Expert: Bong Santos - 6/8/2008

Question
what were the pinoy dance hits of the year 1983-1988 and 1989-1993? and also what year was the song "handog" by Florante composed?

Answer
Dear Patrick,

I do not actually keep a list of hit songs for every certain year. But I can name songs that came from the years that you gave.

From 1983-1988, disco hits at that time were by:

THEME FROM "WORKING GIRLS" - CHONA CRUZ
NUMBER ONE - VERNIE VARGA
I'M FEELIN' SEXY TONIGHT - CHONA CRUZ
MAMBOBOLA - ZSA ZSA PADILLA
BABAERO - RANDY SANTIAGO
WAG MO NA SANANG ISIPIN - GARY VALENCIANO
BETTY'S IN BED - GARY VALENCIANO

From 1989-1993, disco hits then were dominated by:

HITS from ARCHIE D.
KASAYAW
PAKITA MO SADYANG GANYAN

RAP SONGS by:
ANDREW E
FRANCIS M
LADY DIANE

80's disco songs were not actually disco songs as rare were the disco artists then. They're not in the molds of VST & CO., MARVIC or BOYFRIENDS disco songs but were actually considered as such because of their danceable tunes.

As for the song HANDOG, it was included in FLORANTE's album PUSO, DIWA AT DALIRI released in 1978 through JEM RECORDS.

Maraming salamat po!!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines