Young rising stars on rj’s 80th

The country’s rock ‘n’ roll pioneer and icon Ramon “RJ” Jacinto is turning 80 on Tuesday, 3 June.

The businessman/musician will mark the occasion with a special birthday show in his Bistro RJ at Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati featuring young rising stars in the music industry who will pay tribute to classic artists. Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble will be interpreted by 33-year-old Milo Ibrado, Elvis Presley by 29-year old young Elvis sensation Bam Angping, Dean Martin by 18-year old David Young, Pavarotti and Josh Groban by 17-year old Nathan Randal, Karen Carpenter by 21-year-old Aquila Packing and Amy Winehouse by 28-year-old popular influencer Mix Fenix. RJ will have a duet with each one of these young performers and will do a dance set after the show.

RJ Bistro is going on its 40th year and is the longest lasting music lounge featuring live music catering to three generations of rock ‘n’ roll lovers.

In his 65-year journey as a musician, record producer and broadcaster, his pioneering radio station DZRJ’s mission was to discover or give exposure to rising stars. Many became icons of our music industry such as Sampaguita, Juan dela cruz band, Apo Hiking Society, Florante, Andrew E, Father and Sons and many other rock bands.

DZRJ was founded in his backyard in 1963 with a bunch of 3rd year college Ateneo de Manila classmates. It revolutionized music by being the first to feature the latest US hits giving first exposure to the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Beachboys and many others.

DZRJ also received two Presidential awards: the first for being the voice of freedom during 1986 people’s revolution and the other for Edsa 2.

RJ has also made huge contributions by establishing RJ handcrafted guitars in 1988, which is now a leading supplier of guitars for local customers, as well as the only Philippine guitar maker that exported to Japan and other parts of the world.

As its practice through the years, RJ Guitar Center with 10 branches will hold its legendary birthday sale on 31 May and 1 June (Saturday & Sunday). All items are discounted in all the stores as well as online, Shopee, Lazada, Tiktok with increasing discounts every few hours climaxing in a 50 percent discount on every item in the store from 9 p.m. to mall closing.