Passionata was a girl group featuring Ruth Vergara from Davao hand-picked by Fe Ayala, composer of ‘Miss Kita Kung Christmas’ and wife of Jesus V. Ayala who owned JEM Records. They provided back-up chorus to most of JEM’s artists recordings from APO, Hajji, Jacqui Magno, Maria Cafra and Janet Basco. They also released a few records in Japan on Victor Records.