaw ko'ng nanggagaling ang hit sa ibang kompanya. N'ung araw, n'ung ako'y vice president ng Vicor, lahat ng hit galing sa amin. In a 2011 interview with Arnold Clavio, Sotto tells the story of hearing the Boyfriends tune being sung by a waitress, which gave him the impetus to create a better hit: VST & Company was conceptualized by comedian Tito Sotto, whose initials came from his formal name Vicente Sotto, the Third, then vice president at Vicor Music Corporation, in response to the success of the song "Dahil Mahal Kita" by the Boyfriends. Their five albums which host a catalogue of hits such as " Rock Baby Rock", "Swing It Baby", "Disco Fever", " Magsayawan", "Kiss Kiss", "Magnifica" and "Step No, Step Yes", plus three critically acclaimed full-length films, Disco Fever (1978), Swing It… Baby (1979) and Rock Baby, Rock (1979), hallmark the band's cultural influence and historical contributions to contemporary Philippine pop music. The song ignited Philippine disco culture, and sparked "VST Mania" a craze that swept across the country throughout the late 1970s. They pioneered the Manila sound genre along with bands such as Hotdog and Cinderella, and rose to fame with their first hit song, " Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko". The band originally consisted of Spanky Rigor, Roger Rigor, Male Rigor, Celso Llarina, Monet Gaskell, Val Sotto and Jun Medina. Hailed as one of the most successful Filipino bands of the late 1970s, the group is considered by many to be one of the original proponents of OPM. or simply VST) was a Filipino disco band from Manila, Philippines, founded by Vic Sotto, Spanky Rigor, and Tito Sotto. VST & Company (commonly abbreviated as VST & Co. ![]()
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