El
Cóndor Pasa (If I Could) is an orchestral musical piece written in
1913, based on traditional Andean folk tunes of Peru by the Peruvian
composer Daniel Alomía Robles. Simon & Garfunkel performed it in
1970 for their album “Bridge over Troubled Water” after adding
some lyrics in English.
The
song peaked at number of European and other charts such as Australian
Kent Music Report,Austrian Singles Chart, Belgian Singles Chart,
Dutch Singles Chart,
West
German Singles Chart, Spanish Singles Chart, Swiss Singles Chart. It
remained on 18th position on US Billboard Hot 100 in
1970.
In
2004, Peru declared this song as part of the national cultural
heritage.
Enjoy!
If you
can not see the embedded video on your android devices, here is the
link. http://youtu.be/pey29CLID3I
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Pasa, Simon & Garfunkel,
22nd
February 2014
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