
In the 1980s, Valdez re-invented himself as a singer of movie theme songs. Cayabyab then became Valdez's musical director for 27 years. When Valdez was preparing tracks for the album Ngayon at Kailanman, he asked Cayabyab to collaborate with and write a few songs for him, which the composer did. While in the Circus Band, he met Ryan Cayabyab, who was then part of another band. In 1972, he joined the Circus Band and soon after it disbanded, he released his first solo album entitled Ngayon at Kailanman. Valdez started on a solo career as a folk singer.

Like many Filipino singers in the 1970s, Basil S.

He has received several Tinig Awards and the 1991 Tanglaw ng Lahi Award from Ateneo de Manila University. Basil Salvador Valdez (born 8 November 1951) is a Filipino singer.
