Pilita Corrales: Adlaw Ug Gabi-i

Here is a beautiful song by the greatest singer of the Philippines, who is referred to as "Asia's Queen of Songs".
Although sung in Cebuano, "Adlaw Ug Gabi-i" is not a Cebuano song, it's a Tagalog song called "Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi" ("Day & Night"), coming from the 1975 movie "Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi". Pilita Corrales was born in Cebu City, in 1939, of Spanish and indigenous Cebuano ancestry. In 1958, she began her recording career after arriving with a shipwrecked troupe of performers in Melbourne. She left her mark by becoming the first woman to make the Australian pop charts. She became a star of the Melbourne TV circuit and she's billed as one of the Grand Dames of Melbourne Radio and Television. As one of the pioneers of Australia's early television years, a street was named after her outside Melbourne. Pilita returned to Manila during the mid 1960's. She performed regularly in stage shows at the Manila Grand Opera House. She has performed with internationally acclaimed artists like Sammy Davis Jr. the Beatles, Bob Hope, Pat Boone, Frank Sinatra and Julie Andrews. She also appeared in movies, most of them musicals. Pilita later recorded numerous albums in Spanish in the early 60's as well as numerous LPs in English, Tagalog and Cebuano during the 1970's under Vicor Music Corporation. Her multiawarded TV program at ABS-CBN, "An Evening with Pilita" (1965-1972), is widely considered as one of the benchmarks in Philippines broadcasting history. Through the personal invitation of Sammy Davis Jr., Pilita became the first Filipino to sing in Caesars Palace. In 1991, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Philippines Association of the Record Industry for bringing Filipino musical artistry to international audience. She also holds the distinction of being the first Filipino to win in an international music festival by bagging the Best Performer Award during the 1st Tokyo Music Festival (1972) where she bested numerous international artists. With over 135 albums to her credit and an international profile with many appearances in Asia, the Middle East, Australia and North America, she still enjoys a reputation as "singing icon and living legend".
Enjoy the beautiful voice of the "Barbra Streisand" of the Philippines!

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[toiletholder]

I think it's funny that the only source that people have for this version of the song was from Napster/Limewire/any other file sharing software. I was the original provider of this mp3 back in 2000 on Napster. Then it spread all over the internet. It has record pops in the exact same place as my LP and it is edited exactly as I edit it. I also don't use and am strongly opposed to audio-cleaning software, which this file obviously doesn't have.

[johnxxx20000]

Actually my file doesn't come from a file sharing software but directly from the record ("Visayan Love Songs", vol. I) that I found on a blog, but maybe was it your blog? :-)

[quely143]

love it this version galing talga ni pilita thanks johnxxxxx20000 god bless u.

[toiletholder]

Wasay-Wasay is a song that is often overshadowed by Matud Nila and Dahil Sa Iyo and all those. I never really understood why it isn't as popular as those songs. It's very poetic, it's painfully sad but still playful and it doesn't follow the same musical pattern as other Kundiman. I've posted it on youtube. Listen to it and you'll see what I mean. Pilita sings it on VLS vol. 1. Do you know if she has had any other albums in this series?

[toiletholder]

They probably got it from napster or limewire. But I'm 100% certain that was the file was the one I shared originally on Napster in 2000. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that. I'm more upset that Visayan Love Songs Vol. 1 is unavailable because of lack of interest. I think it has better songs than her 1974 Matud Nila album. The only downsides to VLS Vol. 1 is that there is one fewer song than Matud Nila and 2 of the songs are Tagalog songs sung in Visayan.

[elultimodeguam]

Very talented artist singing in perfect Spanish, English, Tagalog and Visayan languages. GREAT!

[yasmingirl2000]

Didith Reyes is the original of this song and it's actually titled araw araw gabi gabi. Both versions are beautiful

[zircbonito]

Angay gyud natong ipang hambog si Pilita! Garbo siya sa tibuok Sugbo!!!!

[cleongiwu]

Not only in cebu my dear..visaya is widely spoken all over visayas and mindanao region in certain areas.. (;

[Redgeneral32]

If you are referring to Cebuano, my friend, it is not a dialect anymore but one of the spoken LANGUAGES in the world.