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The "Guantanamera" hit group have a sure-fire sales winner in this, their debut LP which also includes their new single "Louie Louie". Produced by Tommy LiPuma, the album offers a most diversified program of fresh, creative ideas. The smooth blend of voices, backed by the Latin flavored arrangements throughout, makes it an intriguing package.
"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
In May 2014, he released his debut single "I Wanna Feel", the song was at number one on the official midweek BBC Radio 1 singles charts after being released on 25 May 2014 [5] and has over 47,000,000 views on YouTube. [6] On 1 June 2014 the song entered the UK Singles Chart and the UK Dance Chart at number 1.
After "Guantanamera" was released they became the Daisies. [ 20 ] Another group known as the Sandpipers (or sometimes the Golden Sandpipers) sang for Golden Records , most notably the theme to Mighty Mouse , the version that is now the best known and perhaps the original (although some sources cite the Terrytooners with Mitch Miller and orchestra).
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.
Spanish Album was an LP album consisting of tracks from previous albums by The Sandpipers, many with re-recorded vocals in Spanish.Most of the tracks were translations of songs better-known in the United States in English.
The tour visited selected musical bars in a couple of cities. On 5 June he posted the music video for "Guantanamera" directed by Pedro Artola on YouTube, this being his first music video. That same month he performed two sold-out shows at Galileo Galilei, a 500-capacity musical venue in the centre of Madrid.
Ritchie Valens' version of "La Bamba" became the first Latin song to enter the Hot 100 after its debut in 1959, [6] [7] [8] "Guantanamera" by the Sandpipers became the first one to reach the top 10 in 1966. [9] [10] Los Lobos' version of "La Bamba" became the first one to reach the number 1 spot in 1987.