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In the United States, the song became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Easy Listening Singles chart on 14 February 1976 (becoming that chart's overall No. 1 song for 1976), peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In Canada and the United Kingdom, "Paloma Blanca" peaked at No. 10, and ...
La Paloma", "The Dove" in English, is a popular Spanish song that has been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was written by the Spanish Basque composer Sebastián Iradier (later Yradier) around 1860 after a visit to Cuba.
George Baker Selection was a pop-rock band from Assendelft, the Netherlands.The band is best-known for the 1969 song "Little Green Bag"; the 1975 world-wide hit "Paloma Blanca" (one of the most played songs in history), and the 1985 Pan European hit "Santa Lucia by Night".
The Selection's fifth album, Paloma Blanca, was released in 1975, and the single "Paloma Blanca" reached No. 1 on charts in several countries. By this time Nelleke Brzoskowsky was the singer; she had joined in 1975. "Paloma Blanca" sold more than seven million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful Dutch singles ever. [7]
The original mod scene was associated with amphetamine-fuelled all-night jazz dancing at clubs. [3] During the early to mid-1960s, as mod grew and spread throughout Britain, certain elements of the mod scene became engaged in well-publicised clashes with members of a rival subculture: rockers. [4]
In 1984, with the definitive name Sandy Marton, Cecchetto officially launched him on the record market with the English-language dance single "People from Ibiza", composed by Marton himself. [3] His carefully studied look, which included flowing blond hair with a keytar over his shoulder and extra-large jackets made him instantly recognizable ...
A clip of the track has gone viral on social media alongside stories of women’s experiences
The songs she recorded in German and Spanish varied from folk to pop, including flamenco, rumba, tango and mambo. [1] In 1943 while on tour in Sweden, Serrano was accused by Germany of being a spy—she had donated a benefit performance to Jewish refugees. Rather than returning to Germany to be arrested, she traveled to Chile.