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Date Posted: 06:05:55 03/19/06 Sun
Putting soul into his music
By Jerry Donato
The Philippine Star 03/19/2006
Yes, Virginia. Bobby Soul doesn’t only have the heart but also the
soul for music.
This is the reason why his brand of sound and entertainment has
become as timeless as his former group’s (The Platters) greatest
hits like Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Only You, the ditty Sam Milby
of Pinoy Big Brother gave a rock and contemporary twist to.
Bobby showed tell-tale signs of becoming a crooner at the age six.
He sang nursery rhymes and children’s songs like a pro, so to speak.
As he himself says, he learned to crawl with a microphone in hand.
He spent his growing years in North Carolina which is near a tobacco
plantation. It’s a place where kids and adults, particularly the
boys, are introduced to smoking early in their lives. Perhaps,
that’s where the inspiration for Smoke Gets In Your Eyes came from.
By the way, the song is really about smoking.
It was not that long when he went to Broadway to try his luck
singing in the street corners.
At 15, Bobby became a member of The Platters in the ’50s. From
there, he and the phenomenal group wove one single after another,
one album after another – all in the name of good music.
Bobby is the only living and surviving member of the legendary all-
male group that introduced us to classics like Unchained Melody, the
theme of Ghost starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in the ’90s.
Bobby has acted in a hundred films and shared the cameras with the
likes of Whoopi Goldberg and Hugh Grant. The movie Women in Prison
is his favorite. His roles range from policeman to detective and
doctor.
Although he was swayed by the glitz and glamour of showbiz, singing
and performing is one thing Bobby will not exchange for anything in
the world. Before he went to the Philippines, he had a show in
China.
Speaking of shows, Bobby will have a concert dubbed Music of The
Platters and More on March 25 and April 1 at the Captain’s Bar of
Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Kuh Ledesma will play the better half of
Bobby in this "Valentine" show in March and April.
Kuh, a pioneer of concept concerts, performs with Bobby for the
first time. They will render classic old songs and do nostalgia this
time. They will sing hits Filipinos have been wanting and waiting to
hear. Bobby has had shows here before.
Aside from songs from The Platters, Kuh and Bobby will do duets of
Natalie and Nat King Cole. Kuh will sing Diana Ross and songs like A
Long and Lasting Love and Beauty and the Beast.
If there’s one thing the show promises, it’s a night of
unforgettable and nostalgic songs.
What keeps Bobby returning to the country year in, year out? The
reply is his Filipina wife named Hermelinda who hails from Balisong,
Batangas, with whom he has a 10-year-old daughter named Tamika. She
sings well, Bobby proudly says.
When not in the country, the Souls are in their house in Canada and
doing charity work for their community. This is what Bobby wishes to
do here. He wants to help the street urchins making a living for
their families at the very young age.
Having visited, lived and toured the world, Bobby sees himself
retiring and settling in the Philippines.
After all, this is the place where his wife’s heart belongs.
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