Yoyoy Villame (born Roman Villame in 1938, died May 18, 2007) was a Filipino comedian and singer from Bohol in the Visayas. Villame sang novelties such as his well-known “Mag-exercise Tayo,” which hit the charts in 1977.

His daughter Hannah Villame is also a singer.

He began making movies in the early ’70s, and was noted for his role as a family driver who was killed by Vilma Santos in the 1974 suspense thriller Biktima (1974). In 2004, Yoyoy played a Visayan troubadour in the critically acclaimed movie, Babae sa Breakwater (Women of the Breakwater).

He succumbed Friday to cardiac arrest at the Las Piñas Medical Center. He was admitted at 9 a.m. but doctors failed to revive him. He complained of difficulty in breathing and chest pains. He expired at about noon.

The Bohol-raised Yoyoy experimented and recorded many songs in the Bisaya dialect. He even came up with the classic “Abuchikik,” a unique song with a catchy melody and seemingly unintelligible words. Included in his repertoire are hit songs “Tarsan at Barok,” “Si Filemon,” “Nasaan Ka Darling” (Where Are You, Darling?), and “Da Da Da.”

[via Wikipedia]

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