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The album was an unexpected hit, quickly selling over 125,000 copies and eventually going multi-platinum, becoming the most popular nature recording in history. [8] [11] Sales from the album benefited the Whale Fund of the Wildlife Conservation Society, then known as the New York Zoological Society. [12]
Whale vocalizations are the sounds made by whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable sounds made by some species of whales (notably the humpback and bowhead whales) in a way that is reminiscent of human singing. Humans produce sound by expelling air through the larynx.
The Paynes released the best-selling Songs of the Humpback Whale in 1970, and the whale songs were quickly incorporated into human music by, among others, singer Judy Collins, as well as George Crumb, Paul Winter, and David Rothenberg. The humpback whale produces a series of repetitious sounds at varying frequencies known as whale song.
It is one of Earth's most haunting sounds - the "singing" of baleen whales like the humpback, heard over vast distances in the watery realm. Baleen whales - a group that includes the blue whale ...
Songs of the Humpback Whale may refer to Whale vocalization , sounds are used by whales for different kinds of communication Songs of the Humpback Whale (album) , a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne
“Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied humpback whales that breed near the Great Barrier Reef for more than two decades.
Roger Searle Payne (January 29, 1935 – June 10, 2023) was an American biologist and environmentalist famous for his 1967 discovery (with Scott McVay) of whale song among humpback whales. Payne later became an important figure in the worldwide campaign to end commercial whaling .
To help curate the soundtrack for the Summer of ‘24, we’ve collected a list of feel-good tunes to add to your playlist this year that includes just the right blend of classic summer songs like ...