Career
Like many Filipino singers in the 1970s, Basil South. Valdez started on a solo career as a folk singer. In 1972, he joined the Circus Band and soon after it disbanded, he released his first solo album entitled at manitoba While in the Circus Band, he met Ryan Cayabyab, who was then part of another band.
When Valdez was preparing tracks for the album at man, he asked Cayabyab to collaborate with and write a few songs for him, which the composer did.
Cayabyab then became Valdez"s musical director for 27 years. In the 80"s, Valdez re-invented himself as a singer of movie theme songs.
Among the most memorable were "Paano Ba Ang Mangarap," "Muling Ang Puso" and "." A circumstance which sidelined his singing career occurred in 1990, when he found himself as a "healer". They explained to him that he has gift of healing.
