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"Guantanamera" (pronounced [ɡwantanaˈmeɾa]; Spanish for 'The woman from Guantánamo') [1] is a Cuban patriotic song, which uses a poem by the Cuban poet José Martí for the lyrics. The official writing credits have been given to Joseíto Fernández, who first popularized the song on radio as early as 1929 (although it is unclear when the first release as a record o
A South African folk rock group active in the 1960s was also named the Sandpipers. [22] A female choral group at Albertus Magnus College known as the Sandpipers released an LP in 1961. A South Florida trio (Art Williams, Wally Pape, Billy Stuart) released one LP, The Singin', Swingin' Sandpipers, in 1965 on the Art label.
Professional ratings. Guantanamera is the debut album by the Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in October 1966. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, while the title track, released as a single, reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dolores Erickson appeared on the front cover which received a Grammy Award nomination for ...
The Cuban song "Guantanamera" became popularly used as a chant in the UK as a version by The Sandpipers charted soon after the 1966 World Cup; it is commonly sung in a large variety of chants, for example in the form of "There's only one [player's name]", or "You only sing when you're winning".
Ruud and Riem de Wolff (The Blue Diamonds), August 1962. The Blue Diamonds were an Indonesian and Dutch 1960s rock and roll duo, best known for their million-selling chart-topping single, "Ramona". Indo (Dutch- Indonesian) brothers Ruud de Wolff (12 May 1941 – 18 December 2000) and Riem de Wolff (15 April 1943 – 12 September 2017) founded ...
Guantánamo (UK: / ɡwænˈtænəmoʊ /, [4] US: / ɡwɑːnˈtɑːn -/, [5][6] Spanish: [ɡwanˈtanamo]) is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province. Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port near the site of a U.S. naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool. These are traditional parts of the ...
The Sandpipers was an LP album featuring the group of the same name, released by A&M Records in May 1967. The album reached #53 on the Billboard charts . The catalog numbers were LP 125 in monaural and SP 4125 in stereo in the U.S. and AML 901 in the U.K. Other international releases included Argentina (Fermata LF-130, titled Los Sandpipers ...
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