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| Don Lang |
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| British Rocker from the 50s |
| The Royal Showband |
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| The best rock band in Ireland in the early 60s |
| Brendan Bowyer |
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| He was the lead singer for the Royal Showband. The only Irishman to have 8 consecutive #1 hits. |
| Muslim Magomaev was the Russian Sinatra in the 60s |
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| Actually, he's from Azerbaijan. His grandpa wrote operas. He has a beautiful voice. |
| Carmen Miranda |
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| The best Brazilian singer ever |
| The Quests |
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| Singapore's Best Band during the 60s. Very familiar to Sporean oldies experts. |
| Vico Torriani |
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| He was the German Sinatra in the 50s. He's also my very favorite German singer. |
| Rita Chao |
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| My absolute favorite Chinese singer. She's from Singapore. The Quests backed her up sometimes. |
| Nicky Jones |
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| My favorite Argentine 60s singer. He's better remembered as a TV personality there, however. |
| Michele Richard |
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| My favorite French singer from Quebec, Canada |
| Los Tammys |
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| My favorite 60s band from Argentina. They sang a lot of Beatles songs in Spanish. |
| Don Backy |
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| My favorite Italian guy singer from the 60s |
| Caterina Caselli |
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| My favorite Italian lady singer from the 60s |
| Izumi Yukimura |
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| A very good Japanese lady singer from the 50s |
| Anita Lindblom |
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| She was very popular in Sweden during the 60s. She sounds like Michele and Anneke. |
| Laszlo Komar |
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| A 60s rocker from Hungary. Just another guy who thought he was Elvis. |
| Djordje Marjanovic |
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| One of the most beautiful voices in Croatia |
| The Spiders |
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| These guys were among the most popular Japanese bands in the 60s. |
| Lonnie Donegan |
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| The best skiffler alive RIP 1931-2002 |
| Los Ovnis |
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| Popular Mexican 60s band. They do the most perfect cover of "Light My Fire" in Spanish. |
| Ted Herold |
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| 60s rocker from Germany. Yet another guy who thought he was Elvis! |
| Swinging Blue Jeans |
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| One of the better British bands in the 60s. Best known for "Hippy Hippy Shake" |
| Manfred Mann |
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| Another really good British 60s band. They have songs that are tons better than Doo Wah Diddy. |
| Ary Barroso |
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| The best Brazilian songwriter ever |
| Laszlo Aradszky |
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| The Hungarian Sinatra during the 60s |
| Helen Shapiro |
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| My favorite British 60s lady singer |
Now you've seen what some of my favorite singers and bands look like. Most of them are famous only in their respective
countries. Few have ever made it over to the US. Perhaps if you're interested, you might take a moment to listen to them and
hear how good they really were.
Many people who know me wonder how I found out about all these pop stars... I discovered them all online. I have listened
to most of them via Napster and Audiogalaxy (during the good old days when the sites were free and before they were shut down
and before they made you pay to use the sites) and now through WinMX which isn't all that great.
I purchase all of my music online. I have to. Most of them I can't even get here in America except through a few special
companies.
I purchase from GEMM.com, freerecordshop.com, skivhugget.com, balticshop.com, randburg.com, and various online friends.
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