Hajji Alejandro

Person from Philippines

Genres: opm, pop

About Hajji Alejandro

Angelito "Hajji" Toledo Alejandro (Tagalog: [ˈhadʒi ʔɐlɛˈhandɾɔ]; December 26, 1954 – April 21, 2025) was a Filipino singer and actor who was a major pop star in the 1970s and 1980s. One of the first original Pilipino music (OPM) icons, Alejandro's singing career started from being a member of the Circus Band within almost three years, along with Basil Valdez who had discovered him, before going solo in 1976. At that time, he was dubbed the original "Kilabot ng mga Kolehiyala" Alejandro interpreted the song "Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika", which eventually won grand prizes at the first editions of the Metro Manila Popular Music Festival and the International Seoul Song Festival in South Korea in 1978. He was also best known for songs, "Tag-Araw, Tag-ulan" and "Panakip-butas" (both adaptations of foreign songs), as well as "May Minamahal" and "Nakapagtataka."

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