Hey Jude
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The song "Hey Jude" was released ...
Hernando's Hideaway
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The song "Hernando's Hideaway" was written for the musical "The Pajama Game" by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler in 1954. The lyrics are about a dark, somewhat infamous place called "Hernando's Hideaway", where all ...
The Book of Love
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In 1999, American singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt released his song "The Book of Love" on CD 69 Love Songs. In the almost spartan-looking original version of Merit's uncut vocal presentation is accompanied only by a guitar. The English ...
Puppet on a String
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With "Puppet on a String" the British singer Sandy Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC / officially named "Grand Prix de la Chanson" at that time) in 1967. Although the singer herself did not like the song at ...
Under the Boardwalk
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Summer, sun and beach - this carefree attitude to life was expressed in 1964 by the black vocal group The Drifters with their song Under the Boardwalk. Latin-American inspired rhythms at a moderate tempo give the song a sunny, relaxed holiday ...
Sweet Caroline
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Today, Neil Diamond is regarded as one of the biggest songwriters and musicians of popular music, but during the initial years, his career didn't really start well. After a very unsuccessful years period, Diamond established himself as a ...
The Way Old Friends Do
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The Way Old Friends Do” is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. The live recording of a concert in 1979 appeared on the successful album “Super Trouper” (1980). While singing this song, the four ABBA members stood at the edge of the stage ...
Maraba Blue
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South African musician and composer Abdulla Ibrahim was born in Cape Town in 1934. As a young boy he begged American sailors to sell him their latest jazz records. “Music is everywhere in Cape Town”, Ibrahim once said – and as the town ...
Downtown
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This famous catchy pop song from 1964, written by Tony Hatch and sung by Petula Clark, climbed the charts and became a worldwide hit. In 1965, “Downtown” was awarded a Grammy for “best rock’n’roll song”. Since then, ...
Bésame Mucho
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In 1941, Mexican composer Consuelo Velázquez wrote the love song “Bésame Mucho” that became famous all over the world and was covered by many artists in highly diverse musical styles and languages. The title means “kiss ...
How Deep Is Your Love
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“How Deep Is Your Love” is the question of the brothers Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb (better known as the Bee Gees) in this world-famous pop song. They recorded the ballad in 1977 and contributed it to the soundtrack of “Saturday ...
Wade In The Water
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"Wade in the Water" (Roud 5439) is the name of a Negro spiritual first published in New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901) by John Wesley Work II and his brother, Frederick J. Work (see Fisk Jubilee ...
Watermelon Man
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Herbert Jeffrey „Herbie“ Hancock was born in Chicago on April 12th 1940. Many of his compositios became Jazz classics; one example is "Watermelon man". It was published 1962 on the album "Takin' Off". Herbie Hancock ...
One Moment in Time
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In 1988, Whitney Houston sang the official Olympic song "One Moment In Time". Markus Götz took this moving pop classic and wrote an effective arrangement for band. The piece can also be performed with solo vocal. (Lyrics in ...
Hawaii Five-O
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Steve McMillan arranged the theme of "Hawaii five-o", a famous criminal series that was very successful for more than 12 years.
- Main Theme of the show Hawaii Five-O (USA, 1968-1980) -
Serie Sound ...
Oye Como Va
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Ein echter Klassiker des Mambo Kings Tito Puente aus den 60er Jahren. Der gebürtige Mexikaner und Gitarrenvirtuose Carlos Santana hat mit seiner Coverversion in den 70er Jahren das Stück erst richtig bekannt gemacht und damit einen ...
The Great Pretender
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Der Song "The Great Pretender" wurde vor allem durch die englische Rockgruppe QUEEN und ihrem unvergessenen Sänger Freddie Mercury weltberühmt. Das feine Arrangement von Klaas van der Woude präsentiert, angereichert durch kleine ...
Elisabeth Serenade
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"The Elizabehtan Serenade" belongs to the best-known works of Roland Binge.
It was used as introductory music to a BBC 4 program. Outside England, it is probably his most popular composition.
The "Elizabethan Serenade" ...
Beyond the Sea
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With the CD "Swing when you're winning" (2001), Robbie Williams made today's young generation dance and dream to the same melodies that made their grandparents dance and dream. "Beyond the Sea" is not only the last title of ...
Über sieben Brücken
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Über sieben Brücken is a famous song from the same-named album by German rock band Karat. The album was released in the former GDR in 1979. The song is very famous in Germany, also because its lyrics are a symbol for the longing of ...
Arrival
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Was die „Beatles" für die 60er waren, das war ABBA für die 70er: Wo immer die Gruppe auftrat, löste sie eine regelrechte Hysterie aus. Mit „Waterloo" gelang ihnen 1974 der Grand-Prix-Sieg - das Sprungbrett für ...
The Floral Dance
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The Floral Dance is a jaunty melody, written by the English violinist, pianist and singer Katie Moss. In 1911, she became word-famous because of this tune. In the 1970's, a cover version by the "Brighouse & Rastrick Brass-Band" even ...
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
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"Mbube Wimoweh" ("the lion sleeps") is a traditional Zulu-song. The African natives encourage themselves at night besides the bonfire: The longer they sing the more confident they are that the lion really sleeps and will not threaten ...
Nessaja
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Kurt Gäble created a wonderful wind band adaption of "Nessaja", the popular song from Peter Maffay, taken from the conceptional album "Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft" (Tabaluga or the journey to reason) from 1983. This ...
Uptown Girl
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Die Gruppe Westlife schrieb Pop-Geschichte. Mit sieben Nummer-Eins-Hits in Folge stehen Sie im „Guiness Buch der Rekorde" - das haben nicht mal Madonna oder die Beatles geschafft. Mit dem Titel "Uptown Girl", einem Remake des ...
Those Were The Days
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"Those were the days" is a famous hit by Mary Hopkin from 1986. Gene Raskin (1909-2004) wrote the first English lyrics for this originally Russian folk tune. Paul McCartney heard the song, sung by Gene Raskin and his wife Francesca in a club ...
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
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"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" is a real classic. Burt Bacharach composed this swinging pop song for the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and it won an Oscar. Easy-going music and encouraging lyrics made the song ...
Desafinado
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"Desafinado" (meaning off-tune in Portuguese) is a bossa nova by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim from 1958. This piece was the author's ironic response to the music critics who described the bossa nova as off-tune after hearing the ...
Any Dream Will Do
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Soundtrack from the Musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat".
Serie Sound Classics No. ...
The Rose
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"The Rose" was a big hit by singer Bette Midler in 1980. It is the title song of the same-named movie about blues legend Janis Joplin (1943-1970). Bette Midler also played the title role in the movie.
For vocal solo (ad ...
One Note Samba
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One Note Samba is also called Samba de Uma Nota Só. It is a bossa nova by the famous Brasil composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, written in 1959. The title relates to the melody, which is first presented only on one note, while the ...
Tränen lügen nicht
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„Tränen lügen nicht" (Tears don't lie / Soleado) was a German hit in 1974, sung by pop singer Michael Holm. Only few people know that the song is a cover version and that the original version was a instrumental piece called ...
The Glory of Love
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"The Glory of Love is a great, very emotional and effective piece, masterly arranged for concert band by Johan de Meij, with the potential to become a real "band classic".
Tenor Siegfried Jerusalem is mainly known as an ...
The Power of Love
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Als die eindrucksvollste Stimme des Pop avanciert Jennifer Rush zu einer der erfolgreichsten Sängerinnen weltweit. Ihr größter Hit „The Power of Love" belegte international vorderste Plätze und erhielt dafür einen ...