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Maria Amapola Cabase Born November 3, 1948 Origin Cebu City, Philippines Genres Jazz
Pop
LatinOccupations singer-songwriter
musicianYears active 1958–present Labels Warner Music Group Website http://theamapola.com Maria Amapola Cabase (born November 3, 1948) is a Filipino singer, actress, musician, TV, and radio host. She is widely known in the Philippines for her vocal and instrumental performances and for winning the Filipino Awit Award for Best Vocal Performance. Philippines' First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos called Amapola "Music Ambassador" in 1973.[1] Amapola hosted the "Amapola Presents Show" on Kemo-TV (KOFY-TV) in San Francisco from 1977 to 1981. In 1984 she released her international debut album produced in collaboration with Jazz pianist Bobby Enriquez,[2] who led the Cal Tjader Trio for Amapola's debut Jazz album, Sophisticated Lady. In the Philippines, she is known as "Amapola".
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Music career
Amapola's music career began when she sang the love theme "Guihigugma Ko Ikaw" for the Azucena Pictures film Utlanan.[3] The song "Kapantay Ay Langit" sung by Amapola and composed by George Canseco,[4] won the Manila Film Festival "Gabi Ng Parangal" (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award) song of the year award.[5] Amapola was awarded the key to Cebu City by then Governor [Manuel Cuenco] to celebrate her work, making her the youngest person ever to receive the honor.
Since the 1970s, Amapola has performed jazz and popular music. She has headlined in venues such as The Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, The Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Stern Grove in San Francisco, The Town Hall in New York, The Grand Hotel in Washington DC, and The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. In 1979, Amapola’s band, Amy and the Sounds, featuring her father, Mahnee Cabase on the keyboards, were commissioned as the house band at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
In the 1980s, Amapola won a number of awards for her music, such as the Awit Award for Best Female Singer. In 1984, she was inducted into the Tinig Awards Hall of Fame for her contributions to Filipino entertainment industry.
Television and writing
Amapola hosted a weekly TV variety show at KEMO-TV (now KOFY) in San Francisco,[6] which she hosted from 1978 to 1981. She regularly performed on Manila television shows such as “Stop, Look, Listen” (as one of the weekly hosts), “Eat Bulaga”, "Superstar", "Seeing Stars", "Etchos Lang", and "Live with Pops and Martin" through the 1980s.[7]
In 2003, Amapola published Coming Home, her first novel. Coming Home won the Florida Writers Palm Award for Romantic Fiction and was a finalist for Best Fiction of 2004 in Foreword Magazine. In 2005, she published Promising Skies, which received critical acclaim from New York Times best-selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh.[8]
Personal life
Amapola raised two children with her second husband, Nicolas T. Aiello. She is now married to Stephen Woodward, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1989. The two have since been active in the search for a Parkinson's Disease cure.[9]
Honors and legacy
Awit Awards, Best Female Singer in the Philippines (won) San Francisco Cultural Society, San Francisco Cultural Award (won) Bay Area "Eye" Awards, Entertainer of the Year (won)
Amapola has been inducted into the Awit Awards Hall of Fame and the Tinig Awards Hall of Fame.
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See also
- DYRC
- KEMO-TV
- Dirk Dirksen
- Kuh Ledesma
- George Canseco
- Bobby Enriquez
- Pilita Corrales
- Mabuhay Gardens
- Emilio Villareal
References
- ^ http://www.philstar.com/ArticlePrinterFriendly.aspx?articleId=540414
- ^ http://jazzphil-usa.com/jpusa/lifetime-achievement-awards/
- ^ http://www.philstar.com/ArticlePrinterFriendly.aspx?articleId=540414
- ^ http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=609604&publicationSubCategoryId=111
- ^ http://www.philmusicregistry.net/main/artist/view/3064
- ^ http://www.philstar.com/ArticlePrinterFriendly.aspx?articleId=540414
- ^ http://www.philstar.com/ArticlePrinterFriendly.aspx?articleId=540414
- ^ http://printdayly.com/load/in862800006712ca/id21c8e25101574
- ^ http://theamapola.com/STEVES-PD/Cycling4Steve.htm
Categories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- Filipino actors
- Filipino singers
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