George Baker: Paloma Blanca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36CixkIaIc&list=RDR36CixkIaIc&start_radio=1
"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. 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). The song
sold over two million copies worldwide. Baker has been quoted as
saying the song is about "a poor South American farmer who works hard all
day and then sits by a tree and dreams of being a white bird with its freedom.”
– Wikipedia
The song was everywhere when I was in middle school. It was never a favorite of mine; though I found it upbeat. It is redolent of a certain period; you don’t hear a lot of flute (or recorder) in music these days.
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