Her singing career flourished upon shifting her course to Communication Arts at Maryknoll College (now Miriam College). As a result I was disillusioned with my singing and with my course then-nursing," Legaspi told in an interview.īut the then 16-year-old Legaspi didn't give up her singing. "There I was, cracking every night, unable to be heard from the musical accompaniment, with Mama holding on to my sister Diana's hand. But she later confessed that her performance in Show Boat scared her. Paul, she played the lead role of One Legendary Evening and appeared in Show Boat as Magnolia followed by her performance as Nancy in the Philippine presentation of Oliver!. She started singing during her kindergarten years and by 1955, she started singing professionally with The Ambivalent Crowd, earning ₱25 per performance. Legaspi (nicknamed Maricelle) is third of the five children of National Artist Cesar Legaspi and coloratura Vitaliana Kalugdan. She is married to Nonoy Gallardo, an advertising director and one of the premier Original Pilipino Music composers. She has been one of the founders of the following artist organizations: Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM), Culturtain Musicat Theater Productions, Performers' Rights Society of the Philippines, and the OPM Archive. She is the daughter of National Artist for Visual Arts César Legaspi. Her singles and albums reached gold or platinum status during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. While they weren't the original inspiration for the song, the loss of people and relationships that the fires caused brought Celeste's own personal experiences into light.Celeste Kalugdan Legaspi Gallardo (born March 18, 1950) is a Filipino singer, actress, film and theatre producer, and an advocate for artists' rights. The meaning behind Celeste's melancholic ballad 'Strange' was inspired by the disastrous wildfires in California last year, according to Our Culture Mag. What do Celeste's 'Strange' lyrics mean?.In 2020, she released another solo single, "Stop This Flame".Ĭeleste - Stop This Flame (Official Video)
Jeshi)" and "Ugly Thoughts".Ĭompilation 1.1 (2019) - a collection of Celeste's biggest singles, this EP also features new songs "Strange" and "Coco Blood". Lately (2018) - after signing to Polydor Records, Celeste dropped this five-track EP which features "Both Sides of the Moon (Live)", "Lately", "Father’s Son", "Summer (ft. The Milk & the Honey (2017) - released under Bank Holiday Records in March 2017, the 3-track EP includes the tracks "Milk & Honey", "Chocolate" and "Daydreaming", the latter of which was her debut single and achieved a great deal of buzz. While Celeste is yet to release her debut album - which she says should land "in the coming year" - the songstress has been steadily releasing music since 2017. Thankfully, the hustle paid off - she was soon signed to Lily Allen's label Bank Holiday Records and later by Polydor.Ĭeleste grew up on a diet of jazz and soul music from the likes of Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. "I'd rather call in sick and go to the studio than have the money for that month," she says, "and there was a couple of months where I was like, 'What am I going to do?'"
In 2017, Celeste moved to London with just £100 in her pocket, and was fired from her job as she would skip work to write songs. Born in Culver City, California, to British mother and a Jamaican-American father, Celeste grew up in Brighton and started making music as a teenager, working in pubs and charity shops to support her music career.
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