In spite of his last name being "Tagalog", he was actually a Visayan from Iloilo and was a speaker of the Visayan language Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) . He released at least two Cebuano Visayan albums . "Ruben Tagalog Sings Visayan Songs" and a duet album with Cebuana singer Nora Hermosa called "Duet in Visayan". In the early 1950s, he became the first to popularize the Tagalog version of the 1933 Visayan Christmas carol "Kasadya Ning Taknaa" as "Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit". The Tagalog lyrics were written by Levi Celerio. He is also famous for performing Panahon 'tang Nagdaan, a kundiman composed by Ambrosio del Rosario.
In spite of his last name being "Tagalog", he was born in the city of Iloilo in the Visayas and thus was a speaker of Hiligaynon or Ilonggo . He released at least two albums in the Cebuano language: "Ruben Tagalog Sings Visayan Songs" and a duet album with Cebuana singer Nora Hermosa called "Duet in Visayan". In the early 1950s, he became the first to popularise the Tagalog version of the 1933 Visayan Christmas carol "Kasadya Ning Taknaa" as "Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit". The Tagalog lyrics were written by Levi Celerio. He is also famous for performing Panahon 'tang Nagdaan, a kundiman composed by Ambrosio del Rosario.
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actually a Visayan from Iloilo and
born in the city of Iloilo in the Visayas and thus
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the Visayan language Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)
Hiligaynon or Ilonggo
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Cebuano Visayan albums .
albums in the Cebuano language:
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popularize
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