Darn, I wish we had the American Idol style of picking the winner then. I
was always in the crowd whenever we had those competitions in the plaza. I'm sure I could have come up with some votes for you. (Thanks, Bud))
Yeah, I remember those days of Elvis-mania. In grade 5, our two Elvises were Jaime Cabradilla and Joseph Masaoy. Miss Guillermo (Magna Victoria) loved putting those two up in front of the class and made them sing Elvis songs, which
they did with gusto and of course, to our delight, considering how boring classes were then.
Ben Soloria
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For me, the King was represented in Asingan by Moises Carbonnel.He was also a "contractual" singer in the Blue Eagles combo. But since singers aren't paid anything in our combo, they just come and go as they please.
When he was first year high school, I befriended him because we both have the common liking for Elvis songs. He has the looks, the voice and the personality of a "rebel". He was James Dean and Elvis rolled into one. Top that with a wicked sense of humour. So he was asked to sing during those outdoor convocations in Rizal Academy and he really gave justice to those Elvis songs like TROUBLE, GOTTA LIVING TO DO, etc.
The last song I heard him sing was TROUBLE a signature song by the King from his movie King Creole. He sang it in front of the Rizal Academy, I was at home during a break from College work and his voice bounced from the Roman Catholic Church walls which was almost adjacent to the school. His voice never sounded better.
Unfortunately, the song seemed to form a pattern in his life when he grew up. I never saw him anymore except for one occassion. One Good Friday, I heard there was a shooting at the town plaza. "Moises..' he was shot in the head" was the immediate rumour. A week later, I joined a funeral procession. The body in the coach was Moises. I heard someone say "I will avenge your death.."
TROUBLE finally caught up with him and during such an early stage in his life----#
Vic Costes
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