WALK OF FAME YEAR 18

INDUCTEE PROFILE

VIC DEL ROSARIO
MOVIES | OCTOBER 26, 1945
SAN JUAN, METRO MANILA

Del   Rosario,   together   with   his   cousin   Orlando   "Orly"   Ilacad,   co-founded   Vicor   Music Corporation on Raon Street (now Gonzalo Puyat Street) in Quiapo, Manila, in 1966. The company was formally incorporated in 1969, with del Rosario serving as the president and Ilacad as the general manager. Initially, they promoted singles by singers Jeanne Young and Helen Gamboa, personally visiting music stores along Raon Street to secure sales agreements.

As Vicor Music Corporation grew, del Rosario and Ilacad brought in Tony Ocampo to help manage the company. Del Rosario focused on securing music deals, while Ilacad produced the records. In 1970, the company released the first mini-LP in the Philippines, featuring   Tirso   Cruz   III's   album   "Maria   Leonor   Theresa,"   which   included   songs   from Cruz's earlier album "PIP." Del Rosario also signed folk singer Freddie Aguilar to the company in the 1970s.

Later in the decade, Ilacad left Vicor to establish a new company called Canary Records, later renamed OctoArts International. Del Rosario followed suit, leaving Vicor to pursue film   production.   Ocampo   went   on   to   establish   Ivory   Records   in   1983,   which   later acquired Vicor Music Corporation.