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Folk music is the oldest form of Romanian musical creation, characterised by great vitality; it is the defining source of the cultured musical creation, both religious and lay. Conservation of Romanian folk music has been aided by a large and enduring audience, also by numerous performers who helped propagate and further develop the folk sound.
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The manele genre which is very popular in Romania is supported by Romani ethnic musicians, too. [22] It is thought of as having been made by Turkish Romani which brought Oriental influences mixed with Roma music and dance. It is generally thought of as lower class due to being associated with the Roma. [23]
Dance (Alexandra Stan song) Dead Man Walking (Smiley song) Deep in Love; Déjà Vu (Bob Taylor and Inna song) Designed to Love You; Diggy Down; Don't Break My Heart (Nicola song) Dream Girl (Smiley song)
In 1953, American jazz, country and blues guitarist Les Paul covered the Mary Lătăreţu version of the song under the title "Johnny Is the Boy for Me". English language lyrics, not connected to the Romanian original, were written by English lyricist and singer Paddy Roberts and Belgian producer and songwriter Marcel Stellman.
Romania's entry into the European Union in 2007 facilitated local musicians' and songwriters' contact with international music. [3] One of the earliest examples of popcorn music is the song "Sexy Thing" (2008) by David Deejay and Dony. [4] It is featured on their 2010 studio album Popcorn, after which the genre is named. [1] [5]
Kylie Minogue's (pictured in 2012) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was the most-broadcast song in Romania in 2001. Las Ketchup (pictured in 2016) claimed the summit for nine weeks in 2002 with "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)". In 2003, "I Know What You Want" by Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey topped the Romanian Top 100 for five weeks.
The peasant doina is a non-ceremonial type of song and is generally sung in solitude, having an important psychological action: to "ease one's soul" (de stâmpărare in Romanian). Grigore Leşe believes that, while scholars describe in great detail the technical aspects of the doina , they fail to understand its psychological aspects.