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"Paloma Blanca" (Spanish for "white dove"), often called "Una Paloma Blanca", is a song written by Dutch musician George Baker (under his real name, Johannes Bouwens) and first recorded and released by his band, George Baker Selection.
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", 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]
George Baker acquired international fame with the songs Little Green Bag (1969), and "Una Paloma Blanca" (1975). From the late 1960s the post-war generation gained political influence. Many state subsidized rock venues opened all over the country.
"I am a Cider Drinker" is a cover version of Paloma Blanca, a song written by Dutch musician George Baker, first recorded and released by his band, the George Baker Selection. The song was a hit throughout Western Europe , reaching No. 1 in Austria , Finland , Flanders , Germany , the Netherlands , Sweden and Switzerland , and it also topped ...
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.
But she suffers bullying and a beating by classmates ("The Four Marys"). Her friend John drives away the bullies. Years later, parents in tow, Susan meets John again at a parish dance, where he invites an incredulous Susan, who has never had a boyfriend, to dance with him ("Beautiful Sunday", "Knock Three Times", "Una Paloma Blanca").
When describing popular music artists, honorific nicknames are used, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate the significance of an artist, and are often religious, familial, or most frequently royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically.